Test 13 · ★ · Russian Fairy Tales, The Fox and His Companions, part 40:…

so why's the bear going round lookin for someone?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: bear · What happens: go round · To what, where: lookin

This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 700 «Russian Fairy Tales, The Fox and His Companions, part 40: the fox tricks the magpie and the crow, then meets a bear who needs a mourner» 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	_	6 going	advmod
2	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 going	advmod
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 going	aux
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bear	det
5	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 going	nsubj
6	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	round	round	ADV	_	8 lookin	advmod
8	lookin	lookin	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 going	xcomp
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 someone	case
10	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	6 going	obl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 going	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go round	present · progressive	the bear	lookin				for someone	vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for someone=Beneficiary

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

to seek a helper for his lost cub

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	to	to	PART	_	2 seek	mark
2	seek	seek	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 helper	det
4	helper	helper	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 seek	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	8 cub	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 cub	nmod:poss
7	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 cub	amod
8	cub	cub	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 seek	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seek	to-infinitive		a helper				for his lost cub	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent helper=Location for cub=Theme
2	lose	participle							vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

to find a crow to fly with him and sing for his dead wife's grave

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	to	to	PART	_	2 find	mark
2	find	find	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 crow	det
4	crow	crow	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 find	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 fly	mark
6	fly	fly	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 find	ccomp
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 him	case
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 fly	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 sing	cc
10	sing	sing	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 fly	conj
11	for	for	ADP	_	16 grave	case
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 wife	nmod:poss
13	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 wife	amod
14	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 grave	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 wife	case
16	grave	grave	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 sing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	find	to-infinitive	a crow		vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent crow=Attribute clause=Theme
2	fly	to-infinitive		with crow	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	sing speech: express	infinitive		for crow's dead wife's grave	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for grave=Recipient

Option 3

to find someone to mourn his dead wife, since the fox ate her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	to	to	PART	_	2 find	mark
2	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 ate	advcl
3	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 find	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 mourn	mark
5	mourn	mourn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 someone	acl
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 wife	nmod:poss
7	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 wife	amod
8	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 mourn	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 ate	punct
10	since	since	SCONJ	_	13 ate	mark
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 fox	det
12	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 ate	nsubj
13	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 ate	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	find	to-infinitive	the fox not said here	someone	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent someone=Topic
2	mourn	to-infinitive	the fox not said here	his dead wife	vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wife=Stimulus
3	eat	past	the fox	wife	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient

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

to find a mourner for his dead wife

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	to	to	PART	_	2 find	mark
2	find	find	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 mourner	det
4	mourner	mourner	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 find	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	8 wife	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 wife	nmod:poss
7	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 wife	amod
8	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 find	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	to-infinitive		a mourner				for his dead wife	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent mourner=Theme for wife=Beneficiary

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