Test 10 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Magic Egg, part 33: the egg breaks…
So the Dnieper flowed right over the mountain, sick. What were the store-houses for?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Dnieper, store houses · What happens: flow, be · To what, where: mountain
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1127 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Magic Egg, part 33: the egg breaks, the dragon claims Ivan, and his three tasks begin» 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 Dnieper flowed right over the mountain, sick.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | So | so | ADV | _ | 4 flowed | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Dnieper | det |
| 3 | Dnieper | Dnieper | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 flowed | nsubj |
| 4 | flowed | flow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | right | right | ADV | _ | 4 flowed | advmod |
| 6 | over | over | ADP | _ | 8 mountain | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 mountain | det |
| 8 | mountain | mountain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 flowed | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 sick | punct |
| 10 | sick | sick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 flowed | advcl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 flowed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | flow | past | the Dnieper | the mountain | right property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over mountain=Location |
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: What were the store-houses for?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 houses | det |
| 4 | store | store | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 houses | compound |
| 5 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 4 store | punct |
| 6 | houses | house | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 What | nsubj |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 houses | nmod |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the store houses | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
To keep the flood water away from the fields
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 keep | mark |
| 2 | keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 water | det |
| 4 | flood | flood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 water | compound |
| 5 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 keep | obj |
| 6 | away | away | ADV | _ | 2 keep | advmod |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 fields | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 fields | det |
| 9 | fields | field | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 keep | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | to-infinitive | the flood water | the fields | away property | vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer water=Beneficiary from field=Eventuality |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Storing the wheat
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Storing | store | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 wheat | det |
| 3 | wheat | wheat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Storing | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | store | gerund | the wheat | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wheat=Theme |
Option 3
Storing the wheat from the flooded valley fields
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Storing | store | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 wheat | det |
| 3 | wheat | wheat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Storing | obj |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 fields | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 fields | det |
| 6 | flooded | flood | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 fields | amod |
| 7 | valley | valley | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 fields | compound |
| 8 | fields | field | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Storing | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | store | gerund | the wheat | the flooded valley fields | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wheat=Theme | ||||
| 2 | flood | participle | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 4
Keeping the seed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keeping | keep | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 seed | det |
| 3 | seed | seed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Keeping | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | gerund | the seed | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seed=Theme |
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