Test 10 · ★ · Russian Fairy Tales, The Dragon Emperor, part 11: the prin…

Did the dragon's horse actually know the best way out?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: do, know · To what, where: horse, best way

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1760 «Russian Fairy Tales, The Dragon Emperor, part 11: the prince frees a fish, a fox and a wolf, then serves the old woman» 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	Did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 dragon	det
3	dragon	dragon	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 horse	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 dragon	case
5	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Did	obj
6	actually	actually	ADV	_	7 know	advmod
7	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Did	parataxis
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 way	det
9	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	10 way	amod
10	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 know	obj
11	out	out	ADV	_	7 know	advmod
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past		the dragon's horse					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Eventuality
2	know	present		the best way				actually, out property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer way=Stimulus

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

Nah, it wanted to stay with the empress

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 wanted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 wanted	nsubj
4	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 stay	mark
6	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 wanted	xcomp
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 empress	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 empress	det
9	empress	empress	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stay	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	it						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	stay not said to happen	to-infinitive						with the empress	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with empress=Location

Option 2

Yeah, it told the dragon to fly over the hills

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 told	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 told	nsubj
4	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 dragon	det
6	dragon	dragon	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 told	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 fly	mark
8	fly	fly	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 told	xcomp
9	over	over	ADP	_	11 hills	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 hills	det
11	hills	hill	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 fly	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	it		the dragon				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent dragon=Recipient clause=Topic
2	fly not said to happen	to-infinitive				the hills			vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over hill=Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, it told the dragon to eat first, then chase them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 told	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 told	nsubj
4	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 dragon	det
6	dragon	dragon	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 told	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 eat	mark
8	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 told	xcomp
9	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	8 eat	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 chase	punct
11	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 chase	advmod
12	chase	chase	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 eat	conj
13	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 chase	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	it		the dragon			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent dragon=Recipient clause=Topic
2	eat not said to happen	to-infinitive					first property	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	chase	infinitive		them = they		then		vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Nah, it had no idea where to go, so the dragon had to follow the prince's tracks along the river and over the hills for days

The tree, 27 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 had	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 had	nsubj
4	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 idea	det
6	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 had	obj
7	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	9 go	advmod
8	to	to	PART	_	9 go	mark
9	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 idea	acl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 had	punct
11	so	so	ADV	_	14 had	advmod
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 dragon	det
13	dragon	dragon	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 had	nsubj
14	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 had	conj
15	to	to	PART	_	16 follow	mark
16	follow	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 had	xcomp
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 prince	det
18	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 tracks	nmod:poss
19	's	's	PART	_	18 prince	case
20	tracks	track	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 follow	obj
21	along	along	ADP	_	23 river	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 river	det
23	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 follow	obl
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	27 hills	cc
25	over	over	ADP	_	27 hills	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 hills	det
27	hills	hill	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 river	conj
28	for	for	ADP	_	29 days	case
29	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 follow	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	have	past	it	no idea			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent idea=Patient
2	go	to-infinitive		no idea not said here			vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	have	past	the dragon				tree rules
4	follow	to-infinitive	the dragon not said here	the prince's tracks	the river and the hills	day	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent track=Theme along river=Trajectory

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