Test 3 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Story of Unlucky Daniel, part 17:…

Bruv, what did the wolves do to the colt?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: wolves · What happens: do

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1111 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Story of Unlucky Daniel, part 17: the Serpent's three kisses, and Daniel's lucky gifts from a serpent-lady» 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	Bruv	Bruv	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 did	vocative
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Bruv	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 wolves	det
6	wolves	wolf	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 do	nsubj
7	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	parataxis
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 colt	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 colt	det
10	colt	colt	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 do	obl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past						Bruv vocative	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	do	present	the wolves					to the colt	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

Ran it off the road

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Ran	obj
3	off	off	ADP	_	5 road	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 road	det
5	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ran	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	past		it		the road			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent it=Theme off road=Trajectory

Option 2

Tore it to pieces in the forest at night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tore	tore	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Tore	obj
3	to	to	ADP	_	4 pieces	case
4	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Tore	obl
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 forest	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 forest	det
7	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tore	obl
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 night	case
9	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tore	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tore	past		it		the forest	night	to pieces	tree rules

Option 3

Ate the colt's flesh and left only the bones behind in the snow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 colt	det
3	colt	colt	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 flesh	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 colt	case
5	flesh	flesh	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ate	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 left	cc
7	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Ate	conj
8	only	only	ADV	_	10 bones	advmod
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 bones	det
10	bones	bone	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 behind	obl:unmarked
11	behind	behind	ADV	_	7 left	advmod
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 snow	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 snow	det
14	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 left	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	past		the colt's flesh					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flesh=Patient
2	leave	past						in the snow result; behind property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in snow=Result

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Tore it to pieces

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tore	tore	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Tore	obj
3	to	to	ADP	_	4 pieces	case
4	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Tore	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tore	past		it				to pieces	tree rules

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