Test 14 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Little Tsar Novishny, part 11: the…

what made him cry at the mill, bro?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: him · What happens: make, cry · To what, where: him, mill

This is test 14 · ★ of lesson 1105 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Little Tsar Novishny, part 11: the starling's warnings and the boiling water» 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	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 made	nsubj
2	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 made	obj
4	cry	cry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 made	xcomp
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 mill	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 mill	det
7	mill	mill	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cry	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 bro	punct
9	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 mill	conj
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past		him = he					tree rules
2	cry speech: express	infinitive	him = he not said here			the mill and bro			vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at mill=Location

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

his dogs were stuck behind the doors of the mill, and his sister laughed at his tears

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 dogs	nmod:poss
2	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 stuck	nsubj:pass
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 stuck	aux:pass
4	stuck	stick	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	behind	behind	ADP	_	7 doors	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 doors	det
7	doors	door	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 stuck	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 mill	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 mill	det
10	mill	mill	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 doors	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 laughed	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 laughed	cc
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 sister	nmod:poss
14	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 laughed	nsubj
15	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 stuck	conj
16	at	at	ADP	_	18 tears	case
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 tears	nmod:poss
18	tears	tear	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 laughed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stick	past · passive		his dogs		the doors of the mill			vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme behind door=Destination
2	laugh	past	his sister			his tears			vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

his dogs were stuck behind the doors

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 dogs	nmod:poss
2	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 stuck	nsubj:pass
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 stuck	aux:pass
4	stuck	stick	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	behind	behind	ADP	_	7 doors	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 doors	det
7	doors	door	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 stuck	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stick	past · passive		his dogs		the doors			vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme behind door=Destination

Option 3

his dogs were stuck behind the doors and he could hear them barking, and he couldn't help

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 dogs	nmod:poss
2	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 stuck	nsubj:pass
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 stuck	aux:pass
4	stuck	stick	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	behind	behind	ADP	_	7 doors	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 doors	det
7	doors	door	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 stuck	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 hear	cc
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 hear	nsubj
10	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 hear	aux
11	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 stuck	conj
12	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 hear	obj
13	barking	bark	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 hear	xcomp
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 help	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 help	cc
16	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 help	nsubj
17	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	19 help	aux
18	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	19 help	advmod
19	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 stuck	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	stick	past · passive		his dogs	the doors	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme behind door=Destination
2	hear	could	he	dogs = dog		tree rules
3	bark	gerund	dogs = dog not said here			vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	not help	could	he			vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

Option 4

his sister had bolted the mill door

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 sister	nmod:poss
2	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bolted	nsubj
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 bolted	aux
4	bolted	bolt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 door	det
6	mill	mill	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 door	compound
7	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bolted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bolt	past · perfect	his sister	the mill door					vn gobble-39.3-1 «NP V NP up»: agent=Agent door=Patient

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