Test 3 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Tsarivna Possessed: the youth outw…

so why throw pears at a ghost, lol?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: throw · To what, where: pears, ghost

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1108 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Tsarivna Possessed: the youth outwits the unclean spirit and wins the Tsar's daughter» 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	so	so	ADV	_	3 throw	advmod
2	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	3 throw	advmod
3	throw	throw	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	pears	pear	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 throw	obj
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 ghost	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 ghost	det
7	ghost	ghost	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 throw	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 throw	punct
9	lol	lol	INTJ	_	3 throw	discourse
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 throw	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	imperative	you not said here	pears		a ghost			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent pear=Theme at ghost=Destination

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

To distract her from the youth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 distract	mark
2	distract	distract	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 distract	obj
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 youth	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 youth	det
6	youth	youth	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 distract	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	distract	to-infinitive		her = she		the youth			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus she=Experiencer

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

To keep her busy picking them up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 keep	mark
2	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 busy	nmod:poss
4	busy	busy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 keep	xcomp
5	picking	pick	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 keep	xcomp
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 picking	obj
7	up	up	ADP	_	5 picking	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	to-infinitive						busy property	tree rules
2	pick up	gerund		them = they					vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Topic

Option 3

Because pears were the only thing that scares off the unclean spirit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	6 thing	mark
2	pears	pear	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 thing	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 thing	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 thing	det
5	only	only	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 thing	amod
6	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 scares	nsubj
8	scares	scare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 thing	acl:relcl
9	off	off	ADP	_	12 spirit	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 spirit	det
11	unclean	unclean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 spirit	amod
12	spirit	spirit	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 scares	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	pears	the only thing					tree rules
2	scare off	present	the only thing	the unclean spirit					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus spirit=Experiencer

Option 4

To trick her into following the pears out of the church door forever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 trick	mark
2	trick	trick	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 trick	obj
4	into	into	ADP	_	5 following	case
5	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 trick	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 pears	det
7	pears	pear	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 following	obj
8	out	out	ADP	_	12 door	case
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 door	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 door	det
11	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 door	compound
12	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 following	obl
13	forever	forever	ADV	_	2 trick	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trick	to-infinitive		her = she				forever property	vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient
2	follow	gerund		the pears		the church door			vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent pear=Theme out door=Trajectory

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