Test 8 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, Emilian the Fool, part 59: the fool's…

so what's the townspeople's big plan to catch him?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: be, catch · To what, where: big plan, him

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 467 «Russian Folk-Tales, Emilian the Fool, part 59: the fool's pike-magic pails, sledge and cudgel make the town angry, so they plan a trick» 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	_	8 plan	advmod
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	8 plan	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 plan	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 townspeople	det
5	townspeople	townspeople	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 plan	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 townspeople	case
7	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 plan	amod
8	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	to	to	PART	_	10 catch	mark
10	catch	catch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 plan	acl
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 catch	obj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 plan	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		the townspeople's big plan					tree rules
2	catch	to-infinitive		him = he					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

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

offer him red clothes, a red caftan and boots

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	offer	offer	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 offer	obj
3	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 clothes	amod
4	clothes	clothes	NOUN	Number=Ptan	1 offer	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 caftan	punct
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 caftan	det
7	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 caftan	amod
8	caftan	caftan	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 clothes	conj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 boots	cc
10	boots	boot	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 clothes	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	offer	imperative	you not said here	red clothes and a red caftan and boots	him = he				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent he=Goal clothes=Theme

Option 2

give him red clothes and boots

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	give	give	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 give	iobj
3	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 clothes	amod
4	clothes	clothes	NOUN	Number=Ptan	1 give	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 boots	cc
6	boots	boot	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 clothes	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	imperative	you not said here	red clothes and boots	him = he				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clothes=Theme

Option 3

offer him red clothes, a red caftan and boots and then catch him when he puts them on

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	offer	offer	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 offer	obj
3	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 clothes	amod
4	clothes	clothes	NOUN	Number=Ptan	1 offer	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 caftan	punct
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 caftan	det
7	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 caftan	amod
8	caftan	caftan	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 clothes	conj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 boots	cc
10	boots	boot	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 caftan	conj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 catch	cc
12	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 catch	advmod
13	catch	catch	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 offer	conj
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 catch	obj
15	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	17 puts	advmod
16	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 puts	nsubj
17	puts	put	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 catch	advcl
18	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 puts	obj
19	on	on	ADP	_	17 puts	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	roles by
1	offer	imperative	you not said here	red clothes and a red caftan and boots	him = he		vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent he=Goal clothes=Theme
2	catch	infinitive	you not said here	him = he		then	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
3	put on	present	he	clothes			vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent they=Goal

Option 4

offer him a red coat and hat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	offer	offer	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 offer	obj
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 coat	det
4	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 coat	amod
5	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 offer	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 hat	cc
7	hat	hat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 coat	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	offer	imperative	you not said here	a red coat and hat	him = he				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent he=Goal coat=Theme

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