Test 3 · ★ · Russian Fairy Tales, Vasilissa the Beautiful, part 34: Vas…

what did the doll say to her, like the vibe

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: doll · What happens: say · To what, where: her · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 442 «Russian Fairy Tales, Vasilissa the Beautiful, part 34: Vasilissa goes to Baba Yaga's for a light and gets through an impossible task» 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	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 say	obj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 say	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 doll	det
4	doll	doll	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 say	nsubj
5	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 her	case
7	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 say	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 vibe	punct
9	like	like	ADP	_	11 vibe	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 vibe	det
11	vibe	vibe	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 say	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past · do-support	the doll		her = she			like the vibe	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Topic to she=Recipient

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

"Fear not, my dear, go on."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Fear	punct
2	Fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	2 Fear	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 dear	punct
5	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 dear	nmod:poss
6	dear	dear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 Fear	appos
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 go	punct
8	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 dear	conj
9	on	on	ADV	_	8 go	advmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 Fear	punct
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Fear	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go on in a quote	infinitive							vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

"Go on."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Go	punct
2	Go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADV	_	2 Go	advmod
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 Go	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Go	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go on in a quote	imperative	you not said here						vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

"Never fear, Vasilissa dear!"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 fear	punct
2	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 fear	advmod
3	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 Vasilissa	punct
5	Vasilissa	Vasilissa	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 fear	appos
6	dear	dear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 Vasilissa	appos
7	!	!	PUNCT	_	3 fear	punct
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 fear	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

"Don't cry, little one."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 cry	punct
2	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 cry	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 cry	advmod
4	cry	cry	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 one	punct
6	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 one	amod
7	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cry	vocative
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 cry	punct
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 cry	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not cry speech: express in a quote	imperative · do-support	you not said here					little one vocative	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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