Test 12 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Priest's Daughter and the Leshy

So where's the sportsman's dog during the whole chase?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: dog · What happens: be

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 455 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Priest's Daughter and the Leshy» 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	So	so	ADV	_	2 where	advmod
2	where	where	ADV	PronType=Int	root	root
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 where	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sportsman	det
5	sportsman	sportsman	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 dog	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 sportsman	case
7	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 where	nsubj
8	during	during	ADP	_	11 chase	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 chase	det
10	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 chase	amod
11	chase	chase	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 where	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 where	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the sportsman's dog				during the whole chase	where 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

Running right in front of him and then circling back around behind

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Running	run	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	right	right	ADV	_	4 front	advmod
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 front	case
4	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Running	obl
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 him	case
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 front	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 circling	cc
8	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 circling	advmod
9	circling	circle	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Running	conj
10	back	back	ADV	_	9 circling	advmod
11	around	around	ADV	_	9 circling	advmod
12	behind	behind	ADV	_	9 circling	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	gerund				front of him			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in front=Trajectory
2	circle back	gerund					then	around, behind property	vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Lost in the woods the whole time, never seen again by the hunter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 woods	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 woods	det
4	woods	wood	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Lost	obl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 time	det
6	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 time	amod
7	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Lost	obl:unmarked
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 seen	punct
9	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	10 seen	advmod
10	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Lost	conj
11	again	again	ADV	_	10 seen	advmod
12	by	by	ADP	_	14 hunter	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 hunter	det
14	hunter	hunter	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 seen	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	participle				the woods	time		vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V PP.eventuality S_ING»: agent=Agent in wood=Eventuality
2	not see	participle					again	by the hunter	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

Sitting quietly beside the tree

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sitting	sit	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	1 Sitting	advmod
3	beside	beside	ADP	_	5 tree	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 tree	det
5	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Sitting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	gerund				the tree		quietly property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent beside tree=Location

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Running right in front of him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Running	run	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	right	right	ADV	_	4 front	advmod
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 front	case
4	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Running	obl
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 him	case
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 front	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	gerund				front of him			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in front=Trajectory

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