Test 9 · ★ · Russian Fairy Tales, The Dragon Emperor, part 11: the prin…

Did the fish know where the mare had gone?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: fish, mare · What happens: know, go

This is test 9 · ★ 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=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 know	aux
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 fish	det
3	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 know	nsubj
4	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 gone	parataxis
5	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	9 gone	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 mare	det
7	mare	mare	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 gone	nsubj
8	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 gone	aux
9	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 gone	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	past · do-support	the fish						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	go	past · perfect	the mare						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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

Yeah, she's in the lake

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	7 lake	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 lake	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 lake	cop
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 lake	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 lake	det
7	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	she			the lake			tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, she'd turned herself into a big fish and her foal into a little one

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 turned	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 turned	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 turned	nsubj
4	'd	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 turned	aux
5	turned	turn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	5 turned	obj
7	into	into	ADP	_	10 fish	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 fish	det
9	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 fish	amod
10	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 turned	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 foal	cc
12	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 foal	nmod:poss
13	foal	foal	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 fish	conj
14	into	into	ADP	_	17 one	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 one	det
16	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 one	amod
17	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 turned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	past · perfect	she	herself = she				into a big fish and her foal; into a little one	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.agent V NP.theme PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Agent herself=Theme into fish=Source into one=Trajectory

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Yeah, she'd gone to the bottom of the river and was hiding under the rocks

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 gone	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 gone	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 gone	nsubj
4	'd	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 gone	aux
5	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 bottom	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bottom	det
8	bottom	bottom	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 gone	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 river	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 river	det
11	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bottom	nmod
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 hiding	cc
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 hiding	aux
14	hiding	hide	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 gone	conj
15	under	under	ADP	_	17 rocks	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 rocks	det
17	rocks	rock	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 hiding	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past · perfect	she			the bottom of the river			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to bottom=Initial_Location
2	hide	past · progressive	she not said here			the rocks			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under rock=Location

Option 4

Nah, the fish had no clue where she'd gone at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 had	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 fish	det
4	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 had	nsubj
5	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	7 clue	det
7	clue	clue	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 had	obj
8	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	11 gone	advmod
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 gone	nsubj
10	'd	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 gone	aux
11	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 clue	acl:relcl
12	at	at	ADP	_	13 all	case
13	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	11 gone	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	the fish	no clue					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clue=Patient
2	go	past · perfect	fish			all			vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at all=Location

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