Test 10 · ★ · Russian Tales, Ivan the Fool, part 31: Ivan's millstone sc…

did Ivan really just play his fife and everyone in town started dancing?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: everyone · What happens: do, play, start, dance · To what, where: Ivan, fife

This is test 10 · ★ 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	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	Ivan	Ivan	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 did	obj
3	really	really	ADV	_	5 play	advmod
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 play	advmod
5	play	play	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 did	advcl
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 fife	nmod:poss
7	fife	fife	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 play	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 started	cc
9	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	12 started	nsubj
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 town	case
11	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 everyone	nmod
12	started	start	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 fife	conj
13	dancing	dance	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 started	xcomp
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	do	past		Ivan	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ivan=Eventuality
2	play	infinitive		Ivan's fife	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fife=Theme
3	start	past	everyone		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
4	dance	gerund	everyone not said here		vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «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

Yep, the whole town danced with eggs, pancakes and even no trousers, and the parson ended up running through the streets in rags

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	_	6 danced	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yep	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 town	det
4	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 town	amod
5	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 danced	nsubj
6	danced	dance	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 eggs	case
8	eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 danced	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 pancakes	punct
10	pancakes	pancake	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 eggs	conj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 trousers	cc
12	even	even	ADV	_	14 trousers	advmod
13	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	14 trousers	det
14	trousers	trousers	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 eggs	conj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 ended	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 ended	cc
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 parson	det
18	parson	parson	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 ended	nsubj
19	ended	end	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 danced	parataxis
20	up	up	ADP	_	19 ended	compound:prt
21	running	run	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	19 ended	advcl
22	through	through	ADP	_	24 streets	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 streets	det
24	streets	street	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 running	obl
25	in	in	ADP	_	26 rags	case
26	rags	rag	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 running	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	dance	participle	the whole town		with eggs and pancakes and no trousers	vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	end up	past	the parson			vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
3	run	gerund	the parson not said here	the streets	in rags	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through street=Trajectory

Option 2

Yes, but only the children danced at first, then the adults joined in with baskets of cakes and their tools

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 danced	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 danced	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 danced	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 children	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 children	det
6	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 danced	nsubj
7	danced	dance	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 first	case
9	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	7 danced	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 adults	punct
11	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 adults	advmod
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 adults	det
13	adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 danced	parataxis
14	joined	join	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 adults	acl
15	in	in	ADP	_	14 joined	compound:prt
16	with	with	ADP	_	17 baskets	case
17	baskets	basket	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 joined	obl
18	of	of	ADP	_	19 cakes	case
19	cakes	cake	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 baskets	nmod
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 tools	cc
21	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 tools	nmod:poss
22	tools	tool	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 cakes	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dance	past	the children						vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at first=Location
2	join in	participle		the adults not said here				with baskets of cakes and children's tools	vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Patient with basket=Co-Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Yep, people danced with eggs, pancakes and even no trousers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	_	4 danced	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yep	punct
3	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 danced	nsubj
4	danced	dance	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 eggs	case
6	eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 danced	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 pancakes	punct
8	pancakes	pancake	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 eggs	conj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 trousers	cc
10	even	even	ADV	_	12 trousers	advmod
11	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	12 trousers	det
12	trousers	trousers	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 eggs	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dance	past	people					with eggs and pancakes and no trousers	vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Nope, only the cattle danced when he played the tune

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	_	6 danced	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nope	punct
3	only	only	ADV	_	5 cattle	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 cattle	det
5	cattle	cattle	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 danced	nsubj
6	danced	dance	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	9 played	advmod
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 played	nsubj
9	played	play	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 danced	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 tune	det
11	tune	tune	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 played	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dance	past	the cattle						vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	play	past	he	the tune					vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tune=Theme

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