Test 3 · ★ · Russian Fairy Tales, Iwanich and Militza, part 39: Iwanich…

no cap, why did the lions chill with him?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cap, lions · What happens: do, chill

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1715 «Russian Fairy Tales, Iwanich and Militza, part 39: Iwanich frees a hare, breaks a forbidden door and becomes a witch's servant» 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	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 cap	det
2	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 did	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 cap	punct
4	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 did	advmod
5	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 lions	det
7	lions	lion	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 chill	nsubj
8	chill	chill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 did	ccomp
9	with	with	ADP	_	10 him	case
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 chill	obl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	no cap						tree rules
2	chill	present	the lions					with him = he	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with he=Instrument

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 · ✓ the right answer

they were hooked to his beard like a leash

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 hooked	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hooked	aux:pass
3	hooked	hook	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 beard	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 beard	nmod:poss
6	beard	beard	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hooked	obl
7	like	like	ADP	_	9 leash	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 leash	det
9	leash	leash	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hooked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hook	past · passive		they		his beard		like a leash	vn coil-9.6-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme to beard=Destination

Option 2

the lions were chained to his beard and he kept them calm by singing to them all day

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 lions	det
2	lions	lion	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 chained	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 chained	aux:pass
4	chained	chain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 beard	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 beard	nmod:poss
7	beard	beard	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 chained	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 kept	cc
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 kept	nsubj
10	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 chained	conj
11	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 kept	obj
12	calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 kept	xcomp
13	by	by	SCONJ	_	14 singing	mark
14	singing	sing	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 kept	advcl
15	to	to	ADP	_	16 them	case
16	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 singing	obl
17	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	18 day	det
18	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 singing	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	chain	past · passive		the lions			to his beard	vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient to beard=Co-Patient
2	keep	past	he	lions = lion			calm property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
3	sing speech: express	gerund	he not said here		lions = lion	day		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to they=Recipient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

they were hooked onto his long beard like a leash so they couldn't run away from him

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 hooked	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hooked	aux:pass
3	hooked	hook	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	onto	onto	ADP	_	7 beard	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 beard	nmod:poss
6	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 beard	amod
7	beard	beard	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hooked	obl
8	like	like	ADP	_	10 leash	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 leash	det
10	leash	leash	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 beard	nmod
11	so	so	SCONJ	_	15 run	mark
12	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 run	nsubj
13	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 run	aux
14	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 run	advmod
15	run	run	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 hooked	advcl
16	away	away	ADV	_	15 run	advmod
17	from	from	ADP	_	18 him	case
18	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 run	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hook	past · passive		they		his long beard like a leash			vn coil-9.6-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme onto beard=Destination
2	not run away	could	they					from him = he; away property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from he=Trajectory

Option 4

they were just hanging out by his beard

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 hanging	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 hanging	aux
3	just	just	ADV	_	4 hanging	advmod
4	hanging	hang	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	out	out	ADP	_	4 hanging	compound:prt
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 beard	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 beard	nmod:poss
8	beard	beard	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hanging	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hang out	past · progressive	they					by his beard	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by beard=Location

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