Test 9 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Smith and the Demon: the Smith bur…

what did the servants do with the smith at first?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: servants · What happens: do

This is test 9 · ★ 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	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 did	nsubj
2	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 servants	det
4	servants	servant	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 do	nsubj
5	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 did	ccomp
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 smith	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 smith	det
8	smith	smith	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 did	obl
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 first	case
10	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	2 did	obl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past						with the smith	tree rules
2	do	present	the servants						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

Bound his feet and threw him out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bound	bound	ADP	_	3 feet	case
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 feet	nmod:poss
3	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 threw	obl
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 threw	cc
5	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 threw	obj
7	out	out	ADP	_	5 threw	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw out	past		him = he				bound his feet	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Threw him in the dungeon and forgot about him for three days

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Threw	throw	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 Threw	obj
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 dungeon	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 dungeon	det
5	dungeon	dungeon	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Threw	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 forgot	cc
7	forgot	forget	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Threw	conj
8	about	about	ADP	_	9 him	case
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 forgot	obl
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 days	case
11	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 days	nummod
12	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 forgot	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	past		him = he		the dungeon			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent he=Theme in dungeon=Destination
2	forget	past					day	about him = he	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Tied his hands and dragged him off

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tied	tie	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 dragged	advcl
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 hands	nmod:poss
3	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Tied	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 dragged	cc
5	dragged	drag	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 dragged	obj
7	off	off	ADP	_	5 dragged	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tie	participle		his hands					vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient
2	drag off	past		him = he					vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 4

Stripped him and beat him soundly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stripped	strip	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 Stripped	obj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 beat	cc
4	beat	beat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Stripped	conj
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 beat	obj
6	soundly	soundly	ADV	_	4 beat	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strip	past		him = he					vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
2	beat	past		him = he				soundly property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location he=Theme

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