Test 12 · ★ · Russian Wonder Tales, Prince Ivan and the Beast Norka, par…

why's he sad then, when the rope snaps?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: he, rope · What happens: be, snap

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 426 «Russian Wonder Tales, Prince Ivan and the Beast Norka, part 18: the Prince sews magic robes and the brides recognise him» 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	4 sad	advmod
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 sad	cop
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sad	nsubj
4	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 snaps	advcl
5	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 snaps	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 snaps	punct
7	when	when	SCONJ	_	10 snaps	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 rope	det
9	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 snaps	nsubj
10	snaps	snap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 snaps	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	he					sad property	tree rules
2	snap	present	the rope				then		vn sound_emission-43.2 «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 · ← Mova's choice

he's scared, but he keeps going

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 scared	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 scared	cop
3	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 keeps	punct
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 keeps	cc
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 keeps	nsubj
7	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 scared	conj
8	going	go	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 keeps	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	he	scared property	tree rules
2	keep	present	he		tree rules
3	go	gerund	he not said here		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

he's gutted, but he doesn't give up

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 gutted	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 gutted	aux:pass
3	gutted	gut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 give	punct
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 give	cc
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 give	nsubj
7	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 give	aux
8	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 give	advmod
9	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 gutted	parataxis
10	up	up	ADP	_	9 give	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	gut	present · passive		he					vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Source
2	not give up	present · do-support	he						vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

he's not sad at all, he's laughing because the brothers fell down the hill

The tree, 16 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	4 sad	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 sad	cop
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 sad	advmod
4	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 all	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 sad	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 laughing	punct
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 laughing	nsubj
9	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 laughing	aux
10	laughing	laugh	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 sad	advcl
11	because	because	SCONJ	_	14 fell	mark
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 brothers	det
13	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 fell	nsubj
14	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 sad	advcl
15	down	down	ADP	_	17 hill	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 hill	det
17	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 fell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	not is	present	he		all	sad property	tree rules
2	laugh	present · progressive	he				vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	fall down	past	the brothers	the hill			vn become-109.1-1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient hill=Result

Option 4

he's gutted, but he doesn't give up and climbs back up the rope

The tree, 15 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 gutted	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 gutted	aux:pass
3	gutted	gut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 give	punct
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 give	cc
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 give	nsubj
7	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 give	aux
8	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 give	advmod
9	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 gutted	parataxis
10	up	up	ADP	_	9 give	compound:prt
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 climbs	cc
12	climbs	climb	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 gutted	conj
13	back	back	ADV	_	12 climbs	advmod
14	up	up	ADP	_	16 rope	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 rope	det
16	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 climbs	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	gut	present · passive		he		vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Source
2	not give up	present · do-support	he			vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	climb back	present			the rope	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme up rope=Trajectory

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