Exam question 3 · Russian Fairy Tales, The Frog Bride, part 1: the youngest…
State the purpose of the mother's second test, namely the distribution of three puppies.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: second test, mother · What happens: purpose, test, distribute · To what, where: three puppies
This is exam question 3 of lesson 1803 «Russian Fairy Tales, The Frog Bride, part 1: the youngest son's frog spins his linen» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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 | State | state | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 purpose | compound |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 purpose | det |
| 3 | purpose | purpose | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 test | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 mother | det |
| 6 | mother | mother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 test | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 mother | case |
| 8 | second | second | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 9 test | amod |
| 9 | test | test | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 purpose | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 distribution | punct |
| 11 | namely | namely | ADV | _ | 13 distribution | advmod |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 distribution | det |
| 13 | distribution | distribution | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 test | appos |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 puppies | case |
| 15 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 16 puppies | nummod |
| 16 | puppies | puppy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 distribution | nmod |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 purpose | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | purpose | the mother's second test | nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=agent | ||||||
| 2 | test | the mother | nom test «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 3 | distribute | three puppies | nom distribution «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
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
To determine which bride trains her dog best and which one is worthy of the youngest son
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 determine | mark |
| 2 | determine | determine | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 trains | advcl |
| 3 | which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 4 bride | det |
| 4 | bride | bride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 determine | obj |
| 5 | trains | train | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 dog | nmod:poss |
| 7 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 trains | obj |
| 8 | best | well | ADV | Degree=Sup | 13 worthy | advmod |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 worthy | cc |
| 10 | which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 11 one | det |
| 11 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 worthy | nsubj |
| 12 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 worthy | cop |
| 13 | worthy | worthy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 trains | parataxis |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 son | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 son | det |
| 16 | youngest | young | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 17 son | amod |
| 17 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 worthy | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | determine | to-infinitive | which bride | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bride=Topic | |||||
| 2 | train | present | bride's dog | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Theme | |||||
| 3 | is | present | which one | of the youngest son; well, worthy property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
To determine which bride trains her dog best
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 determine | mark |
| 2 | determine | determine | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 trains | advcl |
| 3 | which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 4 bride | det |
| 4 | bride | bride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 determine | obj |
| 5 | trains | train | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 dog | nmod:poss |
| 7 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 best | nsubj |
| 8 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 trains | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | determine | to-infinitive | which bride | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bride=Topic | |||||
| 2 | train | present | best | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent good=Theme |
Option 3
To find out which of the brides can train the puppy to obey and bring it back to the palace
The tree, 20 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 find | mark |
| 2 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 train | advcl |
| 3 | out | out | ADP | _ | 2 find | compound:prt |
| 4 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 train | obj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 brides | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 brides | det |
| 7 | brides | bride | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 train | nsubj |
| 8 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 train | aux |
| 9 | train | train | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 puppy | det |
| 11 | puppy | puppy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 train | obj |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 13 obey | mark |
| 13 | obey | obey | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 puppy | acl |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 bring | cc |
| 15 | bring | bring | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 train | conj |
| 16 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 bring | obj |
| 17 | back | back | ADV | _ | 15 bring | advmod |
| 18 | to | to | ADP | _ | 20 palace | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 palace | det |
| 20 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 bring | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find out | to-infinitive | the brides not said here | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | train | can | the brides | the puppy | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | obey | to-infinitive | the brides not said here | the puppy not said here | vn abide_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | bring back | infinitive | the brides not said here | puppy | the palace | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to palace=Destination |
Option 4
To decide which bride keeps her dog best
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 decide | mark |
| 2 | decide | decide | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 keeps | advcl |
| 3 | which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 4 bride | det |
| 4 | bride | bride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 decide | obj |
| 5 | keeps | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 dog | nmod:poss |
| 7 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 best | nsubj |
| 8 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 keeps | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | decide | to-infinitive | which bride | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent bride=Topic | |||||
| 2 | keep | present | good property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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