Test 3 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Hasty Word, part 1: a youth who wi…

ngl the dude said he'd take the devil's bride, no cap?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, dude · What happens: ngl, say, take · To what, where: bride · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 489 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Hasty Word, part 1: a youth who wished for any bride goes under the lake» 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	ngl	ngl	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 dude	det
3	dude	dude	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 ngl	advcl
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 take	nsubj
6	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 take	aux
7	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 said	ccomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 devil	det
9	devil	devil	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 bride	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 devil	case
11	bride	bride	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 take	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 cap	punct
13	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	14 cap	det
14	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 bride	appos
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 ngl	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	roles by
1	ngl	imperative	you not said here		tree rules
2	say speech: assert	past	the dude		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	take	would	dude	the devil's bride	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument bride=Destination

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

yep, he said it in the middle of an argument with his mom and got real upset about it

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yep	yep	INTJ	_	4 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yep	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc 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	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 said	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 middle	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 middle	det
8	middle	middle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 said	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 argument	case
10	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 argument	det
11	argument	argument	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 middle	nmod
12	with	with	ADP	_	14 mom	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 mom	nmod:poss
14	mom	mom	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 argument	nmod
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 got	cc
16	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 said	conj
17	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 upset	amod
18	upset	upset	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 got	xcomp
19	about	about	ADP	_	20 it	case
20	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 got	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	he	it		the middle of a argument with his mom			vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent it=Theme in middle=Manner
2	get	past	he not said here					about argument; upset property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

yep, he said it when he was super salty

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yep	yep	INTJ	_	4 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yep	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc 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	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 said	obj
6	when	when	SCONJ	_	10 salty	mark
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 salty	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 salty	cop
9	super	super	ADV	_	10 salty	advmod
10	salty	salty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 said	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	he	it					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic
2	is	past	he					salty, super property	tree rules

Option 3

nah, he just said it when he was tired

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 said	nsubj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 said	advmod
5	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 said	obj
7	when	when	SCONJ	_	10 tired	mark
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 tired	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 tired	cop
10	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 said	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	he	it					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic
2	is	past	he					tired property	tree rules

Option 4

yep, he said it when he was super salty and didn't mean it at all

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yep	yep	INTJ	_	4 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yep	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc 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	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 said	obj
6	when	when	SCONJ	_	10 salty	mark
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 salty	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 salty	cop
9	super	super	ADV	_	10 salty	advmod
10	salty	salty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 said	ccomp
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 mean	cc
12	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 mean	aux
13	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 mean	advmod
14	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 said	conj
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 mean	obj
16	at	at	ADP	_	17 all	case
17	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	14 mean	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	he	it			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic
2	is	past	he			salty, super property	tree rules
3	not mean	past · do-support	he not said here	it	all		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic

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