Exam question 3 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Story of Ivan and the Daughter of…
According to the narrative, what did the three traders convey in their wagon?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: three traders · What happens: accord, do, convey · To what, where: wagon
This is exam question 3 of lesson 1119 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Story of Ivan and the Daughter of the Sun, part 1: Ivan buys incense, chooses a wife, and builds a hut» 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 | According | accord | VERB | ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 narrative | case |
| 2 | to | to | ADP | _ | 1 According | fixed |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 narrative | det |
| 4 | narrative | narrative | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 did | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 did | punct |
| 6 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 7 did | nsubj |
| 7 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 traders | det |
| 9 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 10 traders | nummod |
| 10 | traders | trader | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 convey | nsubj |
| 11 | convey | convey | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 did | parataxis |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 wagon | case |
| 13 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 wagon | nmod:poss |
| 14 | wagon | wagon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 convey | obl |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | accord | gerund | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | do | past | accord the narrative | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | convey | present | the three traders | traders's wagon | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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 · ← Mova's choice
A cart of silver
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 cart | det |
| 2 | cart | cart | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 silver | case |
| 4 | silver | silver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 cart | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
A load of incense, bread, and a barrel of mead for the trip
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 load | det |
| 2 | load | load | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 incense | case |
| 4 | incense | incense | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 load | nmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 bread | punct |
| 6 | bread | bread | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 load | conj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 barrel | punct |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 barrel | cc |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 barrel | det |
| 10 | barrel | barrel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 load | conj |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 mead | case |
| 12 | mead | mead | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 barrel | nmod |
| 13 | for | for | ADP | _ | 15 trip | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 trip | det |
| 15 | trip | trip | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 barrel | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
A heavy load of incense and myrrh from the far southern lands
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 load | det |
| 2 | heavy | heavy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 load | amod |
| 3 | load | load | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 incense | case |
| 5 | incense | incense | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 load | nmod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 myrrh | cc |
| 7 | myrrh | myrrh | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 incense | conj |
| 8 | from | from | ADP | _ | 12 lands | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 lands | det |
| 10 | far | far | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 lands | amod |
| 11 | southern | southern | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 lands | amod |
| 12 | lands | land | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 load | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
A load of incense
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 load | det |
| 2 | load | load | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 incense | case |
| 4 | incense | incense | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 load | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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