Test 3 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Smith and the Demon: the Smith bur…

how did the smith not get hanged in the end?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: smith · What happens: be, not hange · To what, where: smith, end

This is test 3 · ★ 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	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	root	root
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 how	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 smith	det
4	smith	smith	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 how	nsubj
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 hanged	advmod
6	get	get	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 hanged	aux:pass
7	hanged	hange	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 smith	acl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 end	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 end	det
10	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hanged	obl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 how	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the smith					how property	tree rules
2	not hange	infinitive · passive		the smith not said here			in the end		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 · ✓ the right answer

The demon swooped in and saved him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 demon	det
2	demon	demon	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 swooped	nsubj
3	swooped	swoop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADV	_	3 swooped	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 saved	cc
6	saved	save	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 swooped	conj
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 saved	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swoop	past	the demon						tree rules
2	save	past	the demon not said here	demon					vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 2

The lord came back alive and begged the lady to let the smith go free

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 lord	det
2	lord	lord	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 came	nsubj
3	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	back	back	ADV	_	3 came	advmod
5	alive	alive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 came	xcomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 begged	cc
7	begged	beg	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 came	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 lady	det
9	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 begged	obj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 let	mark
11	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 begged	ccomp
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 smith	det
13	smith	smith	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 let	obj
14	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 let	xcomp
15	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 go	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	come back	past	the lord			alive property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	beg speech: request	past	the lord not said here		the lady		vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent lady=Recipient clause=Topic
3	let not said to happen	to-infinitive		the smith			tree rules
4	go	infinitive	the smith not said here			free property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

The demon swooped in, grabbed the rope and carried the smith off

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 demon	det
2	demon	demon	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 swooped	nsubj
3	swooped	swoop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADV	_	3 swooped	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 grabbed	punct
6	grabbed	grab	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 swooped	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 rope	det
8	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 grabbed	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 carried	cc
10	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 swooped	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 smith	det
12	smith	smith	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 carried	obj
13	off	off	ADP	_	10 carried	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	swoop	past	the demon		tree rules
2	grab	past	the demon not said here	the rope	vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rope=Theme
3	carry off	past	the demon not said here	the smith	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent smith=Theme

Option 4

The servants let him loose by chance

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 servants	det
2	servants	servant	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 let	nsubj
3	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 let	obj
5	loose	lose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 let	xcomp
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 chance	case
7	chance	chance	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 loose	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let	infinitive	the servants	him = he					tree rules
2	lose	infinitive	him = he not said here					by chance	vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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