Test 2 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, Marko the Rich: a stingy merchant trie…

Wait, so the beggar got the copeck, right?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, beggar · What happens: wait, get · To what, where: copeck

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 419 «Russian Folk-Tales, Marko the Rich: a stingy merchant tries to dodge paying one copeck and gets tricked» 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	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 got	punct
3	so	so	ADV	_	6 got	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 beggar	det
5	beggar	beggar	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 got	nsubj
6	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Wait	parataxis
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 copeck	det
8	copeck	copeck	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 got	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 got	punct
10	right	right	INTJ	_	1 Wait	discourse
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	get	past	the beggar	the copeck					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer copeck=Stimulus

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

Nope, the robbers took it all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	_	5 took	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nope	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 robbers	det
4	robbers	robber	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 took	nsubj
5	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 took	obj
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 it	det

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	past	the robbers	it					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Nah, the moujik gave it to Marko for his trouble

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 gave	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 moujik	det
4	moujik	moujik	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 gave	nsubj
5	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 gave	obj
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 Marko	case
8	Marko	Marko	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 gave	obl
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 trouble	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 trouble	nmod:poss
11	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 gave	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	the moujik	it	Marko			for moujik's trouble	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.asset»: agent=Agent it=Theme to marko=Recipient for trouble=Asset
2	trouble		moujik						nom trouble «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

Yeah, Marko gave it to him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 gave	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 gave	punct
3	Marko	Marko	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 gave	nsubj
4	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 gave	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 him	case
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 gave	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	Marko	it	him = he				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to he=Recipient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, the moujik gave it to him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 gave	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 gave	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 moujik	det
4	moujik	moujik	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 gave	nsubj
5	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 gave	obj
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 him	case
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 gave	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	the moujik	it	him = he				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to he=Recipient

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