Test 4 · ★ · Russian Wonder Tales, Prince Ivan and the Beast Norka, par…

wait, the brothers chopped the rope?? so shady, fam

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, brothers · What happens: wait, chop · To what, where: rope

This is test 4 · ★ 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	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 chopped	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 brothers	det
4	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 chopped	nsubj
5	chopped	chop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 wait	advcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 rope	det
7	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 chopped	obj
8	??	??	PUNCT	_	1 wait	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	10 shady	advmod
10	shady	shady	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 wait	advcl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 fam	punct
12	fam	fam	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 wait	parataxis

#	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	chop	past	the brothers	the rope					vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rope=Patient

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

they wanted the brides for themselves

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 brides	det
4	brides	bride	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 wanted	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 themselves	case
6	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 wanted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	they	the brides				for brides = bride	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot bride=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

they tried to ditch him for the brides

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 tried	nsubj
2	tried	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 ditch	mark
4	ditch	ditch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 tried	xcomp
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 ditch	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 brides	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 brides	det
8	brides	bride	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 ditch	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	try	past	they						vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	ditch not said to happen	to-infinitive	they not said here	him = he				for the brides	tree rules

Option 3

they were jealous, lol

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 jealous	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 jealous	cop
3	jealous	jealous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 jealous	punct
5	lol	lol	INTJ	_	3 jealous	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	they					jealous property	tree rules

Option 4

they just wanted his money, fam

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

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

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

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