Test 2 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Smith and the Demon: the Smith bur…

wait, so the journeyman was a demon the whole time?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, journeyman · What happens: wait, be · To what, where: demon

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 422 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Smith and the Demon: the Smith burns the seigneur, then the Demon saves him» 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	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 demon	punct
3	so	so	ADV	_	8 demon	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 journeyman	det
5	journeyman	journeyman	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 demon	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 demon	cop
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 demon	det
8	demon	demon	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 wait	obl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 time	det
10	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 time	amod
11	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 wait	obl:unmarked
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here				time		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is a	past	the journeyman	a demon					tree rules

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

Yep, a proper demon from the pit, and he vanished in smoke after saving the smith

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	_	5 demon	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yep	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 demon	det
4	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 demon	amod
5	demon	demon	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 vanished	nsubj
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 pit	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 pit	det
8	pit	pit	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 demon	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 vanished	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 vanished	cc
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 vanished	nsubj
12	vanished	vanish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 smoke	case
14	smoke	smoke	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 vanished	obl
15	after	after	SCONJ	_	16 saving	mark
16	saving	save	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 vanished	advcl
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 smith	det
18	smith	smith	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 saving	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	vanish	past	a proper demon from the pit			smoke			vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	save	gerund	a proper demon from the pit not said here	the smith					vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent smith=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Yep, a proper demon, no cap

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	_	5 demon	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yep	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 demon	det
4	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 demon	amod
5	demon	demon	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 cap	punct
7	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	8 cap	det
8	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 demon	appos

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

Nope, he was really the lord's cousin in disguise who wanted a laugh

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	_	9 cousin	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nope	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 cousin	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 cousin	cop
5	really	really	ADV	_	9 cousin	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 lord	det
7	lord	lord	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 cousin	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 lord	case
9	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 disguise	case
11	disguise	disguise	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 cousin	nmod
12	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 wanted	nsubj
13	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 cousin	parataxis
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 laugh	det
15	laugh	laugh	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 wanted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	he	the lord's cousin		disguise			tree rules
2	want	past	the lord's cousin	a laugh					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot laugh=Theme

Option 4

Nope, he was a friendly man

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	_	7 man	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nope	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 man	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 man	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 man	det
6	friendly	friendly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 man	amod
7	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	he	a friendly man					tree rules

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