Test 7 · ★ · Russian Fairy Tales, The Dragon Emperor, part 11: the prin…

Why did the mare do a runner, mate?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mare · What happens: do · To what, where: runner

This is test 7 · ★ 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 do	advmod
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 do	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 mare	det
4	mare	mare	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 do	nsubj
5	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 runner	det
7	runner	runner	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 do	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 mate	punct
9	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 runner	conj
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past · do-support	the mare	a runner and mate					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent runner=Eventuality

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 · ✓ the right answer

Cos the prince fell asleep and the halter slipped in his hands

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	4 fell	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 prince	det
3	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fell	nsubj
4	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 fell	xcomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 slipped	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 halter	det
8	halter	halter	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 slipped	nsubj
9	slipped	slip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 fell	conj
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 hands	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 hands	nmod:poss
12	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 slipped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	past	the prince					asleep property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	slip	past	the halter					in prince's hands	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in hand=Attribute

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Cos the prince fell asleep under a tree and the halter slipped right out of his hands while the mare was grazing near the river

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	3 prince	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 prince	det
3	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fell	obl
4	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 fell	xcomp
6	under	under	ADP	_	8 tree	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 tree	det
8	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fell	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 slipped	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 halter	det
11	halter	halter	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 slipped	nsubj
12	slipped	slip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 fell	conj
13	right	right	ADV	_	12 slipped	advmod
14	out	out	ADP	_	17 hands	case
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 hands	case
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 hands	nmod:poss
17	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 slipped	obl
18	while	while	SCONJ	_	22 grazing	mark
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 mare	det
20	mare	mare	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 grazing	nsubj
21	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 grazing	aux
22	grazing	graze	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 slipped	advcl
23	near	near	ADP	_	25 river	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 river	det
25	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 grazing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	fall	past		a tree	cos the prince; asleep property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme under tree=Location
2	slip	past	the halter	his hands	right property	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
3	graze	past · progressive	the mare	the river		vn dine-39.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Cos the prince was busy picking berries by the stream

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	5 busy	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 prince	det
3	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 busy	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 busy	cop
5	busy	busy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	picking	pick	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 busy	advcl
7	berries	berry	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 picking	obj
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 stream	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 stream	det
10	stream	stream	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 picking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the prince					busy property	tree rules
2	pick	gerund	the prince not said here	berries				by the stream	vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent berry=Patient

Option 4

Cos the old woman had secretly untied the halter the night before because she wanted the prince to lose his head

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	7 untied	mark
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	7 untied	nsubj:pass
5	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 untied	aux
6	secretly	secretly	ADV	_	7 untied	advmod
7	untied	untie	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 wanted	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 halter	det
9	halter	halter	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 untied	obj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 night	det
11	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 untied	obl:unmarked
12	before	before	ADV	_	7 untied	advmod
13	because	because	SCONJ	_	15 wanted	mark
14	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 wanted	nsubj
15	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 prince	det
17	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 wanted	obj
18	to	to	PART	_	19 lose	mark
19	lose	lose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 wanted	xcomp
20	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 head	nmod:poss
21	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 lose	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	untie	past · perfect · passive		the old woman	night	before, secretly property	tree rules
2	want	past	woman	the prince			tree rules
3	lose not said to happen	to-infinitive	the prince not said here	his head			vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Eventuality

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