Test 3 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, Koshchei the Deathless, part 23: Ivan…

so when dad said no, what did Ivan say?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: dad, Ivan · What happens: say · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 431 «Russian Folk-Tales, Koshchei the Deathless, part 23: Ivan finds a horse, flings a rock, and reaches his mother» 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 said	advmod
2	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	4 said	advmod
3	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	no	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	10 say	discourse
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 say	punct
7	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	10 say	obj
8	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 say	aux
9	Ivan	Ivan	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 say	nsubj
10	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 said	ccomp
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	dad						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	say speech: assert	past · do-support	Ivan						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic

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 · ✓ the right answer

"if you do not bless me I shall go"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 bless	punct
2	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 bless	mark
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 bless	nsubj
4	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 bless	aux
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 bless	advmod
6	bless	bless	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 bless	obj
8	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 go	nsubj
9	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 go	aux
10	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 bless	parataxis
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 bless	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not bless in a quote	present · do-support	you	me					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme
2	go in a quote	shall	I						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

"I will ride tomorrow at dawn"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 ride	punct
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 ride	nsubj
3	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 ride	aux
4	ride	ride	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	tomorrow	tomorrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ride	obl:unmarked
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 dawn	case
7	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ride	obl
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 ride	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ride in a quote	future	I				dawn; tomorrow		vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

"Then I will take the old horse"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 take	punct
2	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 take	advmod
3	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 take	nsubj
4	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 take	aux
5	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 horse	det
7	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 horse	amod
8	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 take	obj
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 take	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take in a quote	future	I		the old horse		then		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument horse=Destination

Option 4

"Fine, go then"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 go	punct
2	Fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 go	advcl
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Fine	punct
4	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 go	advmod
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 go	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go in a quote	imperative	you not said here				then		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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