Test 11 · ★ · Russian Fairy Tales, The Seven Simons, part 7: the six bro…

he said the king would reward him for the eagle

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: he, king · What happens: say, reward · To what, where: him · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 · ★ 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	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 king	det
4	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 reward	nsubj
5	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 reward	aux
6	reward	reward	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 said	ccomp
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 reward	obj
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 eagle	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 eagle	det
10	eagle	eagle	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 reward	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	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	reward	would	the king	him = he				for the eagle	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent he=Theme for eagle=Attribute

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 if simon could fly, and he tried

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 fly	discourse
2	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 fly	mark
3	simon	simon	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fly	nsubj
4	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 fly	aux
5	fly	fly	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 tried	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 tried	cc
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 tried	nsubj
9	tried	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 fly	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly	could	simon						vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	try	past	simon						vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

yeah if simon could shoot it, and he did

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 shoot	discourse
2	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 shoot	mark
3	simon	simon	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 shoot	nsubj
4	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 shoot	aux
5	shoot	shoot	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 shoot	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 did	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 did	cc
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 did	nsubj
10	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 shoot	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shoot	could	simon	it					vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	do	past	simon						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

yeah, he got gold

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 got	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 got	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 got	nsubj
4	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 got	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	he	gold					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer gold=Stimulus

Option 4

nah, no reward

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 reward	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 reward	det
4	reward	reward	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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