Test 8 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Three Brothers: a hog eats the gol…

so what happened to the eldest brother in the end, no cap?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · What happens: happen

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1117 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Three Brothers: a hog eats the golden apples, and a flute tells the truth about a murder» 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 happened	advmod
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 happened	nsubj
3	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	7 brother	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 brother	det
6	eldest	eld	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 brother	amod
7	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 happened	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 end	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 end	det
10	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 brother	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 cap	punct
12	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	13 cap	det
13	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 brother	conj
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 happened	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	past						to the eldest brother in the end and no cap	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

he was thrown in a river

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	3 thrown	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 thrown	aux:pass
3	thrown	throw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 river	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 river	det
6	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 thrown	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	past · passive		he		a river			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme in river=Destination

Option 2

he got tied to a wild horse and dragged across the plain

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	3 tied	nsubj:pass
2	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 tied	aux:pass
3	tied	tie	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	7 horse	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 horse	det
6	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 horse	amod
7	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tied	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 dragged	cc
9	dragged	drag	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 tied	conj
10	across	across	ADP	_	12 plain	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 plain	det
12	plain	plain	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 dragged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tie	past · passive		he				to a wild horse	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient to horse=Co-Patient
2	drag	participle				the plain			vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

he got tied to a wild horse

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	3 tied	nsubj:pass
2	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 tied	aux:pass
3	tied	tie	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	7 horse	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 horse	det
6	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 horse	amod
7	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tied	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tie	past · passive		he				to a wild horse	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient to horse=Co-Patient

Option 4

he got chased by a bear

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	3 chased	nsubj:pass
2	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 chased	aux:pass
3	chased	chase	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 bear	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 bear	det
6	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 chased	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chase	past · passive	a bear	he					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

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