Test 3 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, Vasilissa the Fair, part 33: a dying m…

so why were the stepsisters so salty?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: stepsisters · What happens: be

This is test 3 · ★ 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	so	so	ADV	_	7 salty	advmod
2	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 salty	advmod
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 salty	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 stepsisters	det
5	stepsisters	stepsister	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 salty	nsubj
6	so	so	ADV	_	7 salty	advmod
7	salty	salty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 salty	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the stepsisters					salty property	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

cuz she got all the gifts

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cuz	cuz	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 got	nsubj
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 got	nsubj
3	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 gifts	det:predet
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 gifts	det
6	gifts	gift	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 got	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	cuz	all gifts					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer gift=Stimulus

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

cuz Vasilissa was the prettiest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cuz	cuz	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 prettiest	nsubj
2	Vasilissa	Vasilissa	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 cuz	flat
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 prettiest	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 prettiest	det
5	prettiest	pretty	ADJ	Degree=Sup	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	cuz					pretty property	tree rules

Option 3

cuz Vasilissa was the prettiest and everyone in town kept talking about her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cuz	cuz	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 prettiest	nsubj
2	Vasilissa	Vasilissa	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 cuz	flat
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 prettiest	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 prettiest	det
5	prettiest	pretty	ADJ	Degree=Sup	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 kept	cc
7	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	10 kept	nsubj
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 town	case
9	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 everyone	nmod
10	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 prettiest	conj
11	talking	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 kept	xcomp
12	about	about	ADP	_	13 her	case
13	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 talking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	past	cuz	pretty property	tree rules
2	keep	past	everyone		tree rules
3	talk	gerund	everyone not said here	about cuz	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about she=Topic

Option 4

cuz Vasilissa was the prettiest and dad loved her more

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cuz	cuz	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 prettiest	nsubj
2	Vasilissa	Vasilissa	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 cuz	flat
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 prettiest	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 prettiest	det
5	prettiest	pretty	ADJ	Degree=Sup	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 loved	cc
7	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 loved	nsubj
8	loved	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 prettiest	conj
9	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 loved	obj
10	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	8 loved	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	cuz					pretty property	tree rules
2	love	past	dad	cuz					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus

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