Test 6 · ★ · Russian Fairy Tales, The Golden Mermaid: the Prince catche…
did the Emperor with the bird throw a huge feast or nah?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Emperor · What happens: throw · To what, where: huge feast
This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1935 «Russian Fairy Tales, The Golden Mermaid: the Prince catches the mermaid, but his jealous brothers kill him and the wolf brings him back to life» 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=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 throw | aux |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Emperor | det |
| 3 | Emperor | Emperor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 throw | nsubj |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 bird | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 bird | det |
| 6 | bird | bird | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 Emperor | nmod |
| 7 | throw | throw | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 feast | det |
| 9 | huge | huge | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 feast | amod |
| 10 | feast | feast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 throw | obj |
| 11 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 12 nah | cc |
| 12 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 10 feast | conj |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 throw | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | throw | past · do-support | the Emperor with the bird | a huge feast | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feast=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 · ← Mova's choice
nah, only a quick meal in the hall
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 6 meal | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 meal | advmod |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 meal | det |
| 5 | quick | quick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 meal | amod |
| 6 | meal | meal | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 hall | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 hall | det |
| 9 | hall | hall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 meal | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
yeah, they served a huge banquet at noon
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 served | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 served | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 served | nsubj |
| 4 | served | serve | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 banquet | det |
| 6 | huge | huge | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 banquet | amod |
| 7 | banquet | banquet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 served | obj |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 noon | case |
| 9 | noon | noon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 served | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | serve | past | they | a huge banquet | noon | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent banquet=Attribute |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
yeah, everyone sat down to a massive dinner
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 sat | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 yeah | punct |
| 3 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 4 sat | nsubj |
| 4 | sat | sit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | down | down | ADP | _ | 4 sat | compound:prt |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 dinner | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 dinner | det |
| 8 | massive | massive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 dinner | amod |
| 9 | dinner | dinner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sat | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sit down | past | everyone | to a massive dinner | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
yeah, a small lunch
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 lunch | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 yeah | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 lunch | det |
| 4 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 lunch | amod |
| 5 | lunch | lunch | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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