Test 1 · ★ · Russian Tales, Ivan the Fool, part 31: Ivan's millstone sc…

yo, did the fool really drop a millstone on the robbers' soup, or is that just a made-up thing?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · What happens: do, drop, make up, be · To what, where: fool, millstone, soup, made thing

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1125 «Russian Tales, Ivan the Fool, part 31: Ivan's millstone scatters robbers, and his magic fife sets a parson dancing into a hedge» 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	yo	yo	INTJ	_	3 did	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yo	punct
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 fool	det
5	fool	fool	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obj
6	really	really	ADV	_	7 drop	advmod
7	drop	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 did	advcl
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 millstone	det
9	millstone	millstone	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 drop	obj
10	on	on	ADP	_	14 soup	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 robbers	det
12	robbers	robber	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 soup	nmod:poss
13	'	's	PART	_	12 robbers	case
14	soup	soup	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 drop	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 thing	punct
16	or	or	CCONJ	_	24 thing	cc
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	24 thing	cop
18	that	that	SCONJ	_	24 thing	mark
19	just	just	ADV	_	24 thing	advmod
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	24 thing	det
21	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	24 thing	amod
22	-	-	PUNCT	_	23 up	punct
23	up	up	ADP	_	21 made	compound:prt
24	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	conj
25	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	roles by
1	do	past	the fool		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fool=Eventuality
2	drop	present	a millstone	the robbers's soup	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent millstone=Theme on soup=Destination
3	make up	participle			vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme
4	is a	present	a made thing		tree rules

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

Nope, it was a dream

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	_	6 dream	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nope	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 dream	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 dream	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 dream	det
6	dream	dream	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	it	a dream					tree rules

Option 2

Yep, he tossed a heavy stone on their lunch and it squashed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	_	4 tossed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yep	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 tossed	nsubj
4	tossed	toss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 stone	det
6	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 stone	amod
7	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tossed	obj
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 lunch	case
9	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 lunch	nmod:poss
10	lunch	lunch	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tossed	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 squashed	cc
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 squashed	nsubj:pass
13	squashed	squash	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 tossed	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	toss	past	he	a heavy stone		their lunch			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent stone=Theme on lunch=Destination
2	squash	participle · passive		stone					vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

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

Yep, he dropped it right in the cauldron, and the pottage hit their eyes

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	_	4 dropped	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yep	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 dropped	nsubj
4	dropped	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 dropped	obj
6	right	right	ADV	_	9 cauldron	advmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 cauldron	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 cauldron	det
9	cauldron	cauldron	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dropped	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 hit	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 hit	cc
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 pottage	det
13	pottage	pottage	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 hit	nsubj
14	hit	hit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 dropped	conj
15	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 eyes	nmod:poss
16	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 hit	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drop	past	he	it		the cauldron			vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in cauldron=Destination
2	hit	past	the pottage	their eyes					vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme eye=Co-Theme

Option 4

Nah, he just stood there and yelled at the robbers loudly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 stood	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 stood	nsubj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 stood	advmod
5	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 stood	advmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 yelled	cc
8	yelled	yell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 stood	conj
9	at	at	ADP	_	11 robbers	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 robbers	det
11	robbers	robber	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 yelled	obl
12	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	8 yelled	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	past	he			there			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	yell speech: express	past	he not said here					at the robbers; loudly property	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at robber=Stimulus

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