Test 3 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Pope and the Old Man: the Pope fai…

so the Pope runs to get the old man, that's the plan?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Pope, that · What happens: run, get, be · To what, where: old man, plan

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 487 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Pope and the Old Man: the Pope fails to revive the Princess, is nearly hanged, and is saved by the old man» 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	_	4 runs	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Pope	det
3	Pope	Pope	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 runs	nsubj
4	runs	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 get	mark
6	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 runs	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 man	det
8	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 man	amod
9	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 get	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 plan	punct
11	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	14 plan	nsubj
12	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 plan	cop
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 plan	det
14	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 runs	conj
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 runs	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	run	present	the Pope		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	get	to-infinitive	the Pope not said here	the old man	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer man=Stimulus
3	is a	present	that	the plan	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

nah, he went to the palace

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 went	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	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	to	to	ADP	_	7 palace	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 palace	det
7	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 went	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past	he			the palace			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to palace=Initial_Location

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

yep, dude ran straight for him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yep	yep	INTJ	_	4 ran	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yep	punct
3	dude	dude	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ran	nsubj
4	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	straight	straight	ADV	_	4 ran	advmod
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 him	case
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 ran	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	past	dude					for him = he; straight property	vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for he=Beneficiary

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

yeah, he ran to the old guy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 ran	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yeah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 ran	nsubj
4	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	8 guy	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 guy	det
7	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 guy	amod
8	guy	guy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ran	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	past	he					to the old guy result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to guy=Result

Option 4

nah, he walked

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 walked	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 walked	nsubj
4	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	past	he						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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