Test 9 · ★ · Russian Fairy Tales, Ivan Golik: the princess splits Ivan…
why did the prince say it was high time to go home?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: prince, it · What happens: say, be, go · To what, where: high time · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1133 «Russian Fairy Tales, Ivan Golik: the princess splits Ivan in two, and the brothers meet again» 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 | 5 say | advmod |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 say | aux |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 prince | det |
| 4 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 say | nsubj |
| 5 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 time | nsubj |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 time | cop |
| 8 | high | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 time | amod |
| 9 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 say | ccomp |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 go | mark |
| 11 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 time | acl |
| 12 | home | home | ADV | _ | 11 go | advmod |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 say | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past · do-support | the prince | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a | past | it | high time | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | go | to-infinitive | the prince not said here | home property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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
The princess hates waiting for her tea, and the swine must be driven home before the evening meal
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 princess | det |
| 2 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hates | nsubj |
| 3 | hates | hate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | waiting | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 hates | xcomp |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 tea | case |
| 6 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 tea | nmod:poss |
| 7 | tea | tea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 waiting | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 driven | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 driven | cc |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 swine | det |
| 11 | swine | swine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 driven | nsubj:pass |
| 12 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 14 driven | aux |
| 13 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 14 driven | aux:pass |
| 14 | driven | drive | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 hates | conj |
| 15 | home | home | ADV | _ | 14 driven | advmod |
| 16 | before | before | ADP | _ | 19 meal | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 meal | det |
| 18 | evening | evening | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 meal | compound |
| 19 | meal | meal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 driven | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hate | present | the princess | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | wait not said to happen | gerund | the princess not said here | for princess's tea | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | drive | must · passive | the swine | the evening meal | home property | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme before meal=Destination |
Option 2
His wife is waiting for her tea
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 wife | nmod:poss |
| 2 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 waiting | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 waiting | aux |
| 4 | waiting | wait | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 tea | case |
| 6 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 tea | nmod:poss |
| 7 | tea | tea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 waiting | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | present · progressive | His wife | for wife's tea | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
The princess hates waiting for her tea
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 princess | det |
| 2 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hates | nsubj |
| 3 | hates | hate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | waiting | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 hates | xcomp |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 tea | case |
| 6 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 tea | nmod:poss |
| 7 | tea | tea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 waiting | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hate | present | the princess | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | wait not said to happen | gerund | the princess not said here | for princess's tea | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
The swine must reach the house now
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 swine | det |
| 2 | swine | swine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 reach | nsubj |
| 3 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 reach | aux |
| 4 | reach | reach | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 house | det |
| 6 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 reach | obj |
| 7 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 reach | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reach | must | the swine | the house | now | vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent house=Theme |
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