Test 8 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Smith and Likho: a smith tricks an…

Real talk, what did he claim to the village about his comrade?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: he · What happens: claim · To what, where: Real talk, village

This is test 8 · ★ 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	Real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 talk	amod
2	talk	talk	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 claim	punct
4	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 claim	obj
5	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 claim	aux
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 claim	nsubj
7	claim	claim	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 talk	acl:relcl
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 village	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 village	det
10	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 claim	obl
11	about	about	ADP	_	13 comrade	case
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 comrade	nmod:poss
13	comrade	comrade	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 village	nmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 talk	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	claim speech: other	past · do-support	he	Real talk	the village about his comrade				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Topic to village=Recipient

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

Said Likho devoured his comrade whole in the cottage while he escaped, wild

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	Likho	Likho	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 devoured	nsubj
3	devoured	devour	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Said	ccomp
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 comrade	nmod:poss
5	comrade	comrade	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 devoured	obj
6	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 devoured	xcomp
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 cottage	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 cottage	det
9	cottage	cottage	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 devoured	obl
10	while	while	SCONJ	_	12 escaped	mark
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 escaped	nsubj
12	escaped	escape	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 devoured	advcl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 wild	punct
14	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Said	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	devour	past	Likho	Likho's comrade	the cottage	whole property	vn devour-39.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent comrade=Patient
3	escape	past	Likho				vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Claimed Likho ate him, crazy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Claimed	claim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 ate	cop
2	Likho	Likho	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 ate	nsubj
3	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 ate	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 ate	punct
6	crazy	crazy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 ate	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	Likho					crazy, eat property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Said Likho ate him up, wild

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Said	Said	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 ate	nsubj
2	Likho	Likho	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Said	flat
3	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 ate	obj
5	up	up	ADP	_	3 ate	compound:prt
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 wild	punct
7	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 ate	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat up	past	Said	him = he					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient

Option 4

Said Likho ate him up after he'd lost his hand to her, wild stuff

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Said	Said	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 ate	nsubj
2	Likho	Likho	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Said	flat
3	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 ate	obj
5	up	up	ADP	_	3 ate	compound:prt
6	after	after	SCONJ	_	9 lost	mark
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 lost	nsubj
8	'd	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 lost	aux
9	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 ate	advcl
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 hand	nmod:poss
11	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 lost	obj
12	to	to	ADP	_	13 her	case
13	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 lost	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 stuff	punct
15	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 stuff	amod
16	stuff	stuff	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ate	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat up	past	Said	him = he					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
2	lose	past · perfect	Said	Said's hand	her = she				vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Eventuality

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