Test 12 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, Marko the Rich: a stingy merchant trie…

Did the robbers see the moujik hiding, or what?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: robbers · What happens: see · To what, where: moujik hiding

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 419 «Russian Folk-Tales, Marko the Rich: a stingy merchant tries to dodge paying one copeck and gets tricked» 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	Did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 robbers	aux
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 robbers	det
3	robbers	robber	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 see	nsubj
4	see	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 hiding	det
6	moujik	moujik	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hiding	compound
7	hiding	hiding	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 see	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 what	punct
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 what	cc
10	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 see	parataxis
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 see	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	present	the robbers	the moujik hiding					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hiding=Stimulus

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

No, he ran out of the church and went home safely before the robbers even came inside

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 ran	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 ran	nsubj
4	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	out	out	ADP	_	8 church	case
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 church	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 church	det
8	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ran	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 went	cc
10	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 ran	conj
11	home	home	ADV	_	10 went	advmod
12	safely	safely	ADV	_	10 went	advmod
13	before	before	ADP	_	15 robbers	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 robbers	det
15	robbers	robber	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 went	obl
16	even	even	ADV	_	17 came	advmod
17	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 ran	advcl
18	inside	inside	ADV	_	17 came	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	run	past	he	the church		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out church=Trajectory
2	go	past	he not said here	the robbers	home, safely property	vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme before robber=Location
3	come	past	he not said here		inside property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

No, he stayed hidden behind the altar

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 hidden	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 hidden	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 hidden	nsubj
4	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 hidden	aux:pass
5	hidden	hide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	behind	behind	ADP	_	8 altar	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 altar	det
8	altar	altar	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hidden	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	past · passive		he		the altar			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Patient behind altar=Location

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, they found him behind the pews

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 found	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 found	nsubj
4	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 found	obj
6	behind	behind	ADP	_	8 pews	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 pews	det
8	pews	pew	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 found	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	past	they	him = he		the pews			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Topic

Option 4

No, he hid under the stairs down

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 hid	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 hid	nsubj
4	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	under	under	ADP	_	7 stairs	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 stairs	det
7	stairs	stair	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 hid	obl
8	down	down	ADV	_	4 hid	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	past	he			the stairs		down property	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under stair=Location

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