Test 7 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Blind Man and the Cripple, part 1:…

Wait, did Ivan do the whole burning thing?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Ivan · What happens: wait, do · To what, where: whole burning thing

This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 462 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Blind Man and the Cripple, part 1: Prince Ivan defeats the whirlwind Vikhor and sets out to woo Anna the Fair» 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	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 do	punct
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 do	aux
4	Ivan	Ivan	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 do	nsubj
5	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Wait	conj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 thing	det
7	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 thing	amod
8	burning	burning	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 thing	compound
9	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 do	obj
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	do	past · do-support	Ivan	the whole burning thing					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality

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 · ✓ the right answer

Yep, he scattered the ashes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	_	4 scattered	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yep	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 scattered	nsubj
4	scattered	scatter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 ashes	det
6	ashes	ash	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 scattered	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scatter	past	he	the ashes					vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent ash=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Yep, he threw the ashes away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	_	4 threw	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yep	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 threw	nsubj
4	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 ashes	det
6	ashes	ash	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 threw	obj
7	away	away	ADV	_	4 threw	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw away	past	he	the ashes				away property	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ash=Theme

Option 3

Nah, he kept the ashes in a jar

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 kept	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 kept	nsubj
4	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 ashes	det
6	ashes	ash	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 kept	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 jar	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 jar	det
9	jar	jar	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 kept	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past	he	the ashes		a jar			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent ash=Theme in jar=Location

Option 4

Yep, he scattered the ashes to the winds from a hill top

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	_	4 scattered	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yep	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 scattered	nsubj
4	scattered	scatter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 ashes	det
6	ashes	ash	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 scattered	obj
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 winds	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 winds	det
9	winds	wind	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 scattered	obl
10	from	from	ADP	_	13 top	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 top	det
12	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 top	compound
13	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 scattered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scatter	past	he	the ashes		a hill top		to the winds	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent ash=Theme

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