Exam question 4 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Prince and the Six-Headed Dragon,…
Which action did the Princess perform while the Prince engaged the Dragon?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: action, Prince · What happens: do, engage · To what, where: Princess perform, Dragon
This is exam question 4 of lesson 1123 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Prince and the Six-Headed Dragon, the Prince slays it but the coachman steals the glory» 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 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 action | det |
| 2 | action | action | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 did | nsubj |
| 3 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 perform | det |
| 5 | Princess | Princess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 perform | compound |
| 6 | perform | perform | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 did | obj |
| 7 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 10 engaged | mark |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Prince | det |
| 9 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 engaged | nsubj |
| 10 | engaged | engage | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 did | advcl |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 Dragon | det |
| 12 | Dragon | Dragon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 engaged | obj |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | which action | the Princess perform | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent perform=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | engage | past | the Prince | the Dragon | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dragon=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 knelt, prayed from the prayer-book, and wept for him
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 | 2 knelt | nsubj |
| 2 | knelt | kneel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 prayed | punct |
| 4 | prayed | pray | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 knelt | conj |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 book | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 book | det |
| 7 | prayer | prayer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 book | compound |
| 8 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 7 prayer | punct |
| 9 | book | book | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 prayed | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 wept | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 wept | cc |
| 12 | wept | weep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 knelt | conj |
| 13 | for | for | ADP | _ | 14 him | case |
| 14 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 wept | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | kneel | past | she | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | pray | past | she not said here | the prayer book | vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot | ||||
| 3 | weep | past | she not said here | for him = he | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
she fled into the dark forest nearby
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 | 2 fled | nsubj |
| 2 | fled | flee | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | into | into | ADP | _ | 6 forest | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 forest | det |
| 5 | dark | dark | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 forest | amod |
| 6 | forest | forest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 fled | obl |
| 7 | nearby | nearby | ADV | _ | 2 fled | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | flee | past | she | the dark forest | nearby property | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into forest=Initial_Location |
Option 3
she ran to the tower and prayed to the saints above the town gate
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 | 2 ran | nsubj |
| 2 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 tower | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 tower | det |
| 5 | tower | tower | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 ran | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 prayed | cc |
| 7 | prayed | pray | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 ran | conj |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 saints | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 saints | det |
| 10 | saints | saint | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 prayed | obl |
| 11 | above | above | ADP | _ | 14 gate | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 gate | det |
| 13 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 gate | compound |
| 14 | gate | gate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 prayed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | past | she | the tower | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to tower=Destination | ||||
| 2 | pray | past | she not said here | the town gate | to the saints | vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
she knelt and prayed from the prayer-book
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 | 2 knelt | nsubj |
| 2 | knelt | kneel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 prayed | cc |
| 4 | prayed | pray | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 knelt | conj |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 book | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 book | det |
| 7 | prayer | prayer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 book | compound |
| 8 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 7 prayer | punct |
| 9 | book | book | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 prayed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | kneel | past | she | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | pray | past | she not said here | the prayer book | vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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