Test 8 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, Katoma, part 56: the heroes trap the B…

deadass, how did the blind dude get his sight back?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: deadass, blind dude, dude · What happens: do, get back, sight · To what, where: sight

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 464 «Russian Folk-Tales, Katoma, part 56: the heroes trap the Baba Yaga and are healed» 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	deadass	deadass	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 did	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 deadass	punct
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 did	advmod
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 dude	det
6	blind	blind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 dude	amod
7	dude	dude	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 get	nsubj
8	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	ccomp
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 sight	nmod:poss
10	sight	sight	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 get	obj
11	back	back	ADV	_	8 get	advmod
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	do	past	deadass		tree rules
2	get back	present	the blind dude	dude's sight	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sight=Stimulus
3	sight		dude		nom sight «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

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 kissed the girl by the stream

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 kissed	nsubj
2	kissed	kiss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 girl	det
4	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 kissed	obj
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 stream	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 stream	det
7	stream	stream	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 kissed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kiss	past	he	the girl				by the stream	vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent girl=Co-Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

he washed his eyes in the well

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 washed	nsubj
2	washed	wash	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 eyes	nmod:poss
4	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 washed	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 well	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 well	det
7	well	well	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 washed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wash	past	he	his eyes		the well			vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient

Option 3

he splashes water on his face twice

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 splashes	nsubj
2	splashes	splash	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 splashes	obj
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 face	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 face	nmod:poss
6	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 splashes	obl
7	twice	twice	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	2 splashes	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	splash	present	he	water		his face		twice property	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent water=Theme on face=Destination

Option 4

the witch healed him after he begged for mercy in the forest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 witch	det
2	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 healed	nsubj
3	healed	heal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 healed	obj
5	after	after	SCONJ	_	7 begged	mark
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 begged	nsubj
7	begged	beg	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 healed	advcl
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 mercy	case
9	mercy	mercy	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 begged	obl
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 forest	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 forest	det
12	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 begged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	heal	past	the witch	him = he					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient
2	beg speech: request	past	he			the forest		for mercy	vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent for mercy=Topic

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