Test 13 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, Vasilissa the Fair, part 33: a dying m…

ngl, what's a dowry, is it like money?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ngl · What happens: be · To what, where: dowry

This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 441 «Russian Folk-Tales, Vasilissa the Fair, part 33: a dying mother leaves a doll, and a stepmother makes Vasilissa work» 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	11 money	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 dowry	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 dowry	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 dowry	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 dowry	det
6	dowry	dowry	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 ngl	appos
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 ngl	punct
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 money	cop
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 money	nsubj
10	like	like	ADP	_	11 money	case
11	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	11 money	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	ngl	a dowry					tree rules
2	is	present	ngl					like money	tree rules

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

nope, it's a dress

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nope	nope	INTJ	_	6 dress	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nope	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 dress	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 dress	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 dress	det
6	dress	dress	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	a dress					tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

nah, it's the land a groom owns

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 land	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 land	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 land	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 land	det
6	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 groom	det
8	groom	groom	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 owns	nsubj
9	owns	own	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 land	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	the land					tree rules
2	own	present	a groom	the land not said here					vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot land=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

yeah, it's the stuff a bride brings

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 stuff	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yeah	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 stuff	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 stuff	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 stuff	det
6	stuff	stuff	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 bride	det
8	bride	bride	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 brings	nsubj
9	brings	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 stuff	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	the stuff					tree rules
2	bring	present	a bride	the stuff not said here					vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent stuff=Theme

Option 4

yeah, it's the food a bride cooks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 food	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yeah	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 food	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 food	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 food	det
6	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 bride	det
8	bride	bride	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 cooks	nsubj
9	cooks	cook	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 food	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	the food					tree rules
2	cook	present	a bride	the food not said here					vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent food=Patient

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