Test 11 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, Petrusha and the Devil: the horse turn…

yo, what did she do when he asked for pancakes?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: she, he · What happens: do, ask

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 417 «Russian Folk-Tales, Petrusha and the Devil: the horse turns out to be his father» 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	yo	yo	INTJ	_	6 do	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yo	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 do	obj
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 do	aux
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 do	nsubj
6	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	9 asked	advmod
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 asked	nsubj
9	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 do	advcl
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 pancakes	case
11	pancakes	pancake	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 asked	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past · do-support	she						vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
2	ask speech: ask	past	he					for pancakes	vn inquire-37.1.2 «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 · ← Mova's choice

she scolded him and fed the dog

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 scolded	nsubj
2	scolded	scold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 scolded	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 fed	cc
5	fed	feed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 scolded	conj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 dog	det
7	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scold	past	she	him = he					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	feed	past	she not said here		the dog				vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Recipient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

called him a thief and cooked a huge pot

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 called	obj
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 thief	det
4	thief	thief	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 called	xcomp
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 cooked	cc
6	cooked	cook	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 called	conj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 pot	det
8	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 pot	amod
9	pot	pot	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cooked	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	past			him = he				vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
2	cook	past		a huge pot					vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent pot=Patient

Option 3

she cooked him a huge meal

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 cooked	nsubj
2	cooked	cook	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 cooked	obj
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 meal	det
5	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 meal	amod
6	meal	meal	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cooked	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cook	past	she	a huge meal	him = he				vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary meal=Product

Option 4

she called him a thief and then cooked a huge pot of pancakes for the whole village

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 called	nsubj
2	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 called	obj
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 thief	det
5	thief	thief	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 called	xcomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 cooked	cc
7	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 cooked	advmod
8	cooked	cook	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 called	conj
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 pot	det
10	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 pot	amod
11	pot	pot	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cooked	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 pancakes	case
13	pancakes	pancake	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 pot	nmod
14	for	for	ADP	_	17 village	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 village	det
16	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 village	amod
17	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cooked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	past	she		him = he				vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
2	cook	past	she not said here	a huge pot of pancakes			then	for the whole village	vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent pot=Product for village=Beneficiary

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