Test 2 · ★ · Russian Fairy Tales, The Frog Bride, part 1: the youngest…
Bro, why do the princes even keep their caps on in front of the emperor?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: princes · What happens: do, keep · To what, where: caps, front
This is test 2 · ★ 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. 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 | Bro | bro | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 do | vocative |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 do | punct |
| 3 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 do | advmod |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 keep | advcl |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 princes | det |
| 6 | princes | prince | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 keep | nsubj |
| 7 | even | even | ADV | _ | 8 keep | advmod |
| 8 | keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 caps | nmod:poss |
| 10 | caps | cap | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 keep | obj |
| 11 | on | on | ADP | _ | 13 front | case |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 front | case |
| 13 | front | front | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 keep | obl |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 emperor | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 emperor | det |
| 16 | emperor | emperor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 front | nmod |
| 17 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 keep | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | present | the princes not said here | Bro vocative | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | keep | present | the princes | princes's caps | front of the emperor | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent cap=Theme on front=Location |
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
Cause the emperor was blind and never noticed their hats at all, lol
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cause | cause | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 emperor | det |
| 3 | emperor | emperor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 blind | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 blind | cop |
| 5 | blind | blind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Cause | ccomp |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 noticed | cc |
| 7 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 8 noticed | advmod |
| 8 | noticed | notice | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 blind | conj |
| 9 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 hats | nmod:poss |
| 10 | hats | hat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 noticed | obj |
| 11 | at | at | ADP | _ | 12 all | case |
| 12 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 noticed | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 all | punct |
| 14 | lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 1 Cause | discourse |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cause | imperative | you not said here | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition | |||||
| 2 | is | past | the emperor | blind property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | not notice | past | the emperor not said here | their hats | all | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer hat=Stimulus |
Option 2
They forgot to take them off
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 forgot | nsubj |
| 2 | forgot | forget | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 take | mark |
| 4 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 forgot | xcomp |
| 5 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 take | obj |
| 6 | off | off | ADP | _ | 4 take | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | forget | past | They | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | not take off | to-infinitive | They not said here | them = they | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
The emperor told them to keep them on
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 emperor | det |
| 2 | emperor | emperor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 told | nsubj |
| 3 | told | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 told | iobj |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 keep | mark |
| 6 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 told | xcomp |
| 7 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 keep | obj |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 keep | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | past | the emperor | them = they | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | keep on not said to happen | to-infinitive | the emperor not said here | them = they | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
The emperor said stay as you are, so they kept them on
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 emperor | det |
| 2 | emperor | emperor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 said | nsubj |
| 3 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | stay | stay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 said | ccomp |
| 5 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 7 are | mark |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 are | nsubj |
| 7 | are | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 stay | advcl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 kept | punct |
| 9 | so | so | ADV | _ | 11 kept | advmod |
| 10 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 kept | nsubj |
| 11 | kept | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 said | conj |
| 12 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 kept | obj |
| 13 | on | on | ADP | _ | 11 kept | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | the emperor | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | stay | infinitive | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | does | present | you | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | keep | past | they | them = they | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
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