Test 9 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, Norka: the brothers are punished and t…

In most other versions, does the prince forgive his brothers?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: prince · What happens: forgive · To what, where: brothers, most other versions

This is test 9 · ★ 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	In	in	ADP	_	4 versions	case
2	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	4 versions	amod
3	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 versions	amod
4	versions	version	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 forgive	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 versions	punct
6	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 forgive	aux
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 prince	det
8	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 forgive	nsubj
9	forgive	forgive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 brothers	nmod:poss
11	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 forgive	obj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 forgive	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forgive	present · do-support	the prince	prince's brothers		most other versions			vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brother=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

Nah, he locks them up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 locks	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 locks	nsubj
4	locks	lock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 locks	obj
6	up	up	ADP	_	4 locks	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lock up	present	he	them = they					vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient

Option 2

Nah, he sends them off for good, not in most

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 sends	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sends	nsubj
4	sends	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sends	obj
6	off	off	ADP	_	4 sends	compound:prt
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 good	case
8	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 sends	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 most	punct
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 most	advmod
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 most	case
12	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	4 sends	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send off	present	he	them = they		most		for good	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme in most=Destination

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, he lets them off

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 lets	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 lets	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 lets	nsubj
4	lets	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 lets	obj
6	off	off	ADP	_	4 lets	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let off	present	he	them = they					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

No, he punishes them harshly, unlike in most versions

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 punishes	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 punishes	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 punishes	nsubj
4	punishes	punish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 punishes	obj
6	harshly	harshly	ADV	_	4 punishes	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 versions	punct
8	unlike	unlike	ADP	_	11 versions	case
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 versions	case
10	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	11 versions	amod
11	versions	version	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 punishes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	punish	present	he	them = they				unlike most versions; harshly property	vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient

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