Test 6 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, Woe and the Peasant, part 43: the peas…

bro, the peasant said "not a stick nor a stone is left"?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: peasant · What happens: say, leave · To what, where: stick · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 · ★ 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	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 said	vocative
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 bro	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 peasant	det
4	peasant	peasant	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 said	nsubj
5	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 stick	punct
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 stick	advmod
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 stick	det
9	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 left	nsubj:pass
10	nor	nor	CCONJ	Polarity=Neg	12 stone	cc
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 stone	det
12	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 stick	conj
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 left	aux:pass
14	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 said	ccomp
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 left	punct
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the peasant					bro vocative	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	leave in a quote	present · passive		a stick nor a stone					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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

yeah, he drank away the petticoat, the cottage, the oxen, the cart and his plough as well

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 drank	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 drank	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 drank	nsubj
4	drank	drink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	away	away	ADV	_	4 drank	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 petticoat	det
7	petticoat	petticoat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 drank	obl:unmarked
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 cottage	punct
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 cottage	det
10	cottage	cottage	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 petticoat	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 oxen	punct
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 oxen	det
13	oxen	ox	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 petticoat	conj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 cart	punct
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 cart	det
16	cart	cart	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 petticoat	conj
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 plough	cc
18	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 plough	nmod:poss
19	plough	plough	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 petticoat	conj
20	as	as	ADV	ExtPos=ADV	4 drank	advmod
21	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	20 as	fixed

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drink away	past	he	the petticoat and the cottage and the oxen and the cart and his plough				away property	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

nope, he never drank anything and kept his wife's petticoat, shawl and his cottage safe

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nope	nope	INTJ	_	5 drank	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nope	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 drank	nsubj
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 drank	advmod
5	drank	drink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 drank	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 kept	cc
8	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 drank	conj
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 wife	nmod:poss
10	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 petticoat	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 wife	case
12	petticoat	petticoat	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 kept	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 shawl	punct
14	shawl	shawl	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 petticoat	conj
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 cottage	cc
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 cottage	nmod:poss
17	cottage	cottage	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 petticoat	conj
18	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 kept	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not drink	past	he	anything					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Patient
2	keep	past	he not said here	his wife's petticoat and shawl and his cottage				safe property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent petticoat=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

yeah, he drank away his wife's petticoat too

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 drank	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 drank	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 drank	nsubj
4	drank	drink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	away	away	ADV	_	4 drank	advmod
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 wife	nmod:poss
7	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 petticoat	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 wife	case
9	petticoat	petticoat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 drank	obj
10	too	too	ADV	_	4 drank	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drink away	past	he	his wife's petticoat				away property	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent petticoat=Patient

Option 4

nope, he saved the petticoat for his wife

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nope	nope	INTJ	_	4 saved	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nope	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 saved	nsubj
4	saved	save	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 petticoat	det
6	petticoat	petticoat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 saved	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 wife	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 wife	nmod:poss
9	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 saved	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	save	past	he	the petticoat				for his wife	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent petticoat=Theme for wife=Beneficiary

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