Test 2 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, Princess Helena the Fair: Vanya wins t…

so the dead dad literally pops up out of his grave and hands Vanya a horse?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dead dad · What happens: pop up, hand · To what, where: grave, horse, Vanya

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 466 «Russian Folk-Tales, Princess Helena the Fair: Vanya wins the princess on his dead father's magic horse» 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	_	6 pops	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 dad	det
3	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 dad	amod
4	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pops	nsubj
5	literally	literally	ADV	_	6 pops	advmod
6	pops	pop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	up	up	ADP	_	6 pops	compound:prt
8	out	out	ADP	_	11 grave	case
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 grave	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 grave	nmod:poss
11	grave	grave	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pops	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 hands	cc
13	hands	hand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 pops	conj
14	Vanya	Vanya	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 hands	obj
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 horse	det
16	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 hands	obj
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 pops	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pop up	present	the dead dad			dad's grave		literally property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out grave=Location
2	hand	present	the dead dad not said here	a horse	Vanya				vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent vanya=Destination horse=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

yep, the dad rose up and handed over a horse and then went back under the ground for good

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yep	yep	INTJ	_	5 rose	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yep	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 dad	det
4	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 rose	nsubj
5	rose	rise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	up	up	ADP	_	5 rose	compound:prt
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 handed	cc
8	handed	hand	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 rose	conj
9	over	over	ADP	_	11 horse	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 horse	det
11	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 handed	obl:agent
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 went	cc
13	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	14 went	advmod
14	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 rose	conj
15	back	back	ADV	_	14 went	advmod
16	under	under	ADP	_	18 ground	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 ground	det
18	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 went	obl
19	for	for	ADP	_	20 good	case
20	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 went	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	other	roles by
1	rise up	past	the dad				vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	hand	participle	the dad not said here				vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	go back	past	the dad not said here	the ground	then	for good	vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient

Option 2

nah, he rode a bus home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 rode	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 rode	nsubj
4	rode	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 home	det
6	bus	bus	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 home	compound
7	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rode	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ride	past	he	a bus home					vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent home=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

yep, straight up, no cap

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yep	yep	INTJ	_	3 straight	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yep	punct
3	straight	straight	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	up	up	ADP	_	3 straight	compound:prt
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 cap	punct
6	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	7 cap	det
7	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 straight	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	straight up	imperative	you not said here	no cap					tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

nah, it was a dream the son had while sleeping by the grave all night long

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 dream	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 dream	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 dream	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 dream	det
6	dream	dream	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 son	compound
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 son	det
8	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 had	nsubj
9	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	while	while	SCONJ	_	11 sleeping	mark
11	sleeping	sleep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 had	xcomp
12	by	by	ADP	_	14 grave	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 grave	det
14	grave	grave	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 sleeping	obl
15	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	16 night	det
16	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 sleeping	obl:unmarked
17	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	16 night	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	it	a dream			tree rules
2	have	past	the dream son				tree rules
3	sleep	gerund	the dream son not said here		night	by the grave	vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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