Test 5 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, Tsar Novishny, part 9: the children ri…

ngl, how did the bullock make the wood?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: ngl · What happens: do, make · To what, where: bullock, wood

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1103 «Russian Folk-Tales, Tsar Novishny, part 9: the children ride a horse, a humble-bee and a bullock away from the serpent, and the bullock gives his life to save them» 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	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 make	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 did	advmod
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 ngl	acl:relcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bullock	det
6	bullock	bullock	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
7	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 wood	det
9	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 make	obj
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 make	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past		the bullock					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bullock=Eventuality
2	make	present	ngl	the wood					vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wood=Product

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 · ✓ the right answer

He chucked the horse-comb behind him

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 chucked	nsubj
2	chucked	chuck	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 comb	det
4	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 comb	compound
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 horse	punct
6	comb	comb	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 chucked	obj
7	behind	behind	ADP	_	8 him	case
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 chucked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chuck	past	He	the horse comb				behind him = he	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent comb=Theme behind he=Destination

Option 2

He threw the bridge into the water

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 threw	nsubj
2	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bridge	det
4	bridge	bridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 threw	obj
5	into	into	ADP	_	7 water	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 water	det
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 threw	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	past	He	the bridge				into the water result	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer bridge=Theme into water=Result

Option 3

He tossed the brush over his shoulder

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 tossed	nsubj
2	tossed	toss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 brush	det
4	brush	brush	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tossed	obj
5	over	over	ADP	_	7 shoulder	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 shoulder	nmod:poss
7	shoulder	shoulder	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tossed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	toss	past	He	the brush		his shoulder			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent brush=Theme over shoulder=Destination

Option 4

He chucked the horse-comb behind him and it grew

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 chucked	nsubj
2	chucked	chuck	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 comb	det
4	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 comb	compound
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 horse	punct
6	comb	comb	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 chucked	obj
7	behind	behind	ADP	_	8 him	case
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 chucked	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 grew	cc
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 grew	nsubj
11	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 chucked	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chuck	past	He	the horse comb				behind him = he	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent comb=Theme behind he=Destination
2	grow	past	comb						vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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