Test 10 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Smith and Likho: a smith tricks an…

Wait, what's Likho even mean, like in plain talk?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: wait, be, mean · To what, where: Likho

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 450 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Smith and Likho: a smith tricks an old woman, loses his hand, and runs home» 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	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 mean	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 mean	obj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 Likho	cop
5	Likho	Likho	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 mean	obl
6	even	even	ADV	_	7 mean	advmod
7	mean	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Wait	parataxis
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 talk	punct
9	like	like	ADP	_	12 talk	case
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 talk	case
11	plain	plain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 talk	amod
12	talk	talk	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 mean	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is a	present		Likho		tree rules
3	mean	present			like plain talk	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic

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

Some kind of monstrous forest demon who eats travelers and lives in the woods

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	2 kind	det
2	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 demon	case
4	monstrous	monstrous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 demon	amod
5	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 demon	compound
6	demon	demon	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 kind	nmod
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 eats	nsubj
8	eats	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 demon	acl:relcl
9	travelers	traveler	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 eats	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 lives	cc
11	lives	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 eats	conj
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 woods	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 woods	det
14	woods	wood	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 lives	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	present	monstrous forest demon	travelers					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent traveler=Patient
2	live	present	monstrous forest demon not said here			the woods			vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in wood=Location

Option 2

A wicked forest spirit who ruins people's lives and steals their wealth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 spirit	det
2	wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 spirit	amod
3	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 spirit	compound
4	spirit	spirit	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 ruins	nsubj
6	ruins	ruin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 spirit	acl:relcl
7	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 lives	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 people	case
9	lives	life	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 ruins	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 steals	cc
11	steals	steal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 ruins	conj
12	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 wealth	nmod:poss
13	wealth	wealth	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 steals	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ruin	present	a wicked forest spirit	people's lives					vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Patient
2	steal	present	a wicked forest spirit not said here	lives's wealth					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location wealth=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Evil or misfortune, like bad luck

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Evil	evil	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	or	or	CCONJ	_	3 misfortune	cc
3	misfortune	misfortune	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Evil	conj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 luck	punct
5	like	like	ADP	_	7 luck	case
6	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 luck	amod
7	luck	luck	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Evil	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

Curse or doom, like bad fate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Curse	curse	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	or	or	CCONJ	_	3 doom	cc
3	doom	doom	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Curse	conj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 fate	punct
5	like	like	ADP	_	7 fate	case
6	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 fate	amod
7	fate	fate	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Curse	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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