Exam question 1 · Russian Folk-Tales, King Frost: the stepmother's daughter…
Which phrase did King Frost repeat to the girl, as recorded in the passage?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: phrase · What happens: frost, record · To what, where: repeat, passage
This is exam question 1 of lesson 1725 «Russian Folk-Tales, King Frost: the stepmother's daughter is frozen while the girl is saved» 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 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 phrase | det |
| 2 | phrase | phrase | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 Frost | nsubj |
| 3 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 Frost | aux |
| 4 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 Frost | nsubj |
| 5 | Frost | frost | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | repeat | repeat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 Frost | obj |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 girl | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 girl | det |
| 9 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 Frost | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 recorded | punct |
| 11 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 12 recorded | mark |
| 12 | recorded | record | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 Frost | conj |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 passage | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 passage | det |
| 15 | passage | passage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 recorded | obl |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 Frost | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | frost | past · do-support | which phrase | repeat | to the girl | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent repeat=Destination | |||
| 2 | record | participle | which phrase not said here | the passage | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in passage=Destination |
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
Are you cold, maiden?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 cold | cop |
| 2 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 cold | nsubj |
| 3 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 maiden | punct |
| 5 | maiden | maiden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 cold | conj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 cold | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | you | cold property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | you not said here | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
"Are you warm, maiden?"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 warm | punct |
| 2 | Are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 warm | cop |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 warm | nsubj |
| 4 | warm | warm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 maiden | punct |
| 6 | maiden | maiden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 warm | conj |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 warm | punct |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 warm | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | you | warm property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be in a quote | you not said here | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Warm, maiden?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Warm | warm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 maiden | punct |
| 3 | maiden | maiden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Warm | conj |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Warm | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Are you well, girl?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 girl | cop |
| 2 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 girl | nsubj |
| 3 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 5 girl | amod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 well | punct |
| 5 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 girl | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | you | well girl | tree rules |
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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