Test 9 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, Princess Helena the Fair: Vanya wins t…

did the dead dad just help because he felt like it, or was there a reason?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: he, reason · What happens: do, help, feel, be · To what, where: dead dad

This is test 9 · ★ 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	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
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	1 did	obj
5	just	just	ADV	_	6 help	advmod
6	help	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 did	parataxis
7	because	because	SCONJ	_	9 felt	mark
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 felt	nsubj
9	felt	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 help	ccomp
10	like	like	ADP	_	11 it	case
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 felt	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 there	punct
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 there	cc
14	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 there	cop
15	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 felt	advcl
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 reason	det
17	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 there	nsubj
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	past		the dead dad		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dad=Eventuality
2	help	present				vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	feel	past	he		like it	vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V S»: agent=Agent like it=Theme
4	is	past	a reason		there 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.

The options

Option 1

he didn't help at all, the horse just came by itself out of the woods when the son was crying there

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 help	nsubj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 help	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 help	advmod
4	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 all	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 help	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 came	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 horse	det
9	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 came	nsubj
10	just	just	ADV	_	11 came	advmod
11	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 help	parataxis
12	by	by	ADP	_	13 itself	case
13	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	11 came	obl
14	out	out	ADP	_	17 woods	case
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 woods	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 woods	det
17	woods	wood	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 came	obl
18	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	22 crying	advmod
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 son	det
20	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 crying	nsubj
21	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 crying	aux
22	crying	cry	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 help	advcl
23	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	22 crying	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	not help	past · do-support	he	all		vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
2	come	past	the horse	the woods	by horse	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme out wood=Initial_Location
3	cry speech: express	past · progressive	the son	there		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

he helped because his kid was in trouble

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 helped	nsubj
2	helped	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	8 trouble	mark
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 kid	nmod:poss
5	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 trouble	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 trouble	cop
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 trouble	case
8	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 helped	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	past	he						vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	his kid			trouble			tree rules

Option 3

he helped because the son had obeyed him and wanted to reward the boy for reading all those prayers at the grave

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 helped	nsubj
2	helped	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	7 obeyed	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 son	det
5	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 obeyed	nsubj:pass
6	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 obeyed	aux
7	obeyed	obey	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 helped	advcl
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 obeyed	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 wanted	cc
10	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 helped	conj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 reward	mark
12	reward	reward	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 wanted	xcomp
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 boy	det
14	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 reward	obj
15	for	for	SCONJ	_	16 reading	mark
16	reading	read	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 reward	advcl
17	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	19 prayers	det:predet
18	those	that	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	19 prayers	det
19	prayers	prayer	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 reading	obj
20	at	at	ADP	_	22 grave	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 grave	det
22	grave	grave	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 reading	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	roles by
1	help	past	he				vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
2	obey	past · perfect · passive		the son			tree rules
3	want	past	he not said here				vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
4	reward not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here		the boy		vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent boy=Recipient
5	read	gerund	he not said here	all prayers		the grave	vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP PP.value»: agent=Agent prayer=Theme at grave=Value

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

he helped because the king told him to

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 helped	nsubj
2	helped	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	6 told	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 king	det
5	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 told	nsubj
6	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 helped	advcl
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 told	iobj
8	to	to	PART	_	6 told	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	past	he						vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
2	tell speech: assert	past	the king		him = he				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient

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