Test 9 · ★ · Russian Fairy Tales, The Fox and His Companions, part 40:…

so when the fox played dead on the road, what did the crow do?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: fox, crow · What happens: play, do · To what, where: dead, road

This is test 9 · ★ 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	_	5 played	advmod
2	when	when	SCONJ	_	5 played	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 fox	det
4	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 played	nsubj
5	played	play	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 played	obj
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 road	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 road	det
9	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 played	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 do	punct
11	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	15 do	obj
12	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 do	aux
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 crow	det
14	crow	crow	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 do	nsubj
15	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 road	acl:relcl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 played	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	play	past	the fox	dead		the road			vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dead=Theme
2	do	past · do-support	the crow	the road					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=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

tried to pull his ear

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	tried	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	to	to	PART	_	3 pull	mark
3	pull	pull	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 tried	xcomp
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 ear	nmod:poss
5	ear	ear	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pull	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	try	past							vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	pull not said to happen	to-infinitive		his ear					vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ear=Theme

Option 2

flew down and tried to peck out the fox's eyes and his ears

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	down	down	ADV	_	1 flew	advmod
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 tried	cc
4	tried	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 flew	conj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 peck	mark
6	peck	peck	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 tried	xcomp
7	out	out	ADP	_	6 peck	compound:prt
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 fox	det
9	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 eyes	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 fox	case
11	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 peck	obj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 ears	cc
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 ears	nmod:poss
14	ears	ear	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 flew	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	fly down	past		down property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	try	past			vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	peck out not said to happen	to-infinitive	the fox's eyes		vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

gathered all the birds and tried to peck at the fox from every side

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	gathered	gather	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 birds	det:predet
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 birds	det
4	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 gathered	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 tried	cc
6	tried	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 gathered	conj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 peck	mark
8	peck	peck	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 tried	xcomp
9	at	at	ADP	_	11 fox	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 fox	det
11	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 peck	obl
12	from	from	ADP	_	14 side	case
13	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	14 side	det
14	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 peck	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	gather	past	all birds			vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bird=Theme
2	try	past				vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	peck not said to happen	to-infinitive		every side	at the fox	vn chew-39.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent at fox=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

tried to peck his tongue

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	tried	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	to	to	PART	_	3 peck	mark
3	peck	peck	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 tried	xcomp
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 tongue	nmod:poss
5	tongue	tongue	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 peck	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	try	past							vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	peck not said to happen	to-infinitive		his tongue					vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tongue=Patient

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