Test 8 · ★ · Russian Fairy Tales, The Old Man Who Went to School: an ol…
So the casket was just full of glass? That's wild
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: casket, That · What happens: be
This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1124 «Russian Fairy Tales, The Old Man Who Went to School: an old man is sent to school, a nobleman gives him a purse, and his sons are tricked» 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
Sentence 1: So the casket was just full of glass?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | So | so | ADV | _ | 6 full | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 casket | det |
| 3 | casket | casket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 full | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 full | cop |
| 5 | just | just | ADV | _ | 6 full | advmod |
| 6 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 glass | case |
| 8 | glass | glass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 full | obl |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 full | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the casket | of glass; full property | tree rules |
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.
Sentence 2: That's wild
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 wild | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wild | cop |
| 3 | wild | wild | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | That | wild property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, the old man totally trolled them
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 7 trolled | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yeah | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 man | det |
| 4 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 man | amod |
| 5 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 trolled | nsubj |
| 6 | totally | totally | ADV | _ | 7 trolled | advmod |
| 7 | trolled | troll | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 trolled | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | troll | past | the old man | them = they | totally property | vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent they=Location |
Option 2
Yeah, the old man played a clever trick on his greedy sons, and the whole village saw it
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 6 played | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yeah | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 man | det |
| 4 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 man | amod |
| 5 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 played | nsubj |
| 6 | played | play | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 trick | det |
| 8 | clever | clever | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 trick | amod |
| 9 | trick | trick | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 played | obj |
| 10 | on | on | ADP | _ | 13 sons | case |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 sons | nmod:poss |
| 12 | greedy | greedy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 sons | amod |
| 13 | sons | son | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 played | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 saw | punct |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 saw | cc |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 village | det |
| 17 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 village | amod |
| 18 | village | village | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 saw | nsubj |
| 19 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 played | conj |
| 20 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 saw | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | play | past | the old man | a clever trick | on man's greedy sons | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trick=Theme | |||
| 2 | see | past | the whole village | trick | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
Option 3
Yeah, he pranked his sons pretty hard
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 pranked | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 pranked | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 pranked | nsubj |
| 4 | pranked | prank | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 sons | nmod:poss |
| 6 | sons | son | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 pranked | obj |
| 7 | pretty | pretty | ADV | _ | 8 hard | advmod |
| 8 | hard | hard | ADV | Degree=Pos | 4 pranked | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | prank | past | he | his sons | hard property | tree rules |
Option 4
Yeah, the old man tricked them good
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 6 tricked | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 tricked | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 man | det |
| 4 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 man | amod |
| 5 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 tricked | nsubj |
| 6 | tricked | trick | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 tricked | obj |
| 8 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 tricked | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | trick | past | the old man | them = they | good property | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |
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