Test 4 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, Marko the Rich: a stingy merchant trie…
Ngl, that boiling water part was wild, right?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ngl · What happens: boil, be
This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 419 «Russian Folk-Tales, Marko the Rich: a stingy merchant tries to dodge paying one copeck and gets tricked» 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 | Ngl | Ngl | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 wild | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 wild | punct |
| 3 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 8 wild | mark |
| 4 | boiling | boil | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 water | amod |
| 5 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 part | compound |
| 6 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 wild | nsubj |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 wild | cop |
| 8 | wild | wild | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 wild | punct |
| 10 | right | right | INTJ | _ | 8 wild | discourse |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 wild | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | boil | gerund | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 2 | is | past | Ngl | wild property | 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
Yeah, and the whole thing was honestly kinda funny to watch for everyone there
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 10 funny | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 funny | punct |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 funny | cc |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 thing | det |
| 5 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 thing | amod |
| 6 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 funny | nsubj |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 funny | cop |
| 8 | honestly | honestly | ADV | _ | 9 kinda | advmod |
| 9 | kinda | kinda | ADV | _ | 10 funny | advmod |
| 10 | funny | funny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 watch | mark |
| 12 | watch | watch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 funny | advcl |
| 13 | for | for | ADP | _ | 14 everyone | case |
| 14 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 12 watch | obl |
| 15 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 14 everyone | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the whole thing | funny, kinda property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | watch | to-infinitive | the whole thing not said here | for everyone | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent for everyone=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, the moujik roasted him for his copeck
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 roasted | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 roasted | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 moujik | det |
| 4 | moujik | moujik | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 roasted | nsubj |
| 5 | roasted | roast | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 roasted | obj |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 copeck | case |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 copeck | nmod:poss |
| 9 | copeck | copeck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 roasted | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | roast | past | the moujik | him = he | for moujik's copeck | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent he=Patient for copeck=Beneficiary |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Yeah, the moujik poured boiling water on him just to get the copeck back from him
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 poured | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 poured | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 moujik | det |
| 4 | moujik | moujik | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 poured | nsubj |
| 5 | poured | pour | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 get | advcl |
| 6 | boiling | boil | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 water | amod |
| 7 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 poured | obj |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 him | case |
| 9 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 poured | obl |
| 10 | just | just | ADV | _ | 12 get | advmod |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 get | mark |
| 12 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 copeck | det |
| 14 | copeck | copeck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 get | obj |
| 15 | back | back | ADV | _ | 12 get | advmod |
| 16 | from | from | ADP | _ | 17 him | case |
| 17 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 back | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pour | past | the moujik | boiling water | on him = he | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient | |||
| 2 | boil | gerund | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 3 | get | to-infinitive | the copeck | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer copeck=Stimulus |
Option 4
Yeah, the moujik cooked him for money
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 cooked | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 cooked | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 moujik | det |
| 4 | moujik | moujik | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 cooked | nsubj |
| 5 | cooked | cook | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 cooked | obj |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 money | case |
| 8 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 cooked | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cook | past | the moujik | him = he | for money | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent he=Product for money=Beneficiary |
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