Test 10 · ★ · Russian Fairy Tales, Martin the Peasant, part 42: Martin's…

Ngl, what did the courtiers do to the old lady?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Ngl, courtiers · What happens: do

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1718 «Russian Fairy Tales, Martin the Peasant, part 42: Martin's mother goes to the King to woo his daughter» 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	6 courtiers	det
6	courtiers	courtier	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 do	nsubj
7	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	parataxis
8	to	to	ADP	_	11 lady	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 lady	det
10	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 lady	amod
11	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 do	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	Ngl						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	do	present	the courtiers					to the old lady	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

they grabbed her arms and dragged her away from the steps toward the gate

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	2 grabbed	nsubj
2	grabbed	grab	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 arms	nmod:poss
4	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 grabbed	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 dragged	cc
6	dragged	drag	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 grabbed	conj
7	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 dragged	obj
8	away	away	ADV	_	6 dragged	advmod
9	from	from	ADP	_	11 steps	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 steps	det
11	steps	step	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 dragged	obl
12	toward	toward	ADP	_	14 gate	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 gate	det
14	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dragged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grab	past	they	her arms					vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Theme
2	drag away	past	they not said here	her = she				from the steps; toward the gate; away property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent she=Theme from step=Initial_Location

Option 2

they pushed her back and shouted

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	2 pushed	nsubj
2	pushed	push	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 back	nmod:poss
4	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pushed	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 shouted	cc
6	shouted	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 pushed	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	push	past	they	her back					vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent back=Theme
2	shout speech: express	past	they not said here						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

grabbed her arms to hold her back

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	grabbed	grab	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 arms	nmod:poss
3	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 grabbed	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 hold	mark
5	hold	hold	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 grabbed	advcl
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 back	nmod:poss
7	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hold	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grab	past		her arms					vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Theme
2	hold	to-infinitive		her back					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent back=Theme

Option 4

they blocked her path with spears

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	2 blocked	nsubj
2	blocked	block	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 path	nmod:poss
4	path	path	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 blocked	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 spears	case
6	spears	spear	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 blocked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	block	past	they	her path				with spears	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent path=Destination with spear=Theme

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