Test 7 · ★ · Russian Fairy Tales, Daniel the Cossack, part 18: Daniel i…
why did the Tsarivna go full meltdown about that horse?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Tsarivna · What happens: go · To what, where: full meltdown
This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1112 «Russian Fairy Tales, Daniel the Cossack, part 18: Daniel is betrayed, turned into a horse, and returns as a drake-man» 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 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 go | advmod |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 go | aux |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Tsarivna | det |
| 4 | Tsarivna | Tsarivna | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 go | nsubj |
| 5 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 meltdown | amod |
| 7 | meltdown | meltdown | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 go | obj |
| 8 | about | about | ADP | _ | 10 horse | case |
| 9 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 10 horse | det |
| 10 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 meltdown | nmod |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 go | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past · do-support | the Tsarivna | full meltdown | about that horse | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location meltdown=Theme |
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
"Kill that horse before it kills my maidens and my father"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Kill | punct |
| 2 | Kill | kill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 kills | nsubj |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 horse | det |
| 4 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 Kill | obj |
| 5 | before | before | ADP | _ | 6 it | case |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 Kill | nmod |
| 7 | kills | kill | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 maidens | nmod:poss |
| 9 | maidens | maiden | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 kills | obj |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 father | cc |
| 11 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 father | nmod:poss |
| 12 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 maidens | conj |
| 13 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 father | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | kill in a quote | present | Kill before horse | my maidens and my father | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent maiden=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
"That horse will be my ruin"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 ruin | punct |
| 2 | That | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 horse | det |
| 3 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 ruin | nsubj |
| 4 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 ruin | aux |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 7 ruin | cop |
| 6 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 ruin | nmod:poss |
| 7 | ruin | ruin | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 ruin | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | future | that horse | my ruin | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
"That horse will be my ruin, mark my words"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 ruin | punct |
| 2 | That | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 horse | det |
| 3 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 ruin | nsubj |
| 4 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 ruin | aux |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 7 ruin | cop |
| 6 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 ruin | nmod:poss |
| 7 | ruin | ruin | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 mark | punct |
| 9 | mark | mark | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 7 ruin | parataxis |
| 10 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 words | nmod:poss |
| 11 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 mark | obj |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 mark | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | future | that horse | my ruin | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | mark in a quote | infinitive | my words | vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent word=Destination | |||||
| 3 | word in a quote | my | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4
"That horse will bring trouble"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 bring | punct |
| 2 | That | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 horse | det |
| 3 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 bring | nsubj |
| 4 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 bring | aux |
| 5 | bring | bring | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | trouble | trouble | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 bring | obj |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 bring | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bring in a quote | future | that horse | trouble | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent trouble=Theme |
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