Test 11 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, Mother Friday, part 45: Ivan tricks th…

Ayo, what's a distaff even?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Ayo · What happens: be · To what, where: distaff

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 453 «Russian Folk-Tales, Mother Friday, part 45: Ivan tricks the Zluidni into the river, and Friday punishes a spinner» 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	Ayo	Ayo	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 distaff	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 distaff	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 distaff	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 distaff	det
6	distaff	distaff	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ayo	appos
7	even	even	ADV	_	6 distaff	advmod
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Ayo	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Ayo	a distaff					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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

A stick for holding flax

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 stick	det
2	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	for	for	SCONJ	_	4 holding	mark
4	holding	hold	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 stick	acl
5	flax	flax	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 holding	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	gerund	a stick not said here	flax					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flax=Theme

Option 2

A tall stand for weaving the threads of the loom

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 stand	det
2	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 stand	amod
3	stand	stand	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	for	for	SCONJ	_	5 weaving	mark
5	weaving	weave	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 stand	acl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 threads	det
7	threads	thread	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 weaving	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 loom	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 loom	det
10	loom	loom	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 threads	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	weave	gerund	a tall stand not said here	the threads of the loom					vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thread=Product

Option 3

A tool for cutting wool

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 tool	det
2	tool	tool	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	for	for	SCONJ	_	4 cutting	mark
4	cutting	cut	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 tool	acl
5	wool	wool	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cutting	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut	gerund	a tool not said here	wool					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset wool=Product

Option 4

A wooden beam used to press cloth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 beam	det
2	wooden	wooden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 beam	amod
3	beam	beam	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 beam	acl
5	to	to	PART	_	6 press	mark
6	press	press	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 used	advcl
7	cloth	cloth	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 press	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	participle		a wooden beam not said here					vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	press	to-infinitive		cloth					vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cloth=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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