Test 3 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, Marusia, the flower maiden
wait, why'd she even stomp the ground, like what's the vibe?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, she · What happens: wait, stomp, be · To what, where: ground
This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 413 «Russian Folk-Tales, Marusia, the flower maiden» 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 | wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 stomp | punct |
| 3 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 stomp | advmod |
| 4 | 'd | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 stomp | aux |
| 5 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 stomp | nsubj |
| 6 | even | even | ADV | _ | 7 stomp | advmod |
| 7 | stomp | stomp | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 wait | parataxis |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 ground | det |
| 9 | ground | ground | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 stomp | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 vibe | punct |
| 11 | like | like | ADP | _ | 15 vibe | case |
| 12 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 15 vibe | nsubj |
| 13 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 vibe | cop |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 vibe | det |
| 15 | vibe | vibe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 stomp | conj |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 wait | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | imperative | you not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | stomp | would | she | the ground | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ground=Patient | ||||
| 3 | is | present | like the vibe | 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.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
to make sure the flower could return to the grave before anyone saw her
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | to | to | PART | _ | 2 make | mark |
| 2 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | sure | sure | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 make | xcomp |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 flower | det |
| 5 | flower | flower | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 return | nsubj |
| 6 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 return | aux |
| 7 | return | return | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 sure | ccomp |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 grave | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 grave | det |
| 10 | grave | grave | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 return | obl |
| 11 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 13 saw | mark |
| 12 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 13 saw | nsubj |
| 13 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 return | advcl |
| 14 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 saw | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | to-infinitive | sure property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | |||||
| 2 | return | could | the flower | to the grave result | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to grave=Result | ||||
| 3 | see | past | anyone | flower | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus |
Option 2
to scare the guests away
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | to | to | PART | _ | 2 scare | mark |
| 2 | scare | scare | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 guests | det |
| 4 | guests | guest | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 scare | obj |
| 5 | away | away | ADV | _ | 2 scare | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | scare away | to-infinitive | the guests | away property | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus guest=Experiencer |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
to go back to flower mode
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | to | to | PART | _ | 2 go | mark |
| 2 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | back | back | ADV | _ | 2 go | advmod |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 flower | case |
| 5 | flower | flower | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 go | advcl |
| 6 | mode | mode | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 flower | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go back | to-infinitive | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 2 | flower | infinitive | mode | vn entity_specific_modes_being-47.2 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location mode=Theme |
Option 4
she had to do it to get back to the flower mode and stay hidden from her husband forever
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 had | nsubj |
| 2 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 do | mark |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 had | xcomp |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 do | obj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 get | mark |
| 7 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 do | advcl |
| 8 | back | back | ADV | _ | 7 get | advmod |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 mode | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 mode | det |
| 11 | flower | flower | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 mode | compound |
| 12 | mode | mode | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 back | obl |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 stay | cc |
| 14 | stay | stay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 get | conj |
| 15 | hidden | hide | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 14 stay | advcl |
| 16 | from | from | ADP | _ | 18 husband | case |
| 17 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 husband | nmod:poss |
| 18 | husband | husband | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 hidden | obl |
| 19 | forever | forever | ADV | _ | 15 hidden | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | she | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | do | to-infinitive | she not said here | it | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | ||||
| 3 | get back | to-infinitive | she not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 4 | stay | infinitive | she not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 5 | hide | participle | she not said here | from her husband; forever property | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent from husband=Beneficiary |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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