Test 12 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, Vasilissa the Wise: the Prince forgets…

Bruh, what was the old woman doing with the flour?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: old woman · What happens: be, do · To what, where: old woman

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 437 «Russian Folk-Tales, Vasilissa the Wise: the Prince forgets his bride, then the doves remind 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	Bruh	bruh	INTJ	_	7 woman	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Bruh	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 woman	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 woman	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 woman	det
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 woman	amod
7	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	doing	do	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 woman	acl
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 flour	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 flour	det
11	flour	flour	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 doing	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 woman	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the old woman					tree rules
2	do	gerund	the old woman not said here					with the flour	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 · ← Mova's choice

Measuring the flour for a great feast for the wedding guests

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Measuring	measure	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 flour	det
3	flour	flour	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Measuring	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	7 feast	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 feast	det
6	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 feast	amod
7	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Measuring	obl
8	for	for	ADP	_	11 guests	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 guests	det
10	wedding	wedding	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 guests	compound
11	guests	guest	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Measuring	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	measure	gerund		the flour				for a great feast; for the wedding guests	vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme flour=Value

Option 2

Pouring it into a jar

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pouring	pour	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Pouring	obj
3	into	into	ADP	_	5 jar	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 jar	det
5	jar	jar	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Pouring	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pour	gerund		it		a jar			vn pour-9.5 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme into jar=Destination

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Sifting it for a pie

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sifting	sift	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Sifting	obj
3	for	for	ADP	_	5 pie	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 pie	det
5	pie	pie	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Sifting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sift	gerund		it				for a pie	vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Location for pie=Theme

Option 4

Carrying the sacks of flour out to the palace cart

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Carrying	carry	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 sacks	det
3	sacks	sack	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Carrying	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 flour	case
5	flour	flour	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sacks	nmod
6	out	out	ADV	_	1 Carrying	advmod
7	to	to	ADP	_	10 cart	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 cart	det
9	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 cart	compound
10	cart	cart	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Carrying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	gerund		the sacks of flour		the palace cart		out property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent sack=Theme to cart=Destination

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