Test 7 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, Prince Vasily and the Whirlwind: the y…

Then Vikhor just exploded into dust, right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Vikhor · What happens: explode · To what, where: dust

This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 459 «Russian Folk-Tales, Prince Vasily and the Whirlwind: the youngest prince tricks Vikhor and frees his mother» 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	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 exploded	advmod
2	Vikhor	Vikhor	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 exploded	nsubj
3	just	just	ADV	_	4 exploded	advmod
4	exploded	explode	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	into	into	ADP	_	6 dust	case
6	dust	dust	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 exploded	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 exploded	punct
8	right	right	INTJ	_	4 exploded	discourse
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 exploded	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	explode	past	Vikhor			dust	then		vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location

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

He got stuck in a big tree

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 got	nsubj
2	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	stuck	stuck	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 got	xcomp
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 tree	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 tree	det
6	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 tree	amod
7	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stuck	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	He					stuck property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

He turned into a tall stone statue on top of the steep hill and stayed there

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 turned	nsubj
2	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	into	into	ADP	_	7 statue	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 statue	det
5	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 statue	amod
6	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 statue	compound
7	statue	statue	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 turned	obl
8	on	on	ADP	_	9 top	case
9	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 statue	nmod
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 hill	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 hill	det
12	steep	steep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 hill	amod
13	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 top	nmod
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 stayed	cc
15	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 turned	conj
16	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	15 stayed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	past	He			a tall stone statue on top of the steep hill			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into statue=Trajectory
2	stay	past	He not said here			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He fell apart into yellow sand

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 fell	nsubj
2	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	apart	apart	ADV	_	2 fell	advmod
4	into	into	ADP	_	6 sand	case
5	yellow	yellow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 sand	amod
6	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall apart	past	He			yellow sand		apart property	vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 4

He got dragged back to his palace and locked up in an iron cage forever

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 dragged	nsubj
2	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 dragged	aux:pass
3	dragged	drag	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	back	back	ADV	_	3 dragged	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 palace	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 palace	nmod:poss
7	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dragged	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 locked	cc
9	locked	lock	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 dragged	conj
10	up	up	ADP	_	9 locked	compound:prt
11	in	in	ADP	_	14 cage	case
12	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 cage	det
13	iron	iron	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 cage	compound
14	cage	cage	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 locked	obl
15	forever	forever	ADV	_	3 dragged	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drag back	past · passive		He		his palace		forever property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to palace=Destination
2	lock up	participle				a iron cage			vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

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