Test 10 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, Little Tsar Novishny, part 8: the Tsar…
where'd they hide the kids, under the bed?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: they · What happens: hide · To what, where: kids, bed
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1102 «Russian Folk-Tales, Little Tsar Novishny, part 8: the Tsar promises Satan what awaits him at home, and the children are hidden in a ditch» 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 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 4 hide | advmod |
| 2 | 'd | 'd | PUNCT | _ | 4 hide | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 hide | nsubj |
| 4 | hide | hide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 kids | det |
| 6 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 hide | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 hide | punct |
| 8 | under | under | ADP | _ | 10 bed | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 bed | det |
| 10 | bed | bed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 hide | obl |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 hide | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | present | they | the kids | the bed | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent kid=Patient under bed=Location |
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 · ← Mova's choice
Hidden in a dark ditch behind the house by the gables
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hidden | hide | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 ditch | case |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 ditch | det |
| 4 | dark | dark | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 ditch | amod |
| 5 | ditch | ditch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Hidden | obl |
| 6 | behind | behind | ADP | _ | 8 house | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 house | det |
| 8 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 ditch | nmod |
| 9 | by | by | ADP | _ | 11 gables | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 gables | det |
| 11 | gables | gable | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Hidden | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | participle | a dark ditch behind the house | by the gables | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in ditch=Location |
Option 2
In a deep ditch dug by the old gables near the barn
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 4 ditch | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 ditch | det |
| 3 | deep | deep | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 ditch | amod |
| 4 | ditch | ditch | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | dug | dig | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 ditch | acl |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 gables | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 gables | det |
| 8 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 gables | amod |
| 9 | gables | gable | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 dug | obl |
| 10 | near | near | ADP | _ | 12 barn | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 barn | det |
| 12 | barn | barn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 gables | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dig | participle | a deep ditch not said here | by the old gables near the barn | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent by gable=Location |
Option 3
In the cellar by the stove
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 cellar | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 cellar | det |
| 3 | cellar | cellar | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 6 stove | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 stove | det |
| 6 | stove | stove | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 cellar | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
In a ditch by the gables
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 ditch | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 ditch | det |
| 3 | ditch | ditch | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 6 gables | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 gables | det |
| 6 | gables | gable | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 ditch | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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