Test 7 · ★ · Russian Wonder Tales, Prince Ivan and the Beast Norka, par…

the Prince turns eggs into palaces?? that's proper witchcraft, innit

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Prince, that · What happens: turn, be · To what, where: eggs, palaces

This is test 7 · ★ 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Prince	det
2	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 turns	nsubj
3	turns	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 turns	obj
5	into	into	ADP	_	6 palaces	case
6	palaces	palace	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 turns	obl
7	??	??	ADP	_	11 witchcraft	case
8	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	11 witchcraft	nsubj
9	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 witchcraft	cop
10	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 witchcraft	amod
11	witchcraft	witchcraft	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 turns	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 innit	punct
13	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 witchcraft	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	present	the Prince	eggs		palaces			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent egg=Theme into palace=Trajectory
2	is	present	that					?? proper witchcraft and innit	tree rules

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

nah, the sisters just did it themselves

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 sisters	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 sisters	det
4	sisters	sister	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 did	nsubj
5	just	just	ADV	_	6 did	advmod
6	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 did	obj
8	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes	6 did	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	the sisters	it				sisters = sister obl:unmarked	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

yeah, the sisters taught him the magic

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 taught	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 taught	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 sisters	det
4	sisters	sister	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 taught	nsubj
5	taught	teach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 taught	obj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 magic	det
8	magic	magic	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 taught	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	teach speech: other	past	the sisters	the magic	him = he				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient magic=Topic

Option 3

nah, it's just a trick

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	7 trick	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 trick	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 trick	cop
5	just	just	ADV	_	7 trick	advmod
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 trick	det
7	trick	trick	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	a trick					tree rules

Option 4

yeah, the old crone gave him a spell

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 gave	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 gave	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 crone	det
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 crone	amod
5	crone	crone	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gave	nsubj
6	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 gave	iobj
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 spell	det
9	spell	spell	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gave	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	the old crone	a spell	him = he				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient spell=Theme

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