Test 12 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, Petrusha and the Devil: the horse turn…

lol, what did she say when he begged her to rest?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: she, he · What happens: say, beg, rest · To what, where: her · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 417 «Russian Folk-Tales, Petrusha and the Devil: the horse turns out to be his father» 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	lol	lol	INTJ	_	6 say	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 lol	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 say	obj
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 say	aux
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 say	nsubj
6	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	9 begged	advmod
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 begged	nsubj
9	begged	beg	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 say	ccomp
10	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 begged	obj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 rest	mark
12	rest	rest	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 begged	xcomp
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past · do-support	she		tree rules
2	beg speech: request	past	he	her = she	vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic
3	rest not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here		vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=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

"No, no, you thief, go and sleep in the barn!"

The tree, 10 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 thief	punct
2	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	7 thief	discourse
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 thief	punct
4	no	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	7 thief	discourse
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 thief	punct
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 thief	nsubj
7	thief	thief	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 go	nsubj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 thief	punct
9	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 sleep	cc
11	sleep	sleep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 go	conj
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 barn	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 barn	det
14	barn	barn	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 sleep	obl
15	!	!	PUNCT	_	9 go	punct
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 go	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	roles by
1	thief in a quote		you		tree rules
2	go in a quote	infinitive	thief		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	sleep in a quote	infinitive	thief not said here	the barn	vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in barn=Location

Option 2

"No, no, you thief, the pancakes are for me alone!"

The tree, 10 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 thief	punct
2	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	7 thief	discourse
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 thief	punct
4	no	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	7 thief	discourse
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 thief	punct
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 thief	nsubj
7	thief	thief	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 me	punct
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 pancakes	det
10	pancakes	pancake	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 me	nsubj
11	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 me	cop
12	for	for	ADP	_	13 me	case
13	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 thief	conj
14	alone	alone	ADV	_	13 me	advmod
15	!	!	PUNCT	_	7 thief	punct
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 thief	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	the pancakes					for me; alone property	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

"Yes, yes, you fool!"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 fool	punct
2	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 fool	discourse
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Yes	punct
4	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 fool	discourse
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 yes	punct
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 fool	nsubj
7	fool	fool	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	!	!	PUNCT	_	7 fool	punct
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 fool	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

"No, no, you thief!"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 thief	punct
2	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	7 thief	discourse
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 thief	punct
4	no	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	7 thief	discourse
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 thief	punct
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 thief	nsubj
7	thief	thief	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	!	!	PUNCT	_	7 thief	punct
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 thief	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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