Test 11 · ★ · Russian Fairy Tales, The Golden Mermaid: the Prince catche…

bro, how did the wolf get the Prince alive again?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bro · What happens: do, get · To what, where: wolf

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1935 «Russian Fairy Tales, The Golden Mermaid: the Prince catches the mermaid, but his jealous brothers kill him and the wolf brings him back to life» of the books course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 get	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 did	advmod
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 bro	acl:relcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 wolf	det
6	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
7	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 alive	det
9	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 alive	compound
10	alive	alive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 get	xcomp
11	again	again	ADV	_	10 alive	advmod
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past		the wolf					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wolf=Eventuality
2	get	present	bro					alive property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1

he dug up the body, washed it in the river, and then breathed over the flowery grave

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 dug	nsubj
2	dug	dig	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 dug	compound:prt
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 body	det
5	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dug	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 washed	punct
7	washed	wash	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 dug	conj
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 washed	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 river	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 river	det
11	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 washed	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 breathed	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 breathed	cc
14	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	15 breathed	advmod
15	breathed	breathe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 dug	conj
16	over	over	ADP	_	19 grave	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 grave	det
18	flowery	flowery	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 grave	amod
19	grave	grave	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 breathed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	dig up	past	he	the body			vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent body=Theme
2	wash	past	he not said here	body	the river		vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
3	breathe	past	he not said here		the flowery grave	then	vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

he breathed over a flowery grave

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 breathed	nsubj
2	breathed	breathe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	over	over	ADP	_	6 grave	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 grave	det
5	flowery	flowery	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 grave	amod
6	grave	grave	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 breathed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	breathe	past	he			a flowery grave			vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

he got the mermaid to bring a potion and then he breathed over the flowery grave

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 got	nsubj
2	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 mermaid	det
4	mermaid	mermaid	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 got	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 bring	mark
6	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 got	xcomp
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 potion	det
8	potion	potion	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bring	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 breathed	cc
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 breathed	advmod
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 breathed	nsubj
12	breathed	breathe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 got	conj
13	over	over	ADP	_	16 grave	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 grave	det
15	flowery	flowery	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 grave	amod
16	grave	grave	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 breathed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	get	past	he	the mermaid			tree rules
2	bring	to-infinitive	the mermaid not said here	a potion			vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent potion=Theme
3	breathe	past	mermaid		the flowery grave	then	vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

he prayed over the old grave

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 prayed	nsubj
2	prayed	pray	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	over	over	ADP	_	6 grave	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 grave	det
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 grave	amod
6	grave	grave	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 prayed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pray	past	he			the old grave			vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot

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