Test 9 · ★ · Russian Fairy Tales, The Frog Bride, part 1: the youngest…
Hold up, the mastiffs were scary, right? Like actually growling?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, mastiffs · What happens: hold up, be, growl
This is test 9 · ★ 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
Sentence 1: Hold up, the mastiffs were scary, right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hold | hold | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | up | up | ADP | _ | 1 Hold | compound:prt |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 scary | punct |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 mastiffs | det |
| 5 | mastiffs | mastiff | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 scary | nsubj |
| 6 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 scary | cop |
| 7 | scary | scary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Hold | parataxis |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 scary | punct |
| 9 | right | right | INTJ | _ | 1 Hold | discourse |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Hold | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hold up | imperative | you not said here | vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | |||||
| 2 | is | past | the mastiffs | scary property | tree rules |
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.
Sentence 2: Like actually growling?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Like | like | INTJ | _ | 3 growling | discourse |
| 2 | actually | actually | ADV | _ | 3 growling | advmod |
| 3 | growling | growl | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 growling | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | growl | gerund | actually property | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1
Yeah, they barked so loudly the mom jumped
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 barked | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 barked | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 barked | nsubj |
| 4 | barked | bark | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 jumped | advcl |
| 5 | so | so | ADV | _ | 6 loudly | advmod |
| 6 | loudly | loudly | ADV | _ | 4 barked | advmod |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 mom | det |
| 8 | mom | mom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 jumped | nsubj |
| 9 | jumped | jump | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bark | past | they | loudly property | vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | jump | past | the mom | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, they growled so fiercely the mom trembled
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 growled | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 growled | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 growled | nsubj |
| 4 | growled | growl | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | so | so | ADV | _ | 6 fiercely | advmod |
| 6 | fiercely | fiercely | ADV | _ | 4 growled | advmod |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 mom | det |
| 8 | mom | mom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 growled | obj |
| 9 | trembled | tremble | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 mom | acl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | growl | past | they | the mom | fiercely property | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mom=Topic | |||
| 2 | tremble | participle | the mom not said here | vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Yeah, they growled so fiercely that the mom trembled and hid behind the door
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 growled | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 growled | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 growled | nsubj |
| 4 | growled | growl | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | so | so | ADV | _ | 6 fiercely | advmod |
| 6 | fiercely | fiercely | ADV | _ | 4 growled | advmod |
| 7 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 10 trembled | mark |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 mom | det |
| 9 | mom | mom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 trembled | nsubj |
| 10 | trembled | tremble | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 growled | advcl |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 hid | cc |
| 12 | hid | hide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 growled | conj |
| 13 | behind | behind | ADP | _ | 15 door | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 door | det |
| 15 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 hid | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | growl | past | they | fiercely property | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | tremble | past | the mom | vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | hide | past | they not said here | the door | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent behind door=Location |
Option 4
Nah, they were actually really friendly and the mom just wanted to pet them
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 7 friendly | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 friendly | nsubj |
| 4 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 friendly | cop |
| 5 | actually | actually | ADV | _ | 7 friendly | advmod |
| 6 | really | really | ADV | _ | 7 friendly | advmod |
| 7 | friendly | friendly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 wanted | cc |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 mom | det |
| 10 | mom | mom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 wanted | nsubj |
| 11 | just | just | ADV | _ | 12 wanted | advmod |
| 12 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 friendly | conj |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 pet | mark |
| 14 | pet | pet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 wanted | xcomp |
| 15 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 wanted | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | they | actually, friendly property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | want | past | the mom | pet | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot they=Theme |
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