Test 11 · ★ · Russian Tales, The Water Snake: a girl promises to marry a…

Wait, her mum sat her down and let her nap, yeah?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, mum · What happens: wait, sit down, let, nap · To what, where: her, mum

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 434 «Russian Tales, The Water Snake: a girl promises to marry a snake, and her mother kills 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 sat	punct
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 mum	nmod:poss
4	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sat	nsubj
5	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Wait	advcl
6	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 sat	obj
7	down	down	ADP	_	5 sat	compound:prt
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 let	cc
9	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Wait	conj
10	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 let	obj
11	nap	nap	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 let	xcomp
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Wait	punct
13	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	1 Wait	discourse
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	sit down	past	her mum	her = she	tree rules
3	let	infinitive	you not said here	mum	tree rules
4	nap	infinitive	mum not said here		vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=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 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, lie down and rest a bit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	3 lie	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	lie	lie	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	down	down	ADV	_	3 lie	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 rest	cc
6	rest	rest	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 lie	conj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 bit	det
8	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 rest	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie down	imperative	you not said here					down property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	rest	infinitive	you not said here	a bit					vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bit=Theme

Option 2

Yeah, sit down by the fire

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	3 sit	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	sit	sit	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	down	down	ADP	_	3 sit	compound:prt
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 fire	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 fire	det
7	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sit	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit down	imperative	you not said here					by the fire	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by fire=Location

Option 3

Yeah, lie down and rest a bit while I get the dinner ready

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	3 lie	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	lie	lie	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	down	down	ADV	_	3 lie	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 rest	cc
6	rest	rest	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 lie	conj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 bit	det
8	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 rest	obj
9	while	while	SCONJ	_	11 get	mark
10	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	11 get	nsubj
11	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 lie	advcl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 dinner	det
13	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 get	obj
14	ready	ready	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 get	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	lie down	imperative	you not said here		down property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	rest	infinitive	you not said here	a bit		vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bit=Theme
3	get	present	I	the dinner	ready property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dinner=Stimulus

Option 4

Nah, you need to go straight back to the water and rest there

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 need	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 need	nsubj
4	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 go	mark
6	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 need	xcomp
7	straight	straight	ADV	_	8 back	advmod
8	back	back	ADV	_	6 go	advmod
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 water	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 water	det
11	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 go	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 rest	cc
13	rest	rest	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 go	conj
14	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 rest	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	roles by
1	need	present	you		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	go not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here	the water	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to water=Initial_Location
3	rest	infinitive	you not said here	there	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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