Test 3 · ★ · Russian Fairy Tales, The Golden Mermaid: the Prince catche…

bruh, what did the wolf tell him to say to her?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: wolf · What happens: do, tell, say · To what, where: him, wolf · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 · ★ 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	bruh	bruh	INTJ	_	4 did	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 wolf	det
6	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tell	nsubj
7	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	ccomp
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 tell	iobj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 say	mark
10	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 tell	xcomp
11	to	to	ADP	_	12 her	case
12	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 say	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	roles by
1	do	past			tree rules
2	tell speech: assert	present	the wolf	him = he	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
3	say speech: assert not said to happen	to-infinitive	the wolf not said here	wolf	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to she=Recipient

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 · ← Mova's choice

say that she should come to the market instead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 come	mark
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 come	nsubj
4	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 come	aux
5	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 say	ccomp
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 market	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 market	det
8	market	market	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 come	obl
9	instead	instead	ADV	_	5 come	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	imperative	you not said here						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	come	should	she			the market		instead property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to market=Initial_Location

Option 2

say the seller never goes to the buyer, the buyer comes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 seller	det
3	seller	seller	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 goes	nsubj
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 goes	advmod
5	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 say	ccomp
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 buyer	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 buyer	det
8	buyer	buyer	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 goes	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 comes	punct
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 buyer	det
11	buyer	buyer	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 comes	nsubj
12	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 goes	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	roles by
1	say speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not go	present	the seller	the buyer	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to buyer=Initial_Location
3	come	present	the buyer		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

tell her that the buyer always comes to the seller and the seller never has to go to the buyer, no matter what

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 tell	iobj
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 comes	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 buyer	det
5	buyer	buyer	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 comes	nsubj
6	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	7 comes	advmod
7	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 tell	advcl
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 seller	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 seller	det
10	seller	seller	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 comes	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 has	cc
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 seller	det
13	seller	seller	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 has	nsubj
14	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	15 has	advmod
15	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 comes	conj
16	to	to	PART	_	17 go	mark
17	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 has	xcomp
18	to	to	ADP	_	20 buyer	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 buyer	det
20	buyer	buyer	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 go	obl
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 matter	punct
22	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	23 matter	det
23	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 tell	obl
24	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	1 tell	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	no matter	her = she			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient what=Topic
2	come	present	the buyer			the seller	always property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to seller=Initial_Location
3	not have	present	the seller					tree rules
4	go	to-infinitive	the seller not said here			the buyer		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to buyer=Initial_Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

"the buyer comes to the seller, not the seller to the buyer"

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 comes	punct
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 buyer	det
3	buyer	buyer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 comes	nsubj
4	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 seller	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 seller	det
7	seller	seller	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 comes	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 seller	punct
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 seller	advmod
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 seller	det
11	seller	seller	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 seller	appos
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 buyer	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 buyer	det
14	buyer	buyer	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 seller	nmod
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 comes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come in a quote	present	the buyer			the seller			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to seller=Initial_Location

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