Test 7 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Smith and Likho: a smith tricks an…

Bro, what was the thing with the golden hatchet, like the trap?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Bro · What happens: be · To what, where: thing

This is test 7 · ★ 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	Bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 thing	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 thing	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 thing	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 thing	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 thing	det
6	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 hatchet	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 hatchet	det
9	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 hatchet	amod
10	hatchet	hatchet	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 thing	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 trap	punct
12	like	like	ADP	_	14 trap	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 trap	det
14	trap	trap	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 thing	conj
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 thing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	Bro	the thing and the trap				with the golden hatchet	tree rules

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

It was a bait, he got stuck

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 bait	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 bait	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 bait	det
4	bait	bait	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 bait	punct
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 got	nsubj
7	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 bait	acl:relcl
8	stuck	stuck	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 got	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	It	a bait					tree rules
2	get	past	he	a bait not said here				stuck property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bait=Stimulus

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

The hatchet was bait set in a tree, and he got stuck when he grabbed it greedily

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 hatchet	det
2	hatchet	hatchet	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bait	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 bait	cop
4	bait	bait	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	set	set	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 bait	acl
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 tree	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 tree	det
8	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 set	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 got	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 got	cc
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 got	nsubj
12	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 bait	parataxis
13	stuck	stuck	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 got	xcomp
14	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	16 grabbed	advmod
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 grabbed	nsubj
16	grabbed	grab	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 got	advcl
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 grabbed	obj
18	greedily	greedily	ADV	_	16 grabbed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the hatchet	bait			tree rules
2	set	participle		bait not said here	a tree		vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in tree=Destination
3	get	past	he			stuck property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
4	grab	past	he	hatchet		greedily property	vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He wanted it so bad, he got stuck

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wanted	obj
4	so	so	ADV	_	5 bad	advmod
5	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 wanted	xcomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 got	punct
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 got	nsubj
8	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 wanted	conj
9	stuck	stuck	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 got	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	He	it				bad property	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Pivot it=Theme
2	get	past	he					stuck property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

He saw the glittering hatchet, wanted it badly, reached out and got stuck tight

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 saw	nsubj
2	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 hatchet	det
4	glittering	glittering	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 hatchet	amod
5	hatchet	hatchet	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 saw	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 wanted	punct
7	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 saw	parataxis
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 wanted	obj
9	badly	badly	ADV	Degree=Pos	7 wanted	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 reached	punct
11	reached	reach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 saw	conj
12	out	out	ADP	_	11 reached	compound:prt
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 got	cc
14	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 saw	conj
15	stuck	stuck	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 got	xcomp
16	tight	tight	ADV	_	14 got	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	see	past	He	the glittering hatchet		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hatchet=Stimulus
2	want	past		hatchet	badly property	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=Theme
3	reach out	past	He not said here			vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	get	past	He not said here		stuck, tight property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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