Test 3 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The She-Dragon's Daughter, part 34: Iv…
Why did the she-dragon's daughter turn into a fish?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · What happens: do, turn · To what, where: daughter
This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1128 «Russian Folk-Tales, The She-Dragon's Daughter, part 34: Ivan is tricked and the dragon is fooled, then the maiden becomes a fish» 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 2 did | advmod |
| 2 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 turn | advcl |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 dragon | det |
| 4 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 dragon | compound |
| 5 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 4 she | punct |
| 6 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 dragon | case |
| 8 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 did | obj |
| 9 | turn | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | into | into | ADP | _ | 12 fish | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 fish | det |
| 12 | fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 turn | obl |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 9 turn | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | the she dragon's daughter | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | turn | present | into a fish result | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into fish=Result |
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
To save herself from the she-dragon, who was hunting her across the whole land
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 save | mark |
| 2 | save | save | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | herself | herself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 2 save | obj |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 dragon | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 dragon | det |
| 6 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 dragon | nsubj |
| 7 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 8 dragon | punct |
| 8 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 save | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 hunting | punct |
| 10 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 hunting | nsubj |
| 11 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 hunting | aux |
| 12 | hunting | hunt | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 dragon | acl |
| 13 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 hunting | obj |
| 14 | across | across | ADP | _ | 17 land | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 land | det |
| 16 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 land | amod |
| 17 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 save | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | save | to-infinitive | herself = she | the whole land | from the dragon | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent herself=Theme from dragon=Source | |||
| 2 | hunt | past · progressive | the dragon | dragon | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |
Option 2
To swim to the other bank
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 swim | mark |
| 2 | swim | swim | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 bank | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 bank | det |
| 5 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 bank | amod |
| 6 | bank | bank | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 swim | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | swim | to-infinitive | the other bank | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to bank=Destination |
Option 3
To help Ivan find his way home to the village after the long war
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 help | mark |
| 2 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 find | advcl |
| 3 | Ivan | Ivan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 help | obj |
| 4 | find | find | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 way | nmod:poss |
| 6 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 find | obj |
| 7 | home | home | ADV | _ | 4 find | advmod |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 village | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 village | det |
| 10 | village | village | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 home | obl |
| 11 | after | after | ADP | _ | 14 war | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 war | det |
| 13 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 war | amod |
| 14 | war | war | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 find | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | to-infinitive | you not said here | Ivan | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ivan=Beneficiary | ||||
| 2 | find | imperative | you not said here | Ivan's way | after the long war | home property | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Topic |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
To save herself from the she-dragon
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 save | mark |
| 2 | save | save | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | herself | herself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 2 save | obj |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 dragon | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 dragon | det |
| 6 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 dragon | compound |
| 7 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 6 she | punct |
| 8 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 save | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | save | to-infinitive | herself = she | from the she dragon | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent herself=Theme from dragon=Source |
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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