Test 8 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Wind and the Sack: a ram that scat…

How'd the ram get swapped?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · What happens: swap · To what, where: ram

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1099 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Wind and the Sack: a ram that scatters money» 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	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	6 swapped	advmod
2	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 swapped	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 ram	det
4	ram	ram	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 swapped	nsubj:pass
5	get	get	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 swapped	aux:pass
6	swapped	swap	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 swapped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swap	would · passive		the ram					vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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 · ✓ the right answer

They switched it while he slept

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 switched	nsubj
2	switched	switch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 switched	obj
4	while	while	SCONJ	_	6 slept	mark
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 slept	nsubj
6	slept	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 switched	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	switch	past	They	it					vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
2	sleep	past	he						vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

They traded it while he ate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 traded	nsubj
2	traded	trade	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 traded	obj
4	while	while	SCONJ	_	6 ate	mark
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 ate	nsubj
6	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 traded	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trade	past	They	it					vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	eat	past	he						vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

They sold it while he drank

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sold	nsubj
2	sold	sell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sold	obj
4	while	while	SCONJ	_	6 drank	mark
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 drank	nsubj
6	drank	drink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 sold	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sell	past	They	it					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	drink	past	he						vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

They switched it while he slept, putting an ordinary ram in its place

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 switched	nsubj
2	switched	switch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 switched	obj
4	while	while	SCONJ	_	6 slept	mark
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 slept	nsubj
6	slept	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 switched	advcl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 putting	punct
8	putting	put	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 switched	advcl
9	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 ram	det
10	ordinary	ordinary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 ram	amod
11	ram	ram	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 putting	obj
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 place	case
13	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 place	nmod:poss
14	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 putting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	switch	past	They	it		vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
2	sleep	past	he			vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	put	gerund	They not said here	a ordinary ram	ram's place	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent ram=Theme in place=Destination

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