Test 6 · ★ · Russian Fairy Tales, The Dragon Emperor, part 11: the prin…
Did the old woman give the prince any cheeky deal?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: old woman · What happens: give · To what, where: cheeky deal, prince
This is test 6 · ★ 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 | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 give | aux |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 woman | det |
| 3 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 woman | amod |
| 4 | woman | woman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 give | nsubj |
| 5 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 prince | det |
| 7 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 give | obj |
| 8 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 10 deal | det |
| 9 | cheeky | cheeky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 deal | amod |
| 10 | deal | deal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 give | obj |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 give | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past · do-support | the old woman | any cheeky deal | the prince | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent prince=Recipient deal=Theme |
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, just a thanks
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 thanks | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | just | just | ADV | _ | 5 thanks | advmod |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 thanks | det |
| 5 | thanks | thanks | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, a horse for wages if he minds her mare for three days
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 horse | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 horse | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 horse | det |
| 4 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 minds | nsubj |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 wages | case |
| 6 | wages | wage | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 horse | nmod |
| 7 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 9 minds | mark |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 minds | nsubj |
| 9 | minds | mind | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 mare | nmod:poss |
| 11 | mare | mare | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 minds | obj |
| 12 | for | for | ADP | _ | 14 days | case |
| 13 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 14 days | nummod |
| 14 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 minds | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mind | present | a horse for wages | her mare | day | vn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mare=Theme |
Option 3
Yeah, a bag of gold if he cooks her dinner for a week
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 bag | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 bag | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 bag | det |
| 4 | bag | bag | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 cooks | nsubj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 gold | case |
| 6 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 bag | nmod |
| 7 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 9 cooks | mark |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 cooks | nsubj |
| 9 | cooks | cook | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 dinner | nmod:poss |
| 11 | dinner | dinner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 cooks | obj |
| 12 | for | for | ADP | _ | 14 week | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 week | det |
| 14 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 cooks | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cook | present | a bag of gold | her dinner | week | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.instrument V NP»: agent=Instrument dinner=Patient |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Nah, she just wanted him to go away quickly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 wanted | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 wanted | nsubj |
| 4 | just | just | ADV | _ | 5 wanted | advmod |
| 5 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 wanted | obj |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 go | mark |
| 8 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 wanted | xcomp |
| 9 | away | away | ADV | _ | 8 go | advmod |
| 10 | quickly | quickly | ADV | _ | 8 go | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | past | she | him = he | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | go away not said to happen | to-infinitive | him = he not said here | away, quickly property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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