Test 3 · ★ · Russian Fairy Tales, Frost, part 49: the stepmother's daug…

Why did Marfa not freeze like the others?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Marfa · What happens: not freeze

This is test 3 · ★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 freeze	advmod
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 freeze	aux
3	Marfa	Marfa	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 freeze	nsubj
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 freeze	advmod
5	freeze	freeze	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	like	like	ADP	_	8 others	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 others	det
8	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 freeze	obl
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 freeze	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not freeze	past · do-support	Marfa					like the others	vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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

She kept moving around the fire

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 kept	nsubj
2	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	moving	move	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 kept	xcomp
4	around	around	ADP	_	6 fire	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 fire	det
6	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 moving	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past	She						tree rules
2	move	gerund	She not said here			the fire			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme around fire=Trajectory

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Frost felt bad for her, so he wrapped her in furs and gave her gifts and a sledge

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Frost	frost	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 felt	nsubj
2	felt	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 felt	xcomp
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 her	case
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 felt	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 wrapped	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	9 wrapped	advmod
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 wrapped	nsubj
9	wrapped	wrap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 felt	conj
10	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 wrapped	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 furs	case
12	furs	fur	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 wrapped	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 gave	cc
14	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 felt	conj
15	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 gave	iobj
16	gifts	gift	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 gave	obj
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 sledge	cc
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 sledge	det
19	sledge	sledge	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 gifts	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	feel	past	Frost				for her = she; bad property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
2	wrap	past	Frost	her = she		furs		vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme in fur=Destination
3	give	past	Frost not said here	gifts and a sledge	her = she			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient gift=Theme

Option 3

Frost felt bad and wrapped her up because she was kind and humble to him and gave him warm answers

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Frost	frost	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 felt	nsubj
2	felt	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 felt	xcomp
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 wrapped	cc
5	wrapped	wrap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 felt	conj
6	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 wrapped	obj
7	up	up	ADP	_	5 wrapped	compound:prt
8	because	because	SCONJ	_	11 kind	mark
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 kind	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 kind	cop
11	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 wrapped	advcl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 humble	cc
13	humble	humble	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 kind	conj
14	to	to	ADP	_	15 him	case
15	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 kind	obl
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 gave	cc
17	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 felt	conj
18	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 gave	iobj
19	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 answers	amod
20	answers	answer	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 gave	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	feel	past	Frost			bad property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
2	wrap up	past	Frost not said here		Frost		vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Destination
3	is	past	Frost		him = he	kind property	tree rules
4	be		Frost not said here				tree rules
5	give	past	Frost not said here	warm answers	him = he		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient answer=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Frost felt bad and wrapped her up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Frost	frost	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 felt	nsubj
2	felt	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 felt	xcomp
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 wrapped	cc
5	wrapped	wrap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 felt	conj
6	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 wrapped	obj
7	up	up	ADP	_	5 wrapped	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	past	Frost					bad property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
2	wrap up	past	Frost not said here		Frost				vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Destination

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