diff --git a/jedi/evaluate/__init__.py b/jedi/evaluate/__init__.py
index f9b7a6ab..dda4b85b 100644
--- a/jedi/evaluate/__init__.py
+++ b/jedi/evaluate/__init__.py
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ from itertools import tee, chain
 
 from jedi._compatibility import next, hasattr, unicode
 from jedi.parser import representation as pr
+from jedi.parser.pytree import python_symbols
 from jedi.parser.tokenize import Token
 from jedi.parser import fast
 from jedi import debug
@@ -129,7 +130,7 @@ class Evaluator(object):
         if isinstance(stmt, FakeStatement):
             return stmt.children  # Already contains the results.
 
-        result = self.eval_element(stmt.children[0])
+        result = self.eval_element(stmt.get_rhs())
 
         ass_details = stmt.assignment_details
         if ass_details and ass_details[0][1] != '=' and not isinstance(stmt, er.InstanceElement):  # TODO don't check for this.
@@ -161,13 +162,68 @@ class Evaluator(object):
         return result
 
     def eval_element(self, element):
-        if isinstance(element, pr.Name):
-            stmt = element.get_parent_until(pr.ExprStmt)
-            return self.find_types(stmt.parent, element, stmt.start_pos,
-                                   search_global=True)
+        if isinstance(element, (pr.Name, pr.Literal)):
+            return self.eval_atom(element)
+        elif element.type == python_symbols.power:
+            types = self.eval_atom(element.children[0])
+            for trailer in element.children[1:]:
+                if trailer == '**':  # has a power operation.
+                    raise NotImplementedError
+                types = self.eval_trailer(types, trailer)
         else:
             raise NotImplementedError
 
+    def eval_atom(self, atom):
+        """
+        Basically to process ``atom`` nodes. The parser sometimes doesn't
+        generate the node (because it has just one child). In that case an atom
+        might be a name or a literal as well.
+        """
+        if isinstance(atom, pr.Name):
+            # This is the first global lookup.
+            stmt = atom.get_parent_until(pr.ExprStmt)
+            return self.find_types(stmt.parent, atom, stmt.start_pos,
+                                   search_global=True)
+        elif isinstance(atom, pr.Literal):
+            return [compiled.create(self, atom.value)]
+        else:
+            raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def eval_trailer(self, types, trailer):
+        trailer_op, node = trailer.children[:2]
+        new_types = []
+        for typ in types:
+            if trailer_op == '.':
+                raise NotImplementedError
+            elif trailer_op == '(':
+                new_types += self.execute(typ, node)
+            elif trailer_op == '[':
+                raise NotImplementedError
+        return new_types
+
+    @debug.increase_indent
+    def execute(self, obj, params=()):
+        if obj.isinstance(er.Function):
+            obj = obj.get_decorated_func()
+
+        debug.dbg('execute: %s %s', obj, params)
+        try:
+            # Some stdlib functions like super(), namedtuple(), etc. have been
+            # hard-coded in Jedi to support them.
+            return stdlib.execute(self, obj, params)
+        except stdlib.NotInStdLib:
+            pass
+
+        try:
+            func = obj.py__call__
+        except AttributeError:
+            debug.warning("no execution possible %s", obj)
+            return []
+        else:
+            types = func(self, params)
+            debug.dbg('execute result: %s in %s', types, obj)
+            return types
+
     def eval_expression_list(self, expression_list):
         """
         `expression_list` can be either `pr.Array` or `list of list`.
@@ -302,7 +358,7 @@ class Evaluator(object):
         return self.follow_path(path, result, scope)
 
     @debug.increase_indent
-    def execute(self, obj, params=()):
+    def execute_old(self, obj, params=()):
         if obj.isinstance(er.Function):
             obj = obj.get_decorated_func()
 
diff --git a/jedi/parser/representation.py b/jedi/parser/representation.py
index 6c25d744..79fd0074 100644
--- a/jedi/parser/representation.py
+++ b/jedi/parser/representation.py
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ class Name(_Leaf):
                                    self.start_pos[0], self.start_pos[1])
 
     def get_definition(self):
-        return self.parent.get_parent_until((ArrayStmt, StatementElement), reverse=True)
+        return self.parent.get_parent_until((ArrayStmt, StatementElement, Node), reverse=True)
 
 
 class Literal(_Leaf):
@@ -1016,6 +1016,8 @@ class Statement(Simple, DocstringMixin):
                     names.append(first.children[i])
             return names
         return []
+
+
         """Get the names for the statement."""
         if self._set_vars is None:
 
@@ -1040,6 +1042,14 @@ class Statement(Simple, DocstringMixin):
                 search_calls(self.expression_list())
         return self._set_vars + self.as_names
 
+    def get_rhs(self):
+        """Returns the right-hand-side of the equals."""
+        # TODO remove expr_stmt?
+        if is_node(self.children[0], 'expr_stmt'):
+            return self.children[0].children[-1]
+        else:
+            return self.children[0]
+
     def get_names_dict(self):
         """The future of name resolution. Returns a dict(str -> Call)."""
         dct = defaultdict(lambda: [])