Test 2 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Simpleton: the ox sold to the Birc…

Why did the Simpleton keep going back to the tree, fam?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Simpleton keep · What happens: do, go back · To what, where: Simpleton keep

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 420 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Simpleton: the ox sold to the Birch, the gold, and the goat's head» 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	root	root
2	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Why	advcl
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 keep	det
4	Simpleton	Simpleton	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 keep	compound
5	keep	keep	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 did	obj
6	going	go	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 keep	acl
7	back	back	ADV	_	6 going	advmod
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 tree	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 tree	det
10	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 going	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 fam	punct
12	fam	fam	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 tree	conj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Why	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past		the Simpleton keep					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent keep=Eventuality
2	go back	gerund	the Simpleton keep not said here					to the tree and fam result	vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to tree=Result

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

He was waiting for his dough, obviously, since the tree owed him twenty roubles and a horse

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 waiting	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 waiting	aux
3	waiting	wait	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 dough	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 dough	nmod:poss
6	dough	dough	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 waiting	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 obviously	punct
8	obviously	obviously	ADV	_	3 waiting	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 owed	punct
10	since	since	SCONJ	_	13 owed	mark
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 tree	det
12	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 owed	nsubj
13	owed	owe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 waiting	conj
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 owed	iobj
15	twenty	twenty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	16 roubles	nummod
16	roubles	rouble	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 owed	obj
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 horse	cc
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 horse	det
19	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 waiting	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	past · progressive	He					for his dough; obviously property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	owe	past	the tree	twenty roubles	him = he				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent he=Goal rouble=Theme

Option 2

He wanted his money back, obviously

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 money	nmod:poss
4	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wanted	obj
5	back	back	ADV	_	2 wanted	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 obviously	punct
7	obviously	obviously	ADV	_	2 wanted	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want back	past	He	his money				obviously property	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot money=Theme

Option 3

He kept going back because he was lost in the woods and needed the shortcut home obviously

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 kept	nsubj
2	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	going	go	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 kept	xcomp
4	back	back	ADV	_	3 going	advmod
5	because	because	SCONJ	_	8 lost	mark
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 lost	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 lost	aux:pass
8	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 kept	advcl
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 woods	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 woods	det
11	woods	wood	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 lost	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 needed	cc
13	needed	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 kept	conj
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 shortcut	det
15	shortcut	shortcut	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 needed	obj
16	home	home	ADV	_	13 needed	advmod
17	obviously	obviously	ADV	_	13 needed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	keep	past	He				tree rules
2	go back	gerund	He not said here				vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient
3	lose	past · passive		he	the woods		vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
4	need	past	He not said here	the shortcut		home, obviously property	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot shortcut=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He was waiting for his dough, obviously

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 waiting	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 waiting	aux
3	waiting	wait	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 dough	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 dough	nmod:poss
6	dough	dough	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 waiting	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 obviously	punct
8	obviously	obviously	ADV	_	3 waiting	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	past · progressive	He					for his dough; obviously property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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