Test 10 · ★ · Russian Fairy Tales, The Seven Simons, part 7: the six bro…

wait the seventh simon said he couldn't do a trade??

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, seventh simon, simon · What happens: wait, say, not do · To what, where: trade · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 667 «Russian Fairy Tales, The Seven Simons, part 7: the six brothers show their trades to the king, and he calls them to his counsellors» 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	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 simon	det
3	seventh	seventh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 simon	amod
4	simon	simon	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 said	nsubj
5	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 wait	advcl
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 do	nsubj
7	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 do	aux
8	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 do	advmod
9	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 said	ccomp
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 trade	det
11	trade	trade	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 do	obj
12	??	??	PUNCT	_	1 wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	say speech: assert	past	the seventh simon		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	not do	could	simon	a trade	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trade=Eventuality

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 said stealing is his trade but he hides it and then the king stole it back from him

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	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	stealing	steal	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 said	xcomp
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 trade	cop
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 trade	nmod:poss
8	trade	trade	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stealing	obj
9	but	but	CCONJ	_	11 hides	cc
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 hides	nsubj
11	hides	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 said	conj
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 hides	obj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 stole	cc
14	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	17 stole	advmod
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 king	det
16	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 stole	nsubj
17	stole	steal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 hides	conj
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 stole	obj
19	back	back	ADV	_	17 stole	advmod
20	from	from	ADP	_	21 him	case
21	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 stole	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	he				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	steal	gerund	he not said here				vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	is a	present		his trade			tree rules
4	hide	present	he	trade			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
5	steal back	past	the king	trade	then	from him = he	vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent it=Theme from he=Source

Option 2

nah, he said stealing is his trade and he never hides it from anyone at all, lol

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	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	stealing	steal	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 trade	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 trade	cop
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 trade	nmod:poss
8	trade	trade	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 said	ccomp
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 hides	cc
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 hides	nsubj
11	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	12 hides	advmod
12	hides	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 said	conj
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 hides	obj
14	from	from	ADP	_	15 anyone	case
15	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	12 hides	obl
16	at	at	ADP	_	17 all	case
17	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	15 anyone	nmod
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 said	punct
19	lol	lol	INTJ	_	4 said	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	he			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	steal	gerund				vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	is a	present		his trade		tree rules
4	not hide	present	he	trade	anyone	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent it=Patient from anyone=Beneficiary

Option 3

nah, he said carving is his trade so he hides it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	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	carving	carve	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 trade	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 trade	cop
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 trade	nmod:poss
8	trade	trade	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 said	ccomp
9	so	so	ADV	_	11 hides	advmod
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 hides	nsubj
11	hides	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 said	ccomp
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 hides	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	he		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	carve	gerund			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is a	present		his trade	tree rules
4	hide	present	he	trade	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

nah, he said stealing is his trade but he hides it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	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	stealing	steal	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 said	xcomp
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 trade	cop
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 trade	nmod:poss
8	trade	trade	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stealing	obj
9	but	but	CCONJ	_	11 hides	cc
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 hides	nsubj
11	hides	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 said	conj
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 hides	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	he		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	steal	gerund	he not said here		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	is a	present		his trade	tree rules
4	hide	present	he	trade	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

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