Exam question 1 · Ruthenian Folk-Tales, The Little Tsar Novishny, part 10: t…
Enumerate the animals from which the Tsar obtained milk in the course of this part, in their order of appearance.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Tsar, animals · What happens: enumerate, obtain, order · To what, where: animals, milk, course, appearance
This is exam question 1 of lesson 1104 «Ruthenian Folk-Tales, The Little Tsar Novishny, part 10: the Tsar milks three wild mothers and gains new companions while the serpent's plan fails» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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 | Enumerate | enumerate | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 animals | det |
| 3 | animals | animal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Enumerate | obj |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 which | case |
| 5 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 obtained | obl |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Tsar | det |
| 7 | Tsar | Tsar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 obtained | nsubj |
| 8 | obtained | obtain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 animals | acl:relcl |
| 9 | milk | milk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 obtained | obj |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 course | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 course | det |
| 12 | course | course | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 obtained | obl |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 part | case |
| 14 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 15 part | det |
| 15 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 course | nmod |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 order | punct |
| 17 | in | in | ADP | _ | 19 order | case |
| 18 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 order | nmod:poss |
| 19 | order | order | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 obtained | obl |
| 20 | of | of | ADP | _ | 21 appearance | case |
| 21 | appearance | appearance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 order | nmod |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Enumerate | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | enumerate | imperative | you not said here | the animals | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | obtain | past | the Tsar | milk | the course of this part | from the animals; in animals's order of appearance | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent milk=Theme from which=Source | ||
| 3 | order | animals = animal | appearance | nom order «communication transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |
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
She-wolf, she-bear, she-hare, vixen, and finally the serpent
The tree, 11 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 wolf | compound |
| 2 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 1 She | punct |
| 3 | wolf | wolf | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 bear | punct |
| 5 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 bear | compound |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 she | punct |
| 7 | bear | bear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wolf | conj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 hare | punct |
| 9 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 hare | compound |
| 10 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 9 she | punct |
| 11 | hare | hare | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wolf | conj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 vixen | punct |
| 13 | vixen | vixen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wolf | conj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 serpent | punct |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 serpent | cc |
| 16 | finally | finally | ADV | _ | 18 serpent | advmod |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 serpent | det |
| 18 | serpent | serpent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wolf | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
She-wolf, she-bear, vixen, hare
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 wolf | compound |
| 2 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 1 She | punct |
| 3 | wolf | wolf | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 bear | punct |
| 5 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 bear | compound |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 she | punct |
| 7 | bear | bear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wolf | conj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 vixen | punct |
| 9 | vixen | vixen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wolf | conj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 hare | punct |
| 11 | hare | hare | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wolf | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
She-wolf, she-bear, she-hare, vixen
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 wolf | compound |
| 2 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 1 She | punct |
| 3 | wolf | wolf | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 bear | punct |
| 5 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 bear | compound |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 she | punct |
| 7 | bear | bear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wolf | conj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 hare | punct |
| 9 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 hare | compound |
| 10 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 9 she | punct |
| 11 | hare | hare | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wolf | conj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 vixen | punct |
| 13 | vixen | vixen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wolf | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
She-wolf, she-bear, she-hare, vixen, and then a hound
The tree, 11 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 wolf | compound |
| 2 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 1 She | punct |
| 3 | wolf | wolf | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 bear | punct |
| 5 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 bear | compound |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 she | punct |
| 7 | bear | bear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wolf | conj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 hare | punct |
| 9 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 hare | compound |
| 10 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 9 she | punct |
| 11 | hare | hare | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wolf | conj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 vixen | punct |
| 13 | vixen | vixen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wolf | conj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 hound | punct |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 hound | cc |
| 16 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 18 hound | advmod |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 hound | det |
| 18 | hound | hound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wolf | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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