Test 11 · ★ · Greek Tales, The Stag Who Shed Red Tears, part 41: a stray…

what did the robbers do with their tobacco?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: robbers · What happens: do

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 830 «Greek Tales, The Stag Who Shed Red Tears, part 41: a stray girl becomes a sister, then the father dies» 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	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 did	nsubj
2	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 robbers	det
4	robbers	robber	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 do	nsubj
5	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 did	parataxis
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 tobacco	case
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 tobacco	nmod:poss
8	tobacco	tobacco	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 do	obl
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past							vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	do	present	the robbers					with robbers's tobacco	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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 · ✓ the right answer

wrapped it in paper and smoked it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	wrapped	wrap	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 wrapped	obj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 paper	case
4	paper	paper	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 wrapped	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 smoked	cc
6	smoked	smoke	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 wrapped	conj
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 smoked	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wrap	past		it		paper			vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in paper=Destination
2	smoke	past		paper					vn eat-39.1-1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent it=Source

Option 2

chewed it in the evenings

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	chewed	chew	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 chewed	obj
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 evenings	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 evenings	det
5	evenings	evening	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 chewed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chew	past		it			evening		vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Option 3

kept it in tin boxes and gave it to the visitors at dinner

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 kept	obj
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 boxes	case
4	tin	tin	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 boxes	compound
5	boxes	box	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 kept	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 gave	cc
7	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 kept	conj
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 gave	obj
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 visitors	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 visitors	det
11	visitors	visitor	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 gave	obl
12	at	at	ADP	_	13 dinner	case
13	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 gave	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past		it		tin boxes			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme in box=Location
2	give	past		it	the visitors	dinner			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.asset»: agent=Agent it=Theme to visitor=Recipient at dinner=Asset

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

rolled it in scraps of paper and passed it round the fire

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	rolled	roll	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 rolled	obj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 scraps	case
4	scraps	scrap	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 rolled	obl
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 paper	case
6	paper	paper	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 scraps	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 passed	cc
8	passed	pass	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 rolled	conj
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 passed	obj
10	round	round	ADP	_	12 fire	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 fire	det
12	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 passed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	roll	past		it		scraps of paper			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent it=Theme in scrap=Trajectory
2	pass	past		paper				round the fire	vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Trajectory

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