Test 5 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Fiddler in Hell, part 1: a fiddler…
Lowkey the horses at the gate stomped on the dude's head, right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: stomp · To what, where: gate, head
This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 475 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Fiddler in Hell, part 1: a fiddler sinks into hell and finds a tormented rich moujik» 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 | Lowkey | Lowkey | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 horses | det |
| 3 | horses | horse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Lowkey | appos |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 gate | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 gate | det |
| 6 | gate | gate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 horses | nmod |
| 7 | stomped | stomp | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 gate | acl |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 12 head | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 dude | det |
| 10 | dude | dude | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 head | nmod:poss |
| 11 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 10 dude | case |
| 12 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 stomped | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Lowkey | punct |
| 14 | right | right | INTJ | _ | 1 Lowkey | discourse |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Lowkey | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stomp | participle | the gate not said here | the dude's head | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on head=Trajectory |
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
Yeah, their hoofs crushed his noggin, rough
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 crushed | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 crushed | punct |
| 3 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 hoofs | nmod:poss |
| 4 | hoofs | hoof | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 crushed | nsubj |
| 5 | crushed | crush | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 noggin | nmod:poss |
| 7 | noggin | noggin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 crushed | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 rough | punct |
| 9 | rough | rough | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 crushed | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | crush | past | their hoofs | his noggin | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent noggin=Patient |
Option 2
Yup, they stomped his skull, pretty rough
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yup | yup | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 stomped | obl:unmarked |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yup | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 stomped | nsubj |
| 4 | stomped | stomp | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 skull | nmod:poss |
| 6 | skull | skull | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 stomped | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 rough | punct |
| 8 | pretty | pretty | ADV | _ | 9 rough | advmod |
| 9 | rough | rough | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 stomped | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stomp | past | they | Yup | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skull=Patient |
Option 3
Yeah, hooves hit his back, kinda rough
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 hit | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 hit | punct |
| 3 | hooves | hoove | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 hit | nsubj |
| 4 | hit | hit | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 back | nmod:poss |
| 6 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 hit | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 rough | punct |
| 8 | kinda | kinda | ADV | _ | 9 rough | advmod |
| 9 | rough | rough | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 hit | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hit | past | hooves | his back | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme back=Co-Theme |
Option 4
Nah, kicked his legs
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 3 kicked | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | kicked | kick | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 legs | nmod:poss |
| 5 | legs | leg | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 kicked | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | kick | past | his legs | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent leg=Patient |
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