Exam question 2 · Russian Fairy Tales, The Emperor's Youngest Daughter, part…
What was the principal reason the horse advised the princess against resting by the pools?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: horse · What happens: be, advise, rest · To what, where: principal reason, princess
This is exam question 2 of lesson 1806 «Russian Fairy Tales, The Emperor's Youngest Daughter, part 57: the princess beats three monsters and swaps the genius's flowers» 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 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 reason | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 reason | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 reason | det |
| 4 | principal | principal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 reason | amod |
| 5 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 horse | det |
| 7 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 advised | nsubj |
| 8 | advised | advise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 reason | acl:relcl |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 princess | det |
| 10 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 advised | obj |
| 11 | against | against | SCONJ | _ | 12 resting | mark |
| 12 | resting | rest | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 advised | advcl |
| 13 | by | by | ADP | _ | 15 pools | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 pools | det |
| 15 | pools | pool | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 resting | obl |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 reason | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the principal reason | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | advise speech: other | past | the horse | the principal reason not said here | the princess | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent princess=Recipient | |||
| 3 | rest | gerund | the horse not said here | by the pools | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by pool=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Warriors rest only after the victory is won
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Warriors | warrior | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 rest | nsubj |
| 2 | rest | rest | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 2 rest | advmod |
| 4 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 8 won | mark |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 victory | det |
| 6 | victory | victory | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 won | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 won | aux:pass |
| 8 | won | win | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 rest | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rest | present | Warriors | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | win | present · passive | the victory | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |
Option 2
Warriors rest only after the victory is won, and the pools would delay her
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Warriors | warrior | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 rest | nsubj |
| 2 | rest | rest | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 2 rest | advmod |
| 4 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 8 won | mark |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 victory | det |
| 6 | victory | victory | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 won | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 won | aux:pass |
| 8 | won | win | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 rest | advcl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 delay | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 delay | cc |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 pools | det |
| 12 | pools | pool | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 delay | nsubj |
| 13 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 14 delay | aux |
| 14 | delay | delay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 rest | conj |
| 15 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 delay | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rest | present | Warriors | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | win | present · passive | the victory | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | delay | would | the pools | victory | vn delay-53.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent she=Source |
Option 3
Resting would let the dragon arrive first
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Resting | rest | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 let | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 let | aux |
| 3 | let | let | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 dragon | det |
| 5 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 let | obj |
| 6 | arrive | arrive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 let | advcl |
| 7 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 3 let | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rest | gerund | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | let | would | the dragon | first property | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dragon=Theme | ||||
| 3 | arrive | present | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
The pools were enchanted, and warriors rest only after the victory is fully won by the sword
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 pools | det |
| 2 | pools | pool | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 enchanted | nsubj |
| 3 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 enchanted | aux:pass |
| 4 | enchanted | enchant | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 15 won | advcl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 rest | punct |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 rest | cc |
| 7 | warriors | warrior | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 rest | nsubj |
| 8 | rest | rest | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 enchanted | conj |
| 9 | only | only | ADV | _ | 8 rest | advmod |
| 10 | after | after | ADP | _ | 12 victory | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 victory | det |
| 12 | victory | victory | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 rest | obl |
| 13 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 won | aux:pass |
| 14 | fully | fully | ADV | _ | 15 won | advmod |
| 15 | won | win | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 16 | by | by | ADP | _ | 18 sword | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 sword | det |
| 18 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 won | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | enchant | past · passive | the pools | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | rest | present | warriors | after the victory | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | win | present · passive | the sword | fully property | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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