Test 8 · ★ · Russian Fairy Tales, The Golden Mermaid: the Prince catche…
why did the brothers totally hate the Prince?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: brothers · What happens: do, hate · To what, where: Prince
This is test 8 · ★ 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 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 2 did | advmod |
| 2 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 brothers | det |
| 4 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 hate | nsubj |
| 5 | totally | totally | ADV | _ | 6 hate | advmod |
| 6 | hate | hate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 did | ccomp |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Prince | det |
| 8 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 hate | obj |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | hate | present | the brothers | the Prince | totally property | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer prince=Stimulus |
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
cause the King kept giving him gifts and they thought he would get the whole kingdom in the end
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cause | cause | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 kept | ccomp |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 King | det |
| 3 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 kept | nsubj |
| 4 | kept | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | giving | give | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 kept | xcomp |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 giving | iobj |
| 7 | gifts | gift | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 giving | obj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 thought | cc |
| 9 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 thought | nsubj |
| 10 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 kept | conj |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 get | nsubj |
| 12 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 13 get | aux |
| 13 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 thought | ccomp |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 kingdom | det |
| 15 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 kingdom | amod |
| 16 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 get | obj |
| 17 | in | in | ADP | _ | 19 end | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 end | det |
| 19 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 get | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cause | infinitive | the King not said here | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition | |||||
| 2 | keep | past | the King | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | give | gerund | the King not said here | gifts | King | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient gift=Theme | |||
| 4 | think speech: other | past | gifts = gift | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 5 | get | would | King | the whole kingdom | in the end | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer kingdom=Stimulus |
Option 2
cause he had stolen their horses and their wives and they wanted revenge for all of it
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cause | cause | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 stolen | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 stolen | nsubj |
| 3 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 stolen | aux |
| 4 | stolen | steal | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 horses | nmod:poss |
| 6 | horses | horse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 stolen | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 wives | cc |
| 8 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 wives | nmod:poss |
| 9 | wives | wife | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 horses | conj |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 wanted | cc |
| 11 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 wanted | nsubj |
| 12 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 stolen | conj |
| 13 | revenge | revenge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 wanted | obj |
| 14 | for | for | ADP | _ | 15 all | case |
| 15 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 12 wanted | obl |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 it | case |
| 17 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 all | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | steal | past · perfect · passive | cause | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary horse=Theme | |||||
| 2 | want | past | horses = horse | revenge | for all | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot revenge=Theme |
Option 3
cause the King loved him more
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 King | det |
| 3 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 loved | nsubj |
| 4 | loved | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 cause | ccomp |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 loved | obj |
| 6 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 4 loved | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cause | imperative | you not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | love | past | the King | him = he | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
cause he was getting all the good luck
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cause | cause | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 getting | nsubj |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 getting | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 getting | aux |
| 4 | getting | get | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 luck | det:predet |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 luck | det |
| 7 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 luck | amod |
| 8 | luck | luck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 getting | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past · progressive | cause | all good luck | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer luck=Stimulus |
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