Test 1 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Fire-Bird, part 64: the Princess s…

Yo, the Princess just chucked boiling stuff over the witch, proper gutted her, innit?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Princess · What happens: chuck, boil, gut, innit · To what, where: stuff, Princess

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 472 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Fire-Bird, part 64: the Princess saves the Prince and the Fire-Bird is described» 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	_	6 chucked	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yo	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Princess	det
4	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 chucked	nsubj
5	just	just	ADV	_	6 chucked	advmod
6	chucked	chuck	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	boiling	boil	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 chucked	xcomp
8	stuff	stuff	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 boiling	obj
9	over	over	ADP	_	11 witch	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 witch	det
11	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 boiling	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 gutted	punct
13	proper	properly	ADV	_	14 gutted	advmod
14	gutted	gut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 chucked	conj
15	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 gutted	obj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 innit	punct
17	innit	innit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 gutted	advcl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 chucked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	chuck	past	the Princess			tree rules
2	boil	gerund	the Princess not said here	stuff	over the witch	vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent stuff=Patient
3	gut	past	the Princess not said here	Princess	properly property	vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Source
4	innit	infinitive	the Princess not said here			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

Nah, she said she was just stirring soup

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 stirring	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 stirring	aux
7	just	just	ADV	_	8 stirring	advmod
8	stirring	stir	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 said	ccomp
9	soup	soup	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stirring	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	she						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	stir	past · progressive	she	soup					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus soup=Experiencer

Option 2

Yeah, she said she was just cooking dinner

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 said	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 cooking	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 cooking	aux
7	just	just	ADV	_	8 cooking	advmod
8	cooking	cook	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 said	ccomp
9	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cooking	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	she						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	cook	past · progressive	she	dinner					vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent dinner=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, she said she was just getting a light

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 said	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 getting	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 getting	aux
7	just	just	ADV	_	8 getting	advmod
8	getting	get	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 said	ccomp
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 light	det
10	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 getting	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	she						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	get	past · progressive	she	a light					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer light=Stimulus

Option 4

Yeah, she said she was fine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 said	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 fine	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 fine	cop
7	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 said	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	she						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	she					fine property	tree rules

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