Test 8 · ★ · Russian Fairy Tales, The Dragon Emperor, part 11: the prin…
Was the prince gutted when he couldn't find the mare?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: he · What happens: be, gut, not find · To what, where: prince, mare
This is test 8 · ★ 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 | Was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 prince | cop |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 prince | det |
| 3 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 gutted | csubj |
| 4 | gutted | gut | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 9 find | mark |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 find | nsubj |
| 7 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 find | aux |
| 8 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 find | advmod |
| 9 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 gutted | advcl |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 mare | det |
| 11 | mare | mare | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 find | obj |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 gutted | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the prince | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | gut | participle | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | not find | could | he | the mare | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mare=Topic |
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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, his heart was pounding and he was proper panicking
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 6 pounding | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 pounding | punct |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 heart | nmod:poss |
| 4 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 pounding | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 pounding | aux |
| 6 | pounding | pound | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 panicking | cc |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 panicking | nsubj |
| 9 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 panicking | cop |
| 10 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 panicking | amod |
| 11 | panicking | panicking | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 pounding | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pound | past · progressive | his heart | vn tingle-40.8.2 «NP V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 2 | is a | past | heart | proper panicking | tree rules |
Option 2
Yeah, he was properly upset and ran about shouting
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 6 upset | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 upset | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 upset | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 upset | cop |
| 5 | properly | properly | ADV | _ | 6 upset | advmod |
| 6 | upset | upset | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 ran | cc |
| 8 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 upset | conj |
| 9 | about | about | ADV | _ | 10 shouting | advmod |
| 10 | shouting | shout | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 ran | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | he | properly, upset property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | run about | past | he not said here | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | shout speech: express | gerund | he not said here | about property | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Nah, he wasn't bothered at all, he said the old woman's head would be enough and went straight to bed with a smile
The tree, 25 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 6 bothered | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 bothered | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 bothered | aux:pass |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 bothered | advmod |
| 6 | bothered | bother | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 said | ccomp |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 all | case |
| 8 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 bothered | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 bothered | punct |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 said | nsubj |
| 11 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 woman | det |
| 13 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 woman | amod |
| 14 | woman | woman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 head | nmod:poss |
| 15 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 14 woman | case |
| 16 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 enough | nsubj |
| 17 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 19 enough | aux |
| 18 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 19 enough | cop |
| 19 | enough | enough | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 said | ccomp |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 went | cc |
| 21 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 said | conj |
| 22 | straight | straight | ADV | _ | 24 bed | advmod |
| 23 | to | to | ADP | _ | 24 bed | case |
| 24 | bed | bed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 went | obl |
| 25 | with | with | ADP | _ | 27 smile | case |
| 26 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 27 smile | det |
| 27 | smile | smile | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 went | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not bother | past · passive | he | all | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | he | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | is | would | the old woman's head | enough property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | go | past | he not said here | bed | with a smile | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to bed=Initial_Location |
Option 4
Nah, he just shrugged and went for a nap
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 shrugged | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 shrugged | nsubj |
| 4 | just | just | ADV | _ | 5 shrugged | advmod |
| 5 | shrugged | shrug | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 went | cc |
| 7 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 shrugged | conj |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 nap | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 nap | det |
| 10 | nap | nap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 went | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shrug | past | he | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | go | past | he not said here | for a nap | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for nap=Beneficiary |
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