Test 5 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Baba Yaga, the girl escapes with a…

Her stepmom sent her to the witch's place for needles, no way

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: stepmom · What happens: send · To what, where: her, place

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 440 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Baba Yaga, the girl escapes with a towel and a comb» 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	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 stepmom	nmod:poss
2	stepmom	stepmom	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sent	nsubj
3	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 sent	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	9 place	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 witch	det
7	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 place	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 witch	case
9	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sent	obl
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 needles	case
11	needles	needle	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 place	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 way	punct
13	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	14 way	det
14	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 place	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	past	Her stepmom	her = she		the witch's place for needles and no way			vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to place=Destination

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

Yeah, to ask for needle and thread

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 ask	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 ask	punct
3	to	to	PART	_	4 ask	mark
4	ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 needle	case
6	needle	needle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ask	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 thread	cc
8	thread	thread	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 needle	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	to-infinitive						for needle and thread	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Yeah, to beg a needle, thread and a basket of bread from the old witch

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 beg	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 beg	punct
3	to	to	PART	_	4 beg	mark
4	beg	beg	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 needle	det
6	needle	needle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 beg	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 thread	punct
8	thread	thread	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 needle	conj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 basket	cc
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 basket	det
11	basket	basket	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 needle	conj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 bread	case
13	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 basket	nmod
14	from	from	ADP	_	17 witch	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 witch	det
16	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 witch	amod
17	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 beg	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	beg speech: request	to-infinitive		a needle and thread and a basket of bread				from the old witch	vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent needle=Recipient

Option 3

Yeah, to fetch the bread and milk

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 fetch	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 fetch	punct
3	to	to	PART	_	4 fetch	mark
4	fetch	fetch	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bread	det
6	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fetch	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 milk	cc
8	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bread	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fetch	to-infinitive		the bread and milk					vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bread=Theme

Option 4

Yeah, to ask the witch for a needle and some thread for the shift

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 ask	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 ask	punct
3	to	to	PART	_	4 ask	mark
4	ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 witch	det
6	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ask	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 needle	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 needle	det
9	needle	needle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ask	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 thread	cc
11	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	12 thread	det
12	thread	thread	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 needle	conj
13	for	for	ADP	_	15 shift	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 shift	det
15	shift	shift	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ask	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	to-infinitive			the witch			for a needle and some thread; for the shift	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent witch=Recipient

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