Test 9 · ★ · Russian Fairy Tales, Iwanich and the Witch's Horses, part…

Ngl, what did the Prince bin when he saw the horses were gone?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Ngl · What happens: do, see, go · To what, where: Prince bin, horses · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1716 «Russian Fairy Tales, Iwanich and the Witch's Horses, part 40: the fish, the eagle and the fox help Iwanich get the horses back» 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	Ngl	Ngl	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 did	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Ngl	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bin	det
6	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 bin	compound
7	bin	bin	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
8	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	10 saw	advmod
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 saw	nsubj
10	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 did	advcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 horses	det
12	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 gone	nsubj
13	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 gone	aux:pass
14	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 saw	ccomp
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	do	past	Ngl	the Prince bin	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bin=Eventuality
2	see	past	Ngl		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	go	past · passive		the horses	vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: subject=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

He hurled the stone at the wall

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 hurled	nsubj
2	hurled	hurl	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 stone	det
4	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hurled	obj
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 wall	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 wall	det
7	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hurled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hurl	past	He	the stone		the wall			vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent stone=Theme at wall=Destination

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He chucked the scale in the river

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 chucked	nsubj
2	chucked	chuck	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 scale	det
4	scale	scale	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 chucked	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 river	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 river	det
7	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 chucked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chuck	past	He	the scale		the river			vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent scale=Theme in river=Destination

Option 3

He ran to the witch and begged for mercy

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 ran	nsubj
2	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 witch	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 witch	det
5	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ran	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 begged	cc
7	begged	beg	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 ran	conj
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 mercy	case
9	mercy	mercy	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 begged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	past	He					to the witch result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to witch=Result
2	beg speech: request	participle	He not said here					for mercy	vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent for mercy=Topic

Option 4

He chased the fish all the way downstream to the sea

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 chased	nsubj
2	chased	chase	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 fish	det
4	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 chased	obj
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 way	det:predet
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 way	det
7	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 chased	obl:unmarked
8	downstream	downstream	ADV	_	2 chased	advmod
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 sea	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 sea	det
11	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 chased	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chase	past	He	the fish		the sea		all way obl:unmarked; downstream property	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent fish=Theme to sea=Trajectory

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