Test 5 · ★ · Russian Fairy Tales, The Seven Simons, part 7: the six bro…

the sixth simon caught the eagle w a dish, how sus is that

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: sixth simon, sus · What happens: catch, be · To what, where: that, eagle

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 667 «Russian Fairy Tales, The Seven Simons, part 7: the six brothers show their trades to the king, and he calls them to his counsellors» 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 simon	det
2	sixth	sixth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 simon	amod
3	simon	simon	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 caught	nsubj
4	caught	catch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 eagle	det
6	eagle	eagle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 caught	obj
7	w	with	ADP	Abbr=Yes	9 dish	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 dish	det
9	dish	dish	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 caught	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 is	punct
11	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	13 is	advmod
12	sus	sus	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 is	nsubj
13	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 caught	conj
14	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 caught	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	catch	past	the sixth simon	that	the eagle			with a dish	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent eagle=Beneficiary that=Theme
2	be	present	sus						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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

nah, it was luck

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 luck	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 luck	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 luck	cop
5	luck	luck	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	it	luck					tree rules

Option 2

lowkey sus, he threw the dish and it bounced off the eagle's wing

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	lowkey	lowkey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 sus	amod
2	sus	sus	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 threw	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 sus	punct
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 threw	nsubj
5	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 dish	det
7	dish	dish	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 threw	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 bounced	cc
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 bounced	nsubj
10	bounced	bounce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 threw	conj
11	off	off	ADP	_	15 wing	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 eagle	det
13	eagle	eagle	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 wing	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 eagle	case
15	wing	wing	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 bounced	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	past	lowkey sus	the dish					vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dish=Theme
2	bounce off	past	dish	the eagle's wing					vn run-51.3.2-2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location wing=Theme

Option 3

lowkey genius, he climbed the pillar and caught it on the way down

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	lowkey	lowkey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 genius	amod
2	genius	genius	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 climbed	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 genius	punct
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 climbed	nsubj
5	climbed	climb	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 pillar	det
7	pillar	pillar	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 climbed	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 caught	cc
9	caught	catch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 climbed	conj
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 caught	obj
11	on	on	ADP	_	13 way	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 way	det
13	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 caught	obl
14	down	down	ADV	_	13 way	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	climb	past	lowkey genius	the pillar					vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location pillar=Theme
2	catch	past	lowkey genius not said here	pillar		the way			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

lowkey genius, he ran and caught it before it hit the ground

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	lowkey	lowkey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 genius	amod
2	genius	genius	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ran	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 genius	punct
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 ran	nsubj
5	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 caught	cc
7	caught	catch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 ran	conj
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 caught	obj
9	before	before	SCONJ	_	11 hit	mark
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 hit	nsubj
11	hit	hit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 caught	advcl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 ground	det
13	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 hit	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	run	past	lowkey genius		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	catch	past	lowkey genius not said here	it	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
3	hit	past	it	the ground	vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme ground=Co-Theme

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