Test 5 · ★ · Russian Fairy Tales, Daniel the Cossack, part 18: Daniel i…

no way, what did the innkeeper have to do with that chain?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: way · What happens: do, have · To what, where: innkeeper, way

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1112 «Russian Fairy Tales, Daniel the Cossack, part 18: Daniel is betrayed, turned into a horse, and returns as a drake-man» 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	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 way	det
2	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 have	obl:unmarked
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 did	punct
4	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 did	nsubj
5	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 way	acl:relcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 innkeeper	det
7	innkeeper	innkeeper	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 did	obj
8	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	to	to	PART	_	10 do	mark
10	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 have	xcomp
11	with	with	ADP	_	13 chain	case
12	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	13 chain	det
13	chain	chain	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 do	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 have	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	past	no way	the innkeeper		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent innkeeper=Eventuality
2	have	present		no way		tree rules
3	do	to-infinitive	no way not said here		with that chain	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

beat Daniel on the back until he falls down

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	beat	beat	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	Daniel	Daniel	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 beat	obj
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 back	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 back	det
5	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 beat	obl
6	until	until	SCONJ	_	8 falls	mark
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 falls	nsubj
8	falls	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 beat	advcl
9	down	down	ADP	_	8 falls	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	beat	imperative	you not said here	Daniel				on the back	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent daniel=Instrument on back=Patient
2	fall down	present	Daniel						vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

wrap the chain around Daniel's neck and drag him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	wrap	wrap	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 chain	det
3	chain	chain	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 wrap	obj
4	around	around	ADP	_	7 neck	case
5	Daniel	Daniel	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 neck	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 Daniel	case
7	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 wrap	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 drag	cc
9	drag	drag	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 wrap	conj
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 drag	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wrap	imperative	you not said here	the chain		Daniel's neck			vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent chain=Theme around neck=Destination
2	drag	infinitive	you not said here	Daniel					vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 3

tie Daniel to the post

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	tie	tie	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	Daniel	Daniel	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 tie	obj
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 post	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 post	det
5	post	post	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 tie	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tie	imperative	you not said here	Daniel				to the post	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent daniel=Patient to post=Co-Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

beat Daniel on the back

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	beat	beat	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	Daniel	Daniel	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 beat	obj
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 back	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 back	det
5	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 beat	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	beat	imperative	you not said here	Daniel				on the back	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent daniel=Instrument on back=Patient

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