Exam question 4 · Russian Folk-Tales, Petrusha and the Devil: the horse turn…
Which assertion does the author make concerning the jokes of the Russian facetious tales?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: assertion, author, Russian facetious tales · What happens: do, make, concern, joke · To what, where: jokes
This is exam question 4 of lesson 417 «Russian Folk-Tales, Petrusha and the Devil: the horse turns out to be his father» 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 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 assertion | det |
| 2 | assertion | assertion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 does | nsubj |
| 3 | does | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 author | det |
| 5 | author | author | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 make | nsubj |
| 6 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 does | ccomp |
| 7 | concerning | concern | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 make | xcomp |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 jokes | det |
| 9 | jokes | joke | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 concerning | obj |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 tales | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 tales | det |
| 12 | Russian | Russian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 tales | amod |
| 13 | facetious | facetious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 tales | amod |
| 14 | tales | tale | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 jokes | nmod |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 does | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | present | which assertion | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | make | present | the author | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | concern | gerund | the author not said here | the jokes of the Russian facetious tales | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus joke=Experiencer | ||||
| 4 | joke | the Russian facetious tales | nom joke «communication intransitive»: of=agent |
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
They were invented in France alone.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 invented | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 invented | aux:pass |
| 3 | invented | invent | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 France | case |
| 5 | France | France | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 invented | obl |
| 6 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 3 invented | advmod |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 invented | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | invent | past · passive | They | France | alone property | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result |
Option 2
They are for the most part common to all Europe and to Asia as well.
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 part | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 part | cop |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 part | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 part | det |
| 5 | most | most | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 6 part | amod |
| 6 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | common | common | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 part | amod |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 Europe | case |
| 9 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 10 Europe | det |
| 10 | Europe | Europe | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 common | obl |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 Asia | cc |
| 12 | to | to | ADP | _ | 13 Asia | case |
| 13 | Asia | Asia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 Europe | conj |
| 14 | as | as | ADV | ExtPos=ADV | 7 common | advmod |
| 15 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 14 as | fixed |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 part | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | They | for the most part | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
They are for the most part common to all Europe.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 part | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 part | cop |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 part | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 part | det |
| 5 | most | most | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 6 part | amod |
| 6 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | common | common | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 part | amod |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 Europe | case |
| 9 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 10 Europe | det |
| 10 | Europe | Europe | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 common | obl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 part | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | They | for the most part | tree rules |
Option 4
They are for the most part found only in the Skazkas of the northern peasants.
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 part | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 part | cop |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 part | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 part | det |
| 5 | most | most | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 6 part | amod |
| 6 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | found | find | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 part | acl |
| 8 | only | only | ADV | _ | 11 Skazkas | advmod |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 Skazkas | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 Skazkas | det |
| 11 | Skazkas | Skazkas | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 found | obj |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 peasants | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 peasants | det |
| 14 | northern | northern | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 peasants | amod |
| 15 | peasants | peasant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 Skazkas | nmod |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 part | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | They | for the most part | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | find | participle | the most part not said here | the Skazkas of the northern peasants | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skazkas=Topic |
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