Test 8 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, Vasilissa the Wise: the Prince forgets…

Ngl, why did the Prince suddenly remember her?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Ngl · What happens: remember · To what, where: her

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 437 «Russian Folk-Tales, Vasilissa the Wise: the Prince forgets his bride, then the doves remind 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	Ngl	Ngl	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 remember	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Ngl	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	8 remember	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 remember	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Prince	det
6	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
7	suddenly	suddenly	ADV	_	8 remember	advmod
8	remember	remember	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 remember	obj
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 remember	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remember	past · do-support	Ngl	her = she				suddenly property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent she=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

He tasted the curds and the memory came back

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 tasted	nsubj
2	tasted	taste	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 curds	det
4	curds	curd	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 tasted	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 came	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 memory	det
7	memory	memory	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 came	nsubj
8	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 tasted	conj
9	back	back	ADV	_	8 came	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	taste	past	He	the curds					vn seem-109 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Theme curd=Attribute
2	come back	past	the memory						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

A messenger came to him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 messenger	det
2	messenger	messenger	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 came	nsubj
3	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 him	case
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 came	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	a messenger		him = he				vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to he=Initial_Location

Option 3

The kiss wore off after the wedding feast was over at last

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 kiss	det
2	kiss	kiss	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wore	nsubj
3	wore	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	off	off	ADP	_	3 wore	compound:prt
5	after	after	ADP	_	8 feast	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 feast	det
7	wedding	wedding	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 feast	compound
8	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 over	obl
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 over	cop
10	over	over	ADV	_	3 wore	advmod
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 last	case
12	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 wore	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear off	past	the kiss			last			vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent at last=Source
2	is	past					after the wedding feast	over property	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The doves talked about him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 doves	det
2	doves	dove	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 talked	nsubj
3	talked	talk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	about	about	ADP	_	5 him	case
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 talked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	talk	past	the doves					about him = he	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about he=Topic

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