Test 10 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, Ivan Golik, part 38: the prince wins t…

dude, why did Golik grab the broken pieces?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Golik · What happens: grab, break · To what, where: broken pieces

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1132 «Russian Folk-Tales, Ivan Golik, part 38: the prince wins the serpent's daughter with Golik's help, then plans to go home» 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	dude	dude	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 grab	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 grab	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 grab	aux
5	Golik	Golik	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 grab	nsubj
6	grab	grab	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 dude	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 pieces	det
8	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 pieces	amod
9	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 grab	obj
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 dude	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grab	past · do-support	Golik	the broken pieces					vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piece=Theme
2	break	participle							vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

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 · ← Mova's choice

to mend the bow later

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	to	to	PART	_	2 mend	mark
2	mend	mend	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bow	det
4	bow	bow	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 mend	obj
5	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	2 mend	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mend	to-infinitive		the bow				late property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

he saw what was coming

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	2 saw	nsubj
2	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 coming	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 coming	aux
5	coming	come	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 saw	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	past	he						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	come	past · progressive							vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

he saw the serpent's trap coming and wanted proof

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	2 saw	nsubj
2	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 serpent	det
4	serpent	serpent	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 trap	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 serpent	case
6	trap	trap	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 saw	obj
7	coming	come	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 saw	xcomp
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 wanted	cc
9	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 saw	conj
10	proof	proof	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 wanted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	see	past	he	the serpent's trap	tree rules
2	come	gerund	the serpent's trap not said here		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	want	past	he not said here	proof	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot proof=Theme

Option 4

he saw what was coming and wanted to hide them

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	2 saw	nsubj
2	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 coming	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 coming	aux
5	coming	come	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 saw	ccomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 wanted	cc
7	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 saw	conj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 hide	mark
9	hide	hide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 wanted	xcomp
10	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 hide	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	see	past	he		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	come	past · progressive			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	want	past	he not said here		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
4	hide not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here	them = they	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient

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