Test 4 · ★ · Russian Tales, Ivan the Fool, part 31: Ivan's millstone sc…

lowkey, who even is St Peter in this story?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: lowkey · What happens: be · To what, where: St Peter, story

This is test 4 · ★ 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	lowkey	lowkey	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 Peter	punct
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 Peter	nsubj
4	even	even	ADV	_	7 Peter	advmod
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 Peter	cop
6	St	St	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Peter	compound
7	Peter	Peter	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 lowkey	conj
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 story	case
9	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	10 story	det
10	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 Peter	nmod
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 lowkey	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	lowkey and St Peter	St Peter		this story			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

He's the apostle who was at the gate and checked Ivan's bag

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	4 apostle	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 apostle	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 apostle	det
4	apostle	apostle	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 gate	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 gate	cop
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 gate	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 gate	det
9	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 apostle	acl:relcl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 checked	cc
11	checked	check	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 apostle	conj
12	Ivan	Ivan	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 bag	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 Ivan	case
14	bag	bag	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 checked	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	is a	present	He	the apostle		tree rules
2	is	past	the apostle		the gate	tree rules
3	check	past	He not said here	Ivan's bag		vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bag=Theme

Option 2

He's the saint who tells the cattle when to eat

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	4 saint	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 saint	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 saint	det
4	saint	saint	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 tells	nsubj
6	tells	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 saint	acl:relcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cattle	det
8	cattle	cattle	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tells	obj
9	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	11 eat	advmod
10	to	to	PART	_	11 eat	mark
11	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 tells	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	is a	present	He	the saint		tree rules
2	tell speech: assert	present	the saint		the cattle	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent cattle=Recipient clause=Topic
3	eat not said to happen	to-infinitive	the saint not said here			vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He's the saint who grabbed the incense and gave Ivan the fife

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	4 saint	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 saint	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 saint	det
4	saint	saint	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 grabbed	nsubj
6	grabbed	grab	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 saint	acl:relcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 incense	det
8	incense	incense	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 grabbed	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 gave	cc
10	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 grabbed	conj
11	Ivan	Ivan	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 gave	iobj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 fife	det
13	fife	fife	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 gave	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	is a	present	He	the saint		tree rules
2	grab	past	the saint	the incense		vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent incense=Theme
3	give	past	the saint not said here	the fife	Ivan	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent ivan=Recipient fife=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

He's the robber chief who stole the incense from the church and then sold the fife to the village parson for a silver coin

The tree, 25 words

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	5 chief	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 chief	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 chief	det
4	robber	robber	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 chief	compound
5	chief	chief	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 stole	nsubj
7	stole	steal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 chief	acl:relcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 incense	det
9	incense	incense	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stole	obj
10	from	from	ADP	_	12 church	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 church	det
12	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stole	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 sold	cc
14	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	15 sold	advmod
15	sold	sell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 stole	conj
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 fife	det
17	fife	fife	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 sold	obj
18	to	to	ADP	_	21 parson	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 parson	det
20	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 parson	compound
21	parson	parson	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 sold	obl
22	for	for	ADP	_	25 coin	case
23	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	25 coin	det
24	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 coin	compound
25	coin	coin	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 sold	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	He	the robber chief					tree rules
2	steal	past	the robber chief	the incense		the church			vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent incense=Theme from church=Source
3	sell	past	the robber chief not said here	the fife	the village parson		then	for a silver coin	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.asset»: agent=Agent fife=Theme to parson=Recipient for coin=Asset

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