Test 1 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, Marya Morevna, part 21: Ivan is slain…

yo did Ivan really get chopped up or nah?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · What happens: do, chop up · To what, where: Ivan

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 429 «Russian Folk-Tales, Marya Morevna, part 21: Ivan is slain and revived, then tricks the Baba Yaga's mares and is helped by the creatures he spared» 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	_	2 did	discourse
2	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Ivan	Ivan	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 did	obj
4	really	really	ADV	_	6 chopped	advmod
5	get	get	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 chopped	aux:pass
6	chopped	chop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 did	conj
7	up	up	ADP	_	6 chopped	compound:prt
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 nah	cc
9	nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 chopped	discourse
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past		Ivan					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ivan=Eventuality
2	chop up	infinitive · passive							vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»

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

yeah, Koshchei chopped him up and chucked the bits in the sea where nobody could ever find them again

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 chopped	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yeah	punct
3	Koshchei	Koshchei	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 chopped	nsubj
4	chopped	chop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 chopped	obj
6	up	up	ADP	_	4 chopped	compound:prt
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 chucked	cc
8	chucked	chuck	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 chopped	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 bits	det
10	bits	bit	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 chucked	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 sea	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 sea	det
13	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 chucked	obl
14	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	18 find	advmod
15	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	18 find	nsubj
16	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 find	aux
17	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	18 find	advmod
18	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 sea	acl:relcl
19	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 find	obj
20	again	again	ADV	_	18 find	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	chop up	past	Koshchei	him = he			vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
2	chuck	past	Koshchei not said here	the bits	the sea		vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent bit=Theme in sea=Destination
3	find	could	nobody	bits = bit		ever; again	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Topic

Option 2

yeah, Koshchei chopped him up and chucked him in the sea, then sealed him in a barrel

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 chopped	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yeah	punct
3	Koshchei	Koshchei	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 chopped	nsubj
4	chopped	chop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 chopped	obj
6	up	up	ADP	_	4 chopped	compound:prt
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 chucked	cc
8	chucked	chuck	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 chopped	conj
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 chucked	obj
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 sea	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 sea	det
12	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 chucked	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 sealed	punct
14	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	15 sealed	advmod
15	sealed	seal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 chopped	conj
16	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 sealed	obj
17	in	in	ADP	_	19 barrel	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 barrel	det
19	barrel	barrel	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 sealed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	chop up	past	Koshchei	him = he			vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
2	chuck	past	Koshchei not said here	Koshchei	the sea		vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent he=Theme in sea=Destination
3	seal	past	Koshchei not said here	Koshchei	a barrel	then	vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient

Option 3

yeah, Koshchei burned him and scattered ash in the sea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 burned	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 burned	punct
3	Koshchei	Koshchei	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 burned	nsubj
4	burned	burn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 burned	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 scattered	cc
7	scattered	scatter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 burned	conj
8	ash	ash	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 scattered	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 sea	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 sea	det
11	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 scattered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	burn	past	Koshchei	him = he					vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	scatter	past	Koshchei not said here	ash		the sea			vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent ash=Theme in sea=Destination

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

yeah, Koshchei chopped him up and chucked him in the sea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 chopped	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yeah	punct
3	Koshchei	Koshchei	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 chopped	nsubj
4	chopped	chop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 chopped	obj
6	up	up	ADP	_	4 chopped	compound:prt
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 chucked	cc
8	chucked	chuck	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 chopped	conj
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 chucked	obj
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 sea	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 sea	det
12	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 chucked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chop up	past	Koshchei	him = he					vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
2	chuck	past	Koshchei not said here	Koshchei		the sea			vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent he=Theme in sea=Destination

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