Test 7 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Moujik and the Corpse, part 70: th…

Dude, how did the villagers finish off the corpse?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Dude, villagers · What happens: do, finish off · To what, where: corpse

This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 478 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Moujik and the Corpse, part 70: the moujik wins back the coffin-lid and saves two dead lads» 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	Dude	dude	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 did	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	6 villagers	det
6	villagers	villager	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 finish	nsubj
7	finish	finish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	ccomp
8	off	off	ADP	_	10 corpse	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 corpse	det
10	corpse	corpse	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 finish	obl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	Dude						tree rules
2	finish off	present	the villagers	the corpse					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality corpse=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 · ← Mova's choice

Hammered a long wooden stake through its body while praying loudly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hammered	hammer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 stake	det
3	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 stake	amod
4	wooden	wooden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 stake	amod
5	stake	stake	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hammered	obj
6	through	through	ADP	_	8 body	case
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 body	nmod:poss
8	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hammered	obl
9	while	while	SCONJ	_	10 praying	mark
10	praying	pray	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Hammered	advcl
11	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	10 praying	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hammer	past		a long wooden stake		stake's body			vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent stake=Theme through body=Trajectory
2	pray	gerund						loudly property	vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot

Option 2

Stabbed it with a knife

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stabbed	stab	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Stabbed	obj
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 knife	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 knife	det
5	knife	knife	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Stabbed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stab	past		it				with a knife	vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with knife=Instrument

Option 3

Drove a sharpened aspen stake deep into its chest and heart

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Drove	drove	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 aspen	det
3	sharpened	sharpen	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 aspen	amod
4	aspen	aspen	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Drove	obj
5	stake	stake	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Drove	conj
6	deep	deep	ADV	_	9 chest	advmod
7	into	into	ADP	_	9 chest	case
8	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 chest	nmod:poss
9	chest	chest	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stake	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 heart	cc
11	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 chest	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	drove	imperative	you not said here	a sharpened aspen	tree rules
2	sharpen	participle			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	stake	infinitive	you not said here	aspen's chest and heart	vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chest=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Drove an aspen stake in

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Drove	drove	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 stake	det
3	aspen	aspen	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 stake	amod
4	stake	stake	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Drove	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	1 Drove	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drove	imperative	you not said here	a aspen stake					tree rules

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