Test 10 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Soldier and the Warlock: the Soldi…

So after all that, did the soldier just go back to the army?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: soldier · What happens: go back

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 479 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Soldier and the Warlock: the Soldier burns the wicked Warlock and the village is saved.» 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	So	so	ADV	_	10 go	advmod
2	after	after	ADP	_	4 that	case
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 that	det
4	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	10 go	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 that	punct
6	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 go	aux
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 soldier	det
8	soldier	soldier	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 go	nsubj
9	just	just	ADV	_	10 go	advmod
10	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
11	back	back	ADV	_	10 go	advmod
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 army	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 army	det
14	army	army	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 go	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 go	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go back	past · do-support	the soldier				after that	to the army result	vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to army=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

Yeah, he served the Tsar faithfully in the army and then retired to a quiet life in the village

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 served	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 served	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 served	nsubj
4	served	serve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Tsar	det
6	Tsar	Tsar	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 served	obj
7	faithfully	faithfully	ADV	_	4 served	advmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 army	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 army	det
10	army	army	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 served	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 retired	cc
12	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 retired	advmod
13	retired	retire	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 served	conj
14	to	to	ADP	_	17 life	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 life	det
16	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 life	amod
17	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 retired	obl
18	in	in	ADP	_	20 village	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 village	det
20	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 retired	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	serve	past	he	the Tsar		the army		faithfully property	vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent tsar=Value in army=Location
2	retire	past	he not said here			the village	then	to a quiet life	vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Yeah, he served the Tsar for years and then retired to live at ease in his village

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 served	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 served	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 served	nsubj
4	served	serve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Tsar	det
6	Tsar	Tsar	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 served	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 years	case
8	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 served	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 retired	cc
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 retired	advmod
11	retired	retired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 served	conj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 live	mark
13	live	live	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 retired	xcomp
14	at	at	ADP	_	15 ease	case
15	ease	ease	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 live	obl
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 village	case
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 village	nmod:poss
18	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 live	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	serve	past	he	the Tsar			year		vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tsar=Attribute
2	live	to-infinitive	he not said here			ease		in his village	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at ease=Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, he served the Tsar and then retired

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 served	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 served	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 served	nsubj
4	served	serve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Tsar	det
6	Tsar	Tsar	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 served	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 retired	cc
8	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 retired	advmod
9	retired	retired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 served	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	serve	past	he	the Tsar					vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tsar=Attribute

Option 4

Yes, he went back to the regiment and fought

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 went	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 went	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 went	nsubj
4	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	back	back	ADV	_	4 went	advmod
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 regiment	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 regiment	det
8	regiment	regiment	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 went	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 fought	cc
10	fought	fight	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 went	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go back	past	he					to the regiment result	vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to regiment=Result
2	fight	past	he not said here						vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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