Test 1 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Two Friends: a groom drinks with a…

bruv, why'd the groom even hop in the grave, was he dared?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: groom · What happens: hop, dare · To what, where: grave, bruv

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 477 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Two Friends: a groom drinks with a dead man and wakes three hundred years late» 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	bruv	bruv	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 dared	nsubj:pass
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 dared	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	15 dared	advmod
4	'd	'd	PUNCT	_	6 groom	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 groom	det
6	groom	groom	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 dared	nsubj:pass
7	even	even	ADV	_	8 hop	advmod
8	hop	hop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 groom	acl:relcl
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 grave	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 grave	det
11	grave	grave	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 hop	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 groom	punct
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 dared	aux:pass
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 dared	nsubj
15	dared	dare	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	15 dared	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hop	present	the groom not said here			the grave			vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in grave=Trajectory
2	dare	past · passive		bruv					vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient

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

the dead bloke begged him to come down and help dig his grave out, it was mad

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 bloke	det
2	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 bloke	amod
3	bloke	bloke	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 begged	nsubj
4	begged	beg	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 begged	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 come	mark
7	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 begged	xcomp
8	down	down	ADV	_	7 come	advmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 help	cc
10	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 come	conj
11	dig	dig	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 help	xcomp
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 grave	nmod:poss
13	grave	grave	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 dig	obj
14	out	out	ADP	_	11 dig	compound:prt
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 mad	punct
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 mad	nsubj
17	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 mad	cop
18	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 begged	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	beg speech: request	past	the dead bloke		him = he		vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
2	come down not said to happen	to-infinitive	the dead bloke not said here			down property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	help	infinitive	the dead bloke not said here				vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
4	dig out	infinitive	the dead bloke not said here	bloke's grave			vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent grave=Theme
5	is	past	grave			mad property	tree rules

Option 2

his mate said it was a laugh, innit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mate	nmod:poss
2	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 laugh	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 laugh	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 laugh	det
7	laugh	laugh	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 said	ccomp
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 innit	punct
9	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 laugh	conj

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

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

the dead bloke asked him for a drink

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 bloke	det
2	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 bloke	amod
3	bloke	bloke	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 asked	nsubj
4	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 asked	iobj
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 drink	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 drink	det
8	drink	drink	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 asked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	the dead bloke		him = he			for a drink	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

the dead bloke was lonely and kept shouting at him from the hole, proper creepy

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 bloke	det
2	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 bloke	amod
3	bloke	bloke	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lonely	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 lonely	cop
5	lonely	lonely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 kept	cc
7	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 lonely	conj
8	shouting	shout	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 kept	xcomp
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 him	case
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 shouting	obl
11	from	from	ADP	_	13 hole	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 hole	det
13	hole	hole	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 shouting	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 creepy	punct
15	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 creepy	amod
16	creepy	creepy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 lonely	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	is	past	the dead bloke		lonely property	tree rules
2	keep	past	the dead bloke not said here			tree rules
3	shout speech: express	gerund	the dead bloke not said here	the hole	at him = he	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	be		the dead bloke not said here			tree rules

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