Exam question 4 · Red Fairy Book, Marya Morevna: Ivan outwits the Baba Yaga…
To which three companions did the travelling pair pay their visits before returning to their realm?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: three companions, companions · What happens: do, pay, return, visit · To what, where: travelling pair, visits
This is exam question 4 of lesson 1515 «Red Fairy Book, Marya Morevna: Ivan outwits the Baba Yaga and rescues his bride» 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 | To | to | ADP | _ | 2 which | case |
| 2 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 did | obl |
| 3 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 companions | nummod |
| 4 | companions | companion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 did | nsubj |
| 5 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 pair | det |
| 7 | travelling | travelling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 pair | compound |
| 8 | pair | pair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 did | obj |
| 9 | pay | pay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 did | xcomp |
| 10 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 visits | nmod:poss |
| 11 | visits | visit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 pay | obj |
| 12 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 13 returning | mark |
| 13 | returning | return | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 9 pay | advcl |
| 14 | to | to | ADP | _ | 16 realm | case |
| 15 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 realm | nmod:poss |
| 16 | realm | realm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 returning | obl |
| 17 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | three companions | the travelling pair | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | pay | infinitive | three companions not said here | companions's visits | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent visit=Asset | ||||
| 3 | return | gerund | three companions not said here | to companions's realm result | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to realm=Result | ||||
| 4 | visit | companions = companion | nom visit «act transitive»: poss=agent |
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 Owl, the Eagle and the Hawk
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Owl | det |
| 2 | Owl | Owl | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 Eagle | punct |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Eagle | det |
| 5 | Eagle | Eagle | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Owl | conj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 Hawk | cc |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Hawk | det |
| 8 | Hawk | Hawk | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Owl | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
The Raven, the Hawk and the Kite
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Raven | det |
| 2 | Raven | Raven | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 Hawk | punct |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Hawk | det |
| 5 | Hawk | Hawk | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Raven | conj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 Kite | cc |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Kite | det |
| 8 | Kite | kite | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 Raven | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
The Raven, the Eagle and the Falcon, who lived in the high mountains
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Raven | det |
| 2 | Raven | Raven | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 lived | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 Eagle | punct |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Eagle | det |
| 5 | Eagle | Eagle | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Raven | conj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 Falcon | cc |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Falcon | det |
| 8 | Falcon | Falcon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Raven | conj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 lived | punct |
| 10 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 11 lived | nsubj |
| 11 | lived | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 mountains | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 mountains | det |
| 14 | high | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 mountains | amod |
| 15 | mountains | mountain | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 lived | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | past | the Raven and the Eagle and the Falcon | the high mountains | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in mountain=Location |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
The Raven, the Eagle and the Falcon
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Raven | det |
| 2 | Raven | Raven | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 Eagle | punct |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Eagle | det |
| 5 | Eagle | Eagle | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Raven | conj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 Falcon | cc |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Falcon | det |
| 8 | Falcon | falcon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 Raven | conj |
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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