Test 4 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, Woe and the Peasant, part 43: the peas…
dude, what was the deal with Woe anyway?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: dude · What happens: be · To what, where: deal
This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 451 «Russian Folk-Tales, Woe and the Peasant, part 43: the peasant buries Woe under a stone» 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 | dude | dude | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 deal | punct |
| 3 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 6 deal | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 deal | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 deal | det |
| 6 | deal | deal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 dude | appos |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 Woe | case |
| 8 | Woe | Woe | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 deal | nmod |
| 9 | anyway | anyway | ADV | _ | 6 deal | advmod |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 dude | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | dude | the deal | with Woe; anyway property | 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 demon sent from town to steal his cellar, his cart and every last coin
The tree, 17 words
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 demon | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 demon | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 demon | det |
| 4 | demon | demon | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | sent | send | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 demon | acl |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 town | case |
| 7 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sent | obl |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 steal | mark |
| 9 | steal | steal | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 sent | advcl |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 cellar | nmod:poss |
| 11 | cellar | cellar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 steal | obj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 cart | punct |
| 13 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 cart | nmod:poss |
| 14 | cart | cart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 demon | conj |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 coin | cc |
| 16 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 18 coin | det |
| 17 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 coin | amod |
| 18 | coin | coin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 demon | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | it | a demon and his cart and every last coin | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | send | participle | a demon and his cart and every last coin not said here | town | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent from town=Initial_Location | ||||
| 3 | steal | to-infinitive | his cellar | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location cellar=Theme |
Option 2
it begged him to go and find money for the drink
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 | 2 begged | nsubj |
| 2 | begged | beg | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 begged | obj |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 go | mark |
| 5 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 begged | xcomp |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 find | cc |
| 7 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 go | conj |
| 8 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 find | obj |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 drink | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 drink | det |
| 11 | drink | drink | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 find | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | beg speech: request | past | it | him = he | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | go not said to happen | to-infinitive | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | find | infinitive | money | for the drink | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent money=Theme for drink=Beneficiary |
Option 3
it was the rich brother's spirit trying to take his money and his cottage
The tree, 15 words
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 | 7 spirit | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 spirit | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 brother | det |
| 4 | rich | rich | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 brother | amod |
| 5 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 spirit | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 brother | case |
| 7 | spirit | spirit | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | trying | try | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 spirit | acl |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 take | mark |
| 10 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 trying | xcomp |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 money | nmod:poss |
| 12 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 take | obj |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 cottage | cc |
| 14 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 cottage | nmod:poss |
| 15 | cottage | cottage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 spirit | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | it | the rich brother's spirit and his cottage | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | try | gerund | the rich brother's spirit and his cottage not said here | vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | take not said to happen | to-infinitive | the rich brother's spirit and his cottage not said here | his money | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
it kept saying let's drink, let's drink
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 | 2 kept | nsubj |
| 2 | kept | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | saying | say | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 kept | xcomp |
| 4 | let | let | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 saying | ccomp |
| 5 | 's | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 let | obj |
| 6 | drink | drink | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 let | xcomp |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 let | punct |
| 8 | let | let | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 kept | advcl |
| 9 | 's | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 8 let | obj |
| 10 | drink | drink | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 let | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | past | it | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | gerund | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 3 | let | infinitive | 's | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | drink | infinitive | 's not said here | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 5 | let | infinitive | 's | tree rules | |||||
| 6 | drink | infinitive | 's not said here | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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