Test 1 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Fool and the Pike: the fool's magi…

Yo, so the fool just tells the stove to walk to the King's, right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: fool · What happens: tell, walk · To what, where: stove · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 468 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Fool and the Pike: the fool's magic orders win a palace and the King's pardon» 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	Yo	yo	INTJ	_	7 tells	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yo	punct
3	so	so	ADV	_	7 tells	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 fool	det
5	fool	fool	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tells	nsubj
6	just	just	ADV	_	7 tells	advmod
7	tells	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 stove	det
9	stove	stove	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tells	obj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 walk	mark
11	walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 tells	ccomp
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 King	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 King	det
14	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 walk	obl
15	's	's	PART	_	14 King	case
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 King	punct
17	right	right	INTJ	_	11 walk	discourse
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 tells	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	present	the fool	the stove					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent stove=Recipient clause=Topic
2	walk not said to happen	to-infinitive						to the King result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to king=Result

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 · ← Mova's choice

Nah, he rode a horse there

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	6 horse	det
6	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rode	obj
7	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 rode	advmod

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

Option 2

Nah, he took a cab

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

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

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	past	he	a cab					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cab=Theme

Option 3

Nah, he flew on a broom

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 flew	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 flew	nsubj
4	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 broom	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 broom	det
7	broom	broom	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 flew	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly	past	he			a broom			vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent on broom=Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, the stove literally walks, no cap

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 walks	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 walks	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 stove	det
4	stove	stove	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 walks	nsubj
5	literally	literally	ADV	_	6 walks	advmod
6	walks	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 cap	punct
8	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	9 cap	det
9	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 walks	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	present	the stove	no cap				literally property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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