Test 7 · ★ · Russian Fairy Tales, The Golden Mermaid: the Prince catche…

fam, was the wolf invited to sit at the table?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: fam, wolf · What happens: be, invite, sit · To what, where: wolf, table

This is test 7 · ★ 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	fam	fam	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wolf	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 fam	punct
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 wolf	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 wolf	det
5	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	invited	invite	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 wolf	acl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 sit	mark
8	sit	sit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 invited	xcomp
9	at	at	ADP	_	11 table	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 table	det
11	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sit	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 wolf	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	is a	past	fam	the wolf		tree rules
2	invite	participle		the wolf not said here		vn promote-102 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	sit not said to happen	to-infinitive	the wolf not said here		the table	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at table=Location

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

yeah, the Emperor saw him at the gate and ordered a special chair brought to the high table for him to sit in

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 saw	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 saw	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Emperor	det
4	Emperor	Emperor	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 saw	nsubj
5	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 saw	obj
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 gate	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 gate	det
9	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 saw	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 ordered	cc
11	ordered	order	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 saw	conj
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 chair	det
13	special	special	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 chair	amod
14	chair	chair	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 ordered	obj
15	brought	bring	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 chair	acl
16	to	to	ADP	_	19 table	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 table	det
18	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 table	amod
19	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 brought	obl
20	for	for	ADP	_	21 him	case
21	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 table	nmod
22	to	to	PART	_	23 sit	mark
23	sit	sit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 ordered	xcomp
24	in	in	ADP	_	23 sit	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	see	past	the Emperor	him = he	the gate	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus
2	order	past	the Emperor not said here	a special chair		vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent chair=Recipient clause=Topic
3	bring	participle		a special chair not said here	the high table for Emperor	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to table=Destination
4	sit in not said to happen	to-infinitive	a special chair not said here			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

nah, he came in the back door and the Emperor himself told him to leave the hall, but he sat down anyway

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 came	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 came	nsubj
4	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 door	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 door	det
7	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 door	compound
8	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 came	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 told	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Emperor	det
11	Emperor	Emperor	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 told	nsubj
12	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	11 Emperor	nmod
13	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 came	conj
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 told	iobj
15	to	to	PART	_	16 leave	mark
16	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 told	xcomp
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 hall	det
18	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 leave	obj
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 sat	punct
20	but	but	CCONJ	_	22 sat	cc
21	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 sat	nsubj
22	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 came	conj
23	down	down	ADP	_	22 sat	compound:prt
24	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	22 sat	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	come	past	he			the back door		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in door=Location
2	tell speech: assert	past	the Emperor Emperor		him = he			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
3	leave not said to happen	to-infinitive	the Emperor Emperor not said here	the hall				vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hall=Theme
4	sit down	past	Emperor				anyway property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

nah, nobody asked him, he just sat down

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 asked	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	4 asked	nsubj
4	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 asked	iobj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 sat	punct
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 sat	nsubj
8	just	just	ADV	_	9 sat	advmod
9	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 asked	conj
10	down	down	ADP	_	9 sat	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	nobody		him = he				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
2	sit down	past	he						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

nah, the servants pulled a chair out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 pulled	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 servants	det
4	servants	servant	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 pulled	nsubj
5	pulled	pull	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 chair	det
7	chair	chair	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pulled	obj
8	out	out	ADP	_	5 pulled	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pull out	past	the servants	a chair					tree rules

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