Test 2 · ★ · Russian Fairy Tales, The Golden Mermaid: the Prince catche…

so the mermaid kept calling him and he just ignored her?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mermaid · What happens: keep, call, ignore · To what, where: mermaid, her · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★ 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	so	so	ADV	_	4 kept	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 mermaid	det
3	mermaid	mermaid	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 kept	nsubj
4	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	calling	call	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 kept	xcomp
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 calling	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 ignored	cc
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 ignored	nsubj
9	just	just	ADV	_	10 ignored	advmod
10	ignored	ignore	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 kept	conj
11	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 ignored	obj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 kept	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	keep	past	the mermaid			tree rules
2	call	gerund	the mermaid not said here		mermaid	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
3	ignore	past	mermaid	her = she		vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme

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

nah, he turned around and went to her but then the wolf yelled at him to keep going

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 turned	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 turned	nsubj
4	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	around	around	ADV	_	4 turned	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 went	cc
7	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 turned	conj
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 her	case
9	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 went	obl
10	but	but	CCONJ	_	14 yelled	cc
11	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	14 yelled	advmod
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 wolf	det
13	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 yelled	nsubj
14	yelled	yell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 turned	conj
15	at	at	ADP	_	16 him	case
16	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 yelled	obl
17	to	to	PART	_	18 keep	mark
18	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 yelled	advcl
19	going	go	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	18 keep	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	turn around	past	he			around property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
2	go	past	he not said here	her = she			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to she=Initial_Location
3	yell speech: express	past	the wolf		then	at him = he	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at he=Stimulus
4	keep	to-infinitive	the wolf not said here				tree rules
5	go	gerund	the wolf not said here				vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

yeah, he kinda ignored her calls

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 ignored	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 ignored	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 ignored	nsubj
4	kinda	kinda	ADV	_	5 ignored	advmod
5	ignored	ignore	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 calls	nmod:poss
7	calls	call	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 ignored	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ignore	past	he	her calls				kinda property	vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent call=Theme
2	call		her = she						nom call «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

yeah, he kept steering to shore and never looked back at her once, even when she screamed

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 kept	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 kept	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 kept	nsubj
4	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	steering	steer	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 kept	xcomp
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 shore	case
7	shore	shore	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 steering	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 looked	cc
9	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	10 looked	advmod
10	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 kept	conj
11	back	back	ADV	_	10 looked	advmod
12	at	at	ADP	_	13 her	case
13	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 looked	obl
14	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	10 looked	advmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 screamed	punct
16	even	even	ADV	_	19 screamed	advmod
17	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	19 screamed	advmod
18	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 screamed	nsubj
19	screamed	scream	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 kept	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	keep	past	he			tree rules
2	steer	gerund	he not said here	shore		vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to shore=Destination
3	not look back	past	he not said here		at her = she; once property	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at she=Theme
4	scream speech: express	past	she			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

yeah, he was like "nah, come to me"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	9 come	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 come	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 come	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 come	cop
5	like	like	SCONJ	_	9 come	mark
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 come	punct
7	nah	nah	INTJ	_	9 come	discourse
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 nah	punct
9	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	to	to	ADP	_	11 me	case
11	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 come	obl
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 come	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	past	he		me			come property	tree rules

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