Test 12 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Two Friends: a groom drinks with a…

did the groom say the procession was waiting, bro?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: groom, procession · What happens: say, wait · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 12 · ★ 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	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 say	aux
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 groom	det
3	groom	groom	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 say	nsubj
4	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 procession	det
6	procession	procession	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 waiting	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 waiting	aux
8	waiting	wait	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 say	ccomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 bro	punct
10	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 waiting	vocative
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past · do-support	the groom						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	wait	past · progressive	the procession					bro vocative	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

yeah, everyone was just sitting there

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 sitting	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yeah	punct
3	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	6 sitting	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 sitting	aux
5	just	just	ADV	_	6 sitting	advmod
6	sitting	sit	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 sitting	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	past · progressive	everyone			there			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

yeah, the whole wedding party was standing outside the gate singing and clapping loudly

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	8 standing	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yeah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 party	det
4	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 party	amod
5	wedding	wedding	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 party	compound
6	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 standing	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 standing	aux
8	standing	stand	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
9	outside	outside	ADP	_	11 gate	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 gate	det
11	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 standing	obl
12	singing	sing	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 standing	advcl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 clapping	cc
14	clapping	clap	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 standing	conj
15	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	14 clapping	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	stand	past · progressive	the whole wedding party	the gate		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent outside gate=Location
2	sing speech: express	gerund	the whole wedding party not said here			vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	clap	gerund	the whole wedding party not said here		loudly property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

yeah, all the folks were waiting

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	7 waiting	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yeah	punct
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 folks	det:predet
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 folks	det
5	folks	folk	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 waiting	nsubj
6	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 waiting	aux
7	waiting	wait	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	past · progressive	all folks						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

yeah, the whole village was out there waiting for him in the cold, bruv

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	8 there	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yeah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 village	det
4	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 village	amod
5	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 there	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 there	cop
7	out	out	ADV	_	8 there	advmod
8	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	root	root
9	waiting	wait	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 there	advcl
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 him	case
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 waiting	obl
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 cold	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 cold	det
14	cold	cold	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 waiting	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 bruv	punct
16	bruv	bruv	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 cold	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the whole village					out, there property	tree rules
2	wait	gerund	the whole village not said here			the cold and bruv		for him = he	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cold=Location

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