Test 2 · ★ · Russian Fairy Tales, Frost, part 49: the stepmother's daug…

Wait, so Frost is literally her bridegroom? No cap?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Frost · What happens: wait, be · To what, where: bridegroom

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 457 «Russian Fairy Tales, Frost, part 49: the stepmother's daughters freeze in the forest» 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

Sentence 1: Wait, so Frost is literally her bridegroom?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 bridegroom	punct
3	so	so	ADV	_	8 bridegroom	advmod
4	Frost	Frost	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 bridegroom	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 bridegroom	cop
6	literally	literally	ADV	_	8 bridegroom	advmod
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 bridegroom	nmod:poss
8	bridegroom	bridegroom	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Wait	obl
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is a	present	Frost	Frost's bridegroom				literally 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.

Sentence 2: No cap?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 cap	det
2	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 cap	punct

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

The options

Option 1

Yeah, the stepmother said so, fr, and Frost is the one who actually takes her into the forest

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 said	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 stepmother	det
4	stepmother	stepmother	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 said	nsubj
5	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	so	so	ADV	_	5 said	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 fr	punct
8	fr	fr	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 said	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 one	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 one	cc
11	Frost	frost	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 one	nsubj
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 one	cop
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 one	det
14	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 said	conj
15	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 takes	nsubj
16	actually	actually	ADV	_	17 takes	advmod
17	takes	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 one	acl:relcl
18	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 takes	obj
19	into	into	ADP	_	21 forest	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 forest	det
21	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 takes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the stepmother	fr			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	Frost	the one			tree rules
3	take	present	the one	stepmother	the forest	actually property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme into forest=Destination

Option 2

Yeah, the stepmother said so, fr, and everyone in the village kinda believed her about that

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 said	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 stepmother	det
4	stepmother	stepmother	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 said	nsubj
5	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	so	so	ADV	_	5 said	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 fr	punct
8	fr	fr	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 said	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 believed	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 believed	cc
11	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	16 believed	nsubj
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 village	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 village	det
14	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 everyone	nmod
15	kinda	kinda	ADV	_	16 believed	advmod
16	believed	believe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 said	conj
17	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 believed	obj
18	about	about	ADP	_	19 that	case
19	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	16 believed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the stepmother	fr					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	believe	past	everyone	stepmother				about that; kinda property	vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, the stepmother said so, fr

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 said	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 stepmother	det
4	stepmother	stepmother	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 said	nsubj
5	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	so	so	ADV	_	5 said	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 fr	punct
8	fr	fr	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 said	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the stepmother	fr					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Yeah, the old man said it, no cap

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 man	det
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 man	amod
5	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 said	nsubj
6	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 said	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 cap	punct
9	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	10 cap	det
10	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 said	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the old man	it				no cap obl	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic

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