Exam question 1 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Smith and the Demon: the Smith bur…
Identify the character who is revealed at the close of the narrative to be supernatural in nature.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, reveal, be · To what, where: character, close, nature
This is exam question 1 of lesson 422 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Smith and the Demon: the Smith burns the seigneur, then the Demon saves him» 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 | Identify | identify | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 character | det |
| 3 | character | character | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Identify | obj |
| 4 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 revealed | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 revealed | aux:pass |
| 6 | revealed | reveal | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 character | acl:relcl |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 close | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 close | det |
| 9 | close | close | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 revealed | obl |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 narrative | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 narrative | det |
| 12 | narrative | narrative | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 close | nmod |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 15 supernatural | mark |
| 14 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 15 supernatural | cop |
| 15 | supernatural | supernatural | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 narrative | acl |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 17 nature | case |
| 17 | nature | nature | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 supernatural | obl |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Identify | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | identify | imperative | you not said here | the character | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent character=Theme | ||||
| 2 | reveal | present · passive | the character | the close of the narrative | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | ||||
| 3 | is | to-infinitive | nature | supernatural 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The journeyman, who is a Demon
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 journeyman | det |
| 2 | journeyman | journeyman | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 Demon | punct |
| 4 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 Demon | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 Demon | cop |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 Demon | det |
| 7 | Demon | demon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 journeyman | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the journeyman and a Demon | a Demon | tree rules |
Option 2
The lady's chaplain, who is a Demon disguised as a priest
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 lady | det |
| 2 | lady | lady | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 chaplain | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 lady | case |
| 4 | chaplain | chaplain | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 Demon | punct |
| 6 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 Demon | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 Demon | cop |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 Demon | det |
| 9 | Demon | demon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 chaplain | appos |
| 10 | disguised | disguise | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 Demon | acl |
| 11 | as | as | ADP | _ | 13 priest | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 priest | det |
| 13 | priest | priest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 disguised | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the lady's chaplain | a Demon | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | disguise | participle | a Demon not said here | as a priest | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
The smith, who is a Demon
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 smith | det |
| 2 | smith | smith | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 Demon | punct |
| 4 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 Demon | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 Demon | cop |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 Demon | det |
| 7 | Demon | demon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 smith | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the smith and a Demon | a Demon | tree rules |
Option 4
The journeyman, who is secretly a shape-shifting Demon from hell
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 journeyman | det |
| 2 | journeyman | journeyman | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 Demon | punct |
| 4 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 11 Demon | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 Demon | cop |
| 6 | secretly | secretly | ADV | _ | 11 Demon | advmod |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 Demon | det |
| 8 | shape | shape | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 shifting | compound |
| 9 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 8 shape | punct |
| 10 | shifting | shift | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 11 Demon | amod |
| 11 | Demon | demon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 journeyman | appos |
| 12 | from | from | ADP | _ | 13 hell | case |
| 13 | hell | hell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 Demon | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shift | gerund | vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 2 | is a | present | the journeyman | a shifting Demon | hell | secretly property | tree rules |
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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