Test 6 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Smith and Likho: a smith tricks an…
Ngl, why did Likho chase him through the forest?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Likho · What happens: chase · To what, where: Ngl, forest
This is test 6 · ★ 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 | Ngl | Ngl | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 chase | vocative |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Ngl | punct |
| 3 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 6 chase | advmod |
| 4 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 chase | aux |
| 5 | Likho | Likho | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 chase | nsubj |
| 6 | chase | chase | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 chase | obj |
| 8 | through | through | ADP | _ | 10 forest | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 forest | det |
| 10 | forest | forest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 chase | obl |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 chase | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | chase | past · do-support | Likho | Ngl | the forest | Ngl vocative | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme through forest=Trajectory |
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
Cuz he tricked her and was running off with her sheep, so obvi she chased him
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cuz | Cuz | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 tricked | nsubj |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 tricked | nsubj |
| 3 | tricked | trick | 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 tricked | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 running | cc |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 running | aux |
| 7 | running | run | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 tricked | conj |
| 8 | off | off | ADP | _ | 7 running | compound:prt |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 sheep | case |
| 10 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 sheep | nmod:poss |
| 11 | sheep | sheep | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 running | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 chased | punct |
| 13 | so | so | ADV | _ | 16 chased | advmod |
| 14 | obvi | obvi | X | Foreign=Yes | 16 chased | dep |
| 15 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 chased | nsubj |
| 16 | chased | chase | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 tricked | conj |
| 17 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 chased | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | trick | past | Cuz | her = she | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient | ||||
| 2 | run off | past · progressive | Cuz not said here | with her sheep | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent with sheep=Material | ||||
| 3 | chase | past | she | Cuz | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Cuz he was trying to escape, obvi
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cuz | Cuz | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 trying | nsubj |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 trying | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 trying | aux |
| 4 | trying | try | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 escape | mark |
| 6 | escape | escape | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 trying | xcomp |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 obvi | punct |
| 8 | obvi | obvi | X | Foreign=Yes | 4 trying | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | try | past · progressive | Cuz | obvi | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | escape not said to happen | to-infinitive | Cuz not said here | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Cuz he stole her golden hatchet, obvi
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cuz | Cuz | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 stole | nsubj |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 stole | nsubj |
| 3 | stole | steal | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 hatchet | nmod:poss |
| 5 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 hatchet | amod |
| 6 | hatchet | hatchet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 stole | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 obvi | punct |
| 8 | obvi | obvi | X | Foreign=Yes | 6 hatchet | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | steal | past | Cuz | her golden hatchet | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hatchet=Theme |
Option 4
Cuz he tried to escape her cottage and steal her golden hatchet from the tree
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cuz | Cuz | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 tried | nsubj |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 tried | nsubj |
| 3 | tried | try | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 escape | mark |
| 5 | escape | escape | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 tried | xcomp |
| 6 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 cottage | nmod:poss |
| 7 | cottage | cottage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 escape | obj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 steal | cc |
| 9 | steal | steal | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 tried | conj |
| 10 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 hatchet | nmod:poss |
| 11 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 hatchet | amod |
| 12 | hatchet | hatchet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 steal | obj |
| 13 | from | from | ADP | _ | 15 tree | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 tree | det |
| 15 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 steal | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | try | past | Cuz | vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | escape not said to happen | to-infinitive | Cuz not said here | her cottage | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme cottage=Initial_Location | ||||
| 3 | steal | present | Cuz not said here | her golden hatchet | the tree | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent hatchet=Theme from tree=Source |
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