Test 3 · ★ · Russian Fairy Tales, Martin the Widow's Son, part 43: the…
Sis, so the King wanted the widow's son tarred and feathered, right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: King, son · What happens: want, tar · To what, where: son
This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1719 «Russian Fairy Tales, Martin the Widow's Son, part 43: the King jails Martin, and his animal friends steal rolls to save him» 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 | Sis | sis | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 wanted | punct |
| 3 | so | so | ADV | _ | 6 wanted | advmod |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 King | det |
| 5 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 wanted | nsubj |
| 6 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Sis | conj |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 widow | det |
| 8 | widow | widow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 son | nmod:poss |
| 9 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 8 widow | case |
| 10 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 wanted | obj |
| 11 | tarred | tar | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 wanted | xcomp |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 feathered | cc |
| 13 | feathered | feathered | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 tarred | conj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Sis | punct |
| 15 | right | right | INTJ | _ | 1 Sis | discourse |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Sis | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | past | the King | the widow's son | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | tar not said to happen | participle | the widow's son not said here | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=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
No, he would be sent to the high tower
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 sent | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 sent | nsubj |
| 4 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 sent | aux |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 sent | aux:pass |
| 6 | sent | send | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 tower | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 tower | det |
| 9 | high | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 tower | amod |
| 10 | tower | tower | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 sent | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send | would · passive | he | the high tower | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to tower=Destination |
Option 2
Yes, if the castle was not built in a single day by morning
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 8 built | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 built | punct |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 8 built | mark |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 castle | det |
| 5 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 built | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 built | aux:pass |
| 7 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 built | advmod |
| 8 | built | build | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 day | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 day | det |
| 11 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 day | amod |
| 12 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 built | obl |
| 13 | by | by | ADP | _ | 14 morning | case |
| 14 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 day | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not build | past · passive | the castle | day | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |
Option 3
Yes, if the castle was not built in a day and night by the widow's son
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 8 built | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 8 built | mark |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 castle | det |
| 5 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 built | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 built | aux:pass |
| 7 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 built | advmod |
| 8 | built | build | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 day | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 day | det |
| 11 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 built | obl |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 night | cc |
| 13 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 day | conj |
| 14 | by | by | ADP | _ | 18 son | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 widow | det |
| 16 | widow | widow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 son | nmod:poss |
| 17 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 16 widow | case |
| 18 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 built | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not build | past · passive | the widow's son | the castle | day | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Product |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Yes, if the castle was not built in a day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 8 built | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 built | punct |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 8 built | mark |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 castle | det |
| 5 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 built | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 built | aux:pass |
| 7 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 built | advmod |
| 8 | built | build | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 day | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 day | det |
| 11 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 built | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not build | past · passive | the castle | day | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |
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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