Test 6 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, Vasilissa the Fair, part 33: a dying m…

did Vasilissa eat her whole dinner?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Vasilissa · What happens: eat · To what, where: whole dinner

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 441 «Russian Folk-Tales, Vasilissa the Fair, part 33: a dying mother leaves a doll, and a stepmother makes Vasilissa work» 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	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 eat	aux
2	Vasilissa	Vasilissa	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 eat	nsubj
3	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 dinner	nmod:poss
5	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 dinner	amod
6	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 eat	obj
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 eat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	past · do-support	Vasilissa	Vasilissa's whole dinner					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dinner=Patient

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

nah, she fed it to the dog

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 fed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 fed	nsubj
4	fed	feed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 fed	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 dog	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 dog	det
8	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feed	past	she	it	the dog				vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to dog=Recipient

Option 2

nah, she saved the best bite for her doll, then went hungry to bed

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 saved	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 saved	nsubj
4	saved	save	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bite	det
6	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 bite	amod
7	bite	bite	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 saved	obj
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 doll	case
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 doll	nmod:poss
10	doll	doll	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 saved	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 went	punct
12	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 went	advmod
13	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 saved	conj
14	hungry	hungry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 went	xcomp
15	to	to	ADP	_	16 bed	case
16	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 went	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	save	past	she	the best bite				for her doll	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent bite=Theme for doll=Source
2	go	past	she not said here			bed	then	hungry property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to bed=Initial_Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

nah, she saved the best bite for her doll

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 saved	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 saved	nsubj
4	saved	save	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bite	det
6	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 bite	amod
7	bite	bite	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 saved	obj
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 doll	case
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 doll	nmod:poss
10	doll	doll	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 saved	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	save	past	she	the best bite				for her doll	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent bite=Theme for doll=Source

Option 4

nah, she hid it in her sleeve

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 hid	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 hid	nsubj
4	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 hid	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 sleeve	case
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 sleeve	nmod:poss
8	sleeve	sleeve	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	past	she	it		her sleeve			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Patient in sleeve=Location

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