Test 5 · ★ · Russian Fairy Tales, The Dragon Emperor, part 11: the prin…
That wolf in the snare, was he a bit wicked or what?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: wolf · What happens: be
This is test 5 · ★ 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 | That | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 2 wolf | det |
| 2 | wolf | wolf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 wicked | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 snare | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 snare | det |
| 5 | snare | snare | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 wolf | nmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 wolf | punct |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 wicked | cop |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 wicked | nsubj |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 bit | det |
| 10 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 wicked | obl:unmarked |
| 11 | wicked | wicked | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 12 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 13 what | cc |
| 13 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Rel | 11 wicked | conj |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 11 wicked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | that wolf in the snare | a bit obl:unmarked; wicked property | tree rules |
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
Yeah, he snarled and tried to bite the prince before running off
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 snarled | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 snarled | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 snarled | nsubj |
| 4 | snarled | snarl | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 tried | cc |
| 6 | tried | try | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 snarled | conj |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 bite | mark |
| 8 | bite | bite | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 tried | xcomp |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 prince | det |
| 10 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 bite | obj |
| 11 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 12 running | mark |
| 12 | running | run | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 bite | advcl |
| 13 | off | off | ADP | _ | 12 running | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | snarl | past | he | vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | try | past | he not said here | vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | bite not said to happen | to-infinitive | he not said here | the prince | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prince=Patient | ||||
| 4 | run off | gerund | he not said here | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Nah, he was just a bit scared and ran off into the trees
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 8 scared | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 scared | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 scared | cop |
| 5 | just | just | ADV | _ | 8 scared | advmod |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 bit | det |
| 7 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 scared | obl:unmarked |
| 8 | scared | scared | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 ran | cc |
| 10 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 scared | conj |
| 11 | off | off | ADP | _ | 10 ran | compound:prt |
| 12 | into | into | ADP | _ | 14 trees | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 trees | det |
| 14 | trees | tree | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 ran | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | he | a bit obl:unmarked; scared property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | run off | past | he not said here | into the trees result | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into tree=Result |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Yeah, he was a right nasty one
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 8 one | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yeah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 one | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 one | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 one | det |
| 6 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 one | amod |
| 7 | nasty | nasty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 one | amod |
| 8 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | he | a right nasty one | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Nah, he was grateful and promised to help if needed, lush
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 grateful | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 grateful | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 grateful | cop |
| 5 | grateful | grateful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 promised | cc |
| 7 | promised | promise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 grateful | conj |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 help | mark |
| 9 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 promised | xcomp |
| 10 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 11 needed | mark |
| 11 | needed | need | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 help | advcl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 lush | punct |
| 13 | lush | lush | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 grateful | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | he | grateful property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | promise speech: promise | past | he not said here | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | help not said to happen | to-infinitive | he not said here | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | need a condition, not said to happen | participle | he not said here | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot |
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