Test 2 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Magic Egg, part 33: the egg breaks…
So the eagle said "we are quits," right? What's that even mean, innit?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: eagle, we · What happens: say, be, mean, innit · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★ 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 eagle said "we are quits," right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | So | so | ADV | _ | 4 said | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 eagle | det |
| 3 | eagle | eagle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 said | nsubj |
| 4 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 quits | punct |
| 6 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 8 quits | nsubj |
| 7 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 quits | cop |
| 8 | quits | quit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 said | ccomp |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 quits | punct |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 quits | punct |
| 11 | right | right | INTJ | _ | 8 quits | discourse |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 said | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | the eagle | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | we | quit 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: What's that even mean, innit?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 mean | obj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 mean | aux |
| 3 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 5 mean | mark |
| 4 | even | even | ADV | _ | 5 mean | advmod |
| 5 | mean | mean | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 innit | punct |
| 7 | innit | innit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 mean | conj |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 mean | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic | ||||||
| 2 | innit | infinitive | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
Nobody owes anybody
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 2 owes | nsubj |
| 2 | owes | owe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | anybody | anybody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 2 owes | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | owe | present | Nobody | anybody | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent anybody=Theme |
Option 2
Neither of them ever gets to fly again
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Neither | neither | DET | PronType=Neg | 5 gets | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 3 them | case |
| 3 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Neither | nmod |
| 4 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 5 gets | advmod |
| 5 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 fly | mark |
| 7 | fly | fly | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 gets | xcomp |
| 8 | again | again | ADV | _ | 7 fly | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | Neither | ever | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | fly | to-infinitive | Neither not said here | again | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
The archer still owes the eagle a huge debt
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 archer | det |
| 2 | archer | archer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 owes | nsubj |
| 3 | still | still | ADV | _ | 4 owes | advmod |
| 4 | owes | owe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 eagle | det |
| 6 | eagle | eagle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 owes | obj |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 debt | det |
| 8 | huge | huge | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 debt | amod |
| 9 | debt | debt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 owes | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | owe | present | the archer | a huge debt | the eagle | still | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent eagle=Goal debt=Theme |
Option 4
They're even
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 're | nsubj |
| 2 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | even | even | ADV | _ | 2 're | advmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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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