Test 2 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, Norka: the brothers are punished and t…

So the princess grabs his hand and marches him right in, yeah?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: princess · What happens: grab, march · To what, where: hand, him

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 427 «Russian Folk-Tales, Norka: the brothers are punished and three weddings are held» 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	So	so	ADV	_	4 grabs	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 princess	det
3	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 grabs	nsubj
4	grabs	grab	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 hand	nmod:poss
6	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 grabs	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 marches	cc
8	marches	march	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 grabs	conj
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 marches	obj
10	right	right	ADV	_	11 in	advmod
11	in	in	ADV	_	8 marches	advmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 yeah	punct
13	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	8 marches	discourse
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 grabs	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grab	present	the princess	his hand					vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme
2	march	present	the princess not said here	him = he					vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Agent

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

She takes him, bold

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 takes	nsubj
2	takes	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 takes	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 bold	punct
5	bold	bold	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 takes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	present	She		him = he			bold obl	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination

Option 2

She grabs him, yeah

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 grabs	nsubj
2	grabs	grab	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 grabs	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 grabs	punct
5	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	2 grabs	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grab	present	She	him = he					vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 3

She leads him off to the forest, bold

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 leads	nsubj
2	leads	lead	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 leads	obj
4	off	off	ADP	_	2 leads	compound:prt
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 forest	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 forest	det
7	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 leads	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 bold	punct
9	bold	bold	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 forest	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lead off	present	She	him = he		the forest and bold			vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to forest=Destination

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

She drags him to the King, bold move

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 drags	nsubj
2	drags	drag	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 drags	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 King	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 King	det
6	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 drags	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 move	punct
8	bold	bold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 move	amod
9	move	move	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 King	appos

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drag	present	She	him = he	the King				vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to king=Destination

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