Test 9 · ★ · Russian Fairy Tales, Martin the Peasant, part 42: Martin's…
Fr, what did Martin's mom go to the palace for?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Fr · What happens: go · To what, where: palace
This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1718 «Russian Fairy Tales, Martin the Peasant, part 42: Martin's mother goes to the King to woo his daughter» 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 | Fr | fr | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 go | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 go | punct |
| 3 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 8 go | nsubj |
| 4 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 go | aux |
| 5 | Martin | Martin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 mom | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 Martin | case |
| 7 | mom | mom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 go | nsubj |
| 8 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 palace | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 palace | det |
| 11 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 go | obl |
| 12 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 palace | case |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 go | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past · do-support | Fr | the palace | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to palace=Initial_Location |
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
to ask the King to give her son the princess as a bride
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | to | to | PART | _ | 2 ask | mark |
| 2 | ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 King | det |
| 4 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 ask | obj |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 give | mark |
| 6 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 ask | xcomp |
| 7 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 son | nmod:poss |
| 8 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 give | iobj |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 princess | det |
| 10 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 give | obj |
| 11 | as | as | ADP | _ | 13 bride | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 bride | det |
| 13 | bride | bride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 give | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | to-infinitive | the King | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent king=Recipient clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | give not said to happen | to-infinitive | the princess | her son | as a bride | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent son=Recipient princess=Theme |
Option 2
to ask for a princess's hand
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | to | to | PART | _ | 2 ask | mark |
| 2 | ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 hand | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 princess | det |
| 5 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 hand | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 princess | case |
| 7 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 ask | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | to-infinitive | for a princess's hand | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
to ask for the King's daughter
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | to | to | PART | _ | 2 ask | mark |
| 2 | ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 daughter | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 King | det |
| 5 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 King | case |
| 7 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 ask | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | to-infinitive | for the King's daughter | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
to beg for the King's gold
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | to | to | PART | _ | 2 beg | mark |
| 2 | beg | beg | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 gold | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 King | det |
| 5 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 gold | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 King | case |
| 7 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 beg | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | beg speech: request | to-infinitive | for the King's gold | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent for gold=Topic |
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