Test 11 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, Vasilissa the Beautiful: the skull bur…

what did the skull say when she wanted to chuck it?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: skull · What happens: say, want, chuck · To what, where: it · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 443 «Russian Folk-Tales, Vasilissa the Beautiful: the skull burns the stepmother, and Vasilissa becomes the king's wife» 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 skull	det
4	skull	skull	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 say	nsubj
5	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	8 wanted	advmod
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 wanted	nsubj
8	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 say	ccomp
9	to	to	PART	_	10 chuck	mark
10	chuck	chuck	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 wanted	xcomp
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 chuck	obj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past · do-support	the skull		tree rules
2	want	past	skull		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	chuck not said to happen	to-infinitive	skull not said here	it	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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

Do not throw me away; carry me to your stepmother's room

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 throw	aux
2	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 throw	advmod
3	throw	throw	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 throw	obj
5	away	away	ADV	_	3 throw	advmod
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	7 carry	punct
7	carry	carry	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 throw	parataxis
8	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 carry	obj
9	to	to	ADP	_	13 room	case
10	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 stepmother	nmod:poss
11	stepmother	stepmother	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 room	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 stepmother	case
13	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 carry	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not throw away	imperative · do-support	you not said here	me				away property	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme
2	carry	infinitive		me		your stepmother's room			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent i=Theme to room=Destination

Option 2

Carry me back to the stepmother's house and let her see the light

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Carry	carry	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	1 Carry	obj
3	back	back	ADV	_	1 Carry	advmod
4	to	to	ADP	_	8 house	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 stepmother	det
6	stepmother	stepmother	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 house	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 stepmother	case
8	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Carry	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 let	cc
10	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Carry	conj
11	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 let	obj
12	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 let	xcomp
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 light	det
14	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 see	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	carry back	imperative	you not said here	me	the stepmother's house	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent i=Theme to house=Destination
2	let	infinitive	you not said here	stepmother		tree rules
3	see	infinitive	stepmother not said here	the light		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer light=Stimulus

Option 3

Throw me in the stove now

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Throw	throw	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	1 Throw	obj
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 stove	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 stove	det
5	stove	stove	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Throw	obl
6	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	1 Throw	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	imperative	you not said here	me		the stove	now		vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent i=Theme in stove=Destination

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

Carry me to your stepmother

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Carry	carry	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	1 Carry	obj
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 stepmother	case
4	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 stepmother	nmod:poss
5	stepmother	stepmother	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Carry	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	imperative	you not said here	me	your stepmother				vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent i=Theme to stepmother=Destination

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