Test 8 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Soldier and the Witch: the soldier…

Proper, what did the merchant do with his eyes when he saw the soldier?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: merchant · What happens: do, see · To what, where: soldier

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 471 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Soldier and the Witch: the soldier drives a witch's coffin and tricks her» 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	Proper	properly	ADV	_	4 did	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Proper	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 merchant	det
6	merchant	merchant	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 do	nsubj
7	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	parataxis
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 eyes	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 eyes	nmod:poss
10	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 do	obl
11	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	13 saw	advmod
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 saw	nsubj
13	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 do	advcl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 soldier	det
15	soldier	soldier	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 saw	obj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	past			properly property	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	do	present	the merchant		with merchant's eyes	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	see	past	merchant	the soldier		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer soldier=Stimulus

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

he stared at the Soldier with eyes full of tears

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 stared	nsubj
2	stared	stare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 Soldier	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Soldier	det
5	Soldier	soldier	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stared	obl
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 eyes	case
7	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 stared	obl
8	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 stared	parataxis
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 tears	case
10	tears	tear	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 full	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stare	past	he					with eyes; at the Soldier	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at soldier=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

stared with them wide open

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	stared	stare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	with	with	ADP	_	3 them	case
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 stared	obl
4	wide	wide	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 stared	xcomp
5	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 stared	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stare	past						with them = they; open, wide property	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

Option 3

he covered them with his hands and wept

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 covered	nsubj
2	covered	cover	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 covered	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 hands	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 hands	nmod:poss
6	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 covered	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 wept	cc
8	wept	weep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 covered	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cover	past	he	them = they				with his hands	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent they=Destination with hand=Theme
2	weep	past	he not said here						vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

opened them very slowly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	opened	open	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 opened	obj
3	very	very	ADV	_	4 slowly	advmod
4	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	1 opened	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	open	past		them = they				slowly property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location they=Theme

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