Test 10 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Soldier's Midnight Watch, part 1:…

the soldier beat her till she was dead, honestly that's kinda dark, right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: soldier, that · What happens: beat, be · To what, where: her

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 469 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Soldier's Midnight Watch, part 1: a priest's son outwits a witch princess, then a soldier is warned about a merchant's daughter» 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 soldier	det
2	soldier	soldier	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 beat	nsubj
3	beat	beat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 beat	obj
5	till	till	SCONJ	_	8 dead	mark
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 dead	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 dead	cop
8	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 beat	advcl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 dark	punct
10	honestly	honestly	ADV	_	14 dark	advmod
11	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	14 dark	nsubj
12	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 dark	cop
13	kinda	kinda	ADV	_	14 dark	advmod
14	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 dead	conj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 dark	punct
16	right	right	INTJ	_	3 beat	discourse
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 beat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	beat	past	the soldier	her = she		vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location she=Theme
2	is	past	soldier		dead property	tree rules
3	is	present	that		dark, honestly, kinda 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 · ← Mova's choice

yeah it's bleak, but she's a witch, fr

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 bleak	discourse
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 bleak	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 bleak	cop
4	bleak	bleak	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 witch	punct
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 witch	cc
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 witch	nsubj
8	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 witch	cop
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 witch	det
10	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bleak	parataxis
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 fr	punct
12	fr	fr	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 witch	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	it					bleak property	tree rules
2	is a	present	she	a witch and fr					tree rules

Option 2

yeah it's super dark, but she was a witch who deserved it, fr fr

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 dark	discourse
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 dark	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 dark	cop
4	super	super	ADV	_	5 dark	advmod
5	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 witch	punct
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	11 witch	cc
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 witch	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 witch	cop
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 witch	det
11	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dark	conj
12	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 deserved	nsubj
13	deserved	deserve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 witch	acl:relcl
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 deserved	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 fr	punct
16	fr	fr	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 fr	compound
17	fr	fr	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dark	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	it		dark, super property	tree rules
2	is a	past	she	a witch		tree rules
3	deserve	past	a witch	it		tree rules

Option 3

nah it's fine, she was evil, fr

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 fine	discourse
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 fine	expl
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 fine	cop
4	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 evil	punct
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 evil	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 evil	cop
8	evil	evil	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 fine	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 fr	punct
10	fr	fr	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fine	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						fine property	tree rules
2	is	past	she					evil property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

yeah it's dark, but she was a witch, fr

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 dark	discourse
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 dark	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 dark	cop
4	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 witch	punct
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 witch	cc
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 witch	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 witch	cop
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 witch	det
10	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dark	parataxis
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 fr	punct
12	fr	fr	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 witch	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	it					dark property	tree rules
2	is a	past	she	a witch and fr					tree rules

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