Exam question 2 · Russian Folk-Tales, Ivan Golik, part 38: the prince wins t…
What procedure did the identification of the youngest daughter entail?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: procedure · What happens: do, identify · To what, where: identification, youngest daughter entail
This is exam question 2 of lesson 1132 «Russian Folk-Tales, Ivan Golik, part 38: the prince wins the serpent's daughter with Golik's help, then plans to go home» 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 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 did | obj |
| 2 | procedure | procedure | 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 | 5 identification | det |
| 5 | identification | identification | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 did | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 entail | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 entail | det |
| 8 | youngest | young | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 10 entail | amod |
| 9 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 entail | compound |
| 10 | entail | entail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 identification | nmod |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | procedure | the identification of the youngest daughter entail | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | identify | the youngest daughter entail | nom identification «act transitive»: of=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
Lining them up and asking the serpent for a sign
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lining | line | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Lining | obj |
| 3 | up | up | ADP | _ | 1 Lining | compound:prt |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 asking | cc |
| 5 | asking | ask | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Lining | conj |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 serpent | det |
| 7 | serpent | serpent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 asking | obj |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 sign | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 sign | det |
| 10 | sign | sign | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 asking | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | line up | gerund | them = they | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme they=Destination | |||||
| 2 | ask speech: ask | gerund | the serpent | for a sign | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent serpent=Recipient |
Option 2
Walking round the daughters three times as the gnat marked the bride for the prince to name aloud
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walking | walk | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 10 marked | csubj |
| 2 | round | round | ADP | _ | 4 daughters | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 daughters | det |
| 4 | daughters | daughter | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Walking | obl |
| 5 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 times | nummod |
| 6 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Walking | obl:unmarked |
| 7 | as | as | ADP | _ | 9 gnat | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 gnat | det |
| 9 | gnat | gnat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Walking | obl |
| 10 | marked | mark | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 bride | det |
| 12 | bride | bride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 marked | obj |
| 13 | for | for | ADP | _ | 15 prince | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 prince | det |
| 15 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 marked | obl |
| 16 | to | to | PART | _ | 17 name | mark |
| 17 | name | name | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 marked | advcl |
| 18 | aloud | aloud | ADV | _ | 17 name | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | walk | gerund | time | round the daughters; as the gnat | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme round daughter=Trajectory | ||||
| 2 | mark | past | Walking | the bride | for the prince | vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent bride=Theme | |||
| 3 | name | to-infinitive | Walking not said here | aloud property | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Walking round the daughters three times while the gnat indicated the bride
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walking | walk | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 10 indicated | advcl |
| 2 | round | round | ADP | _ | 4 daughters | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 daughters | det |
| 4 | daughters | daughter | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Walking | obl |
| 5 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 times | nummod |
| 6 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Walking | obl:unmarked |
| 7 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 10 indicated | mark |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 gnat | det |
| 9 | gnat | gnat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 indicated | nsubj |
| 10 | indicated | indicate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 bride | det |
| 12 | bride | bride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 indicated | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | walk | gerund | the gnat not said here | time | round the daughters | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme round daughter=Trajectory | |||
| 2 | indicate | past | the gnat | the bride | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot bride=Topic |
Option 4
Taking the eldest daughter by her hand at once
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taking | take | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 daughter | det |
| 3 | eldest | eld | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 4 daughter | amod |
| 4 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Taking | obj |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 hand | case |
| 6 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 hand | nmod:poss |
| 7 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Taking | obl |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 once | case |
| 9 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 1 Taking | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | gerund | the eldest daughter | by her hand | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent daughter=Theme at once=Asset |
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