Test 11 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Smith and the Demon: the Smith bur…

what was the old wife's problem, like, before the trick?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: problem · What happens: be

This is test 11 · ★ 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. 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	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 what	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 wife	det
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 wife	amod
5	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 problem	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 wife	case
7	problem	problem	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 what	nsubj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 trick	punct
9	like	like	ADP	_	13 trick	case
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 like	punct
11	before	before	ADP	_	13 trick	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 trick	det
13	trick	trick	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 problem	nmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 what	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the old wife's problem like the trick						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

He was old and frail, and the lady wanted him to marry a younger wife

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 old	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 old	cop
3	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 frail	cc
5	frail	frail	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 old	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 wanted	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 wanted	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 lady	det
9	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 wanted	nsubj
10	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 old	conj
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 wanted	obj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 marry	mark
13	marry	marry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 wanted	xcomp
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 wife	det
15	younger	young	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	16 wife	amod
16	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 marry	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	He		old property	tree rules
2	be		He not said here			tree rules
3	want	past	the lady	him = he		tree rules
4	marry not said to happen	to-infinitive	him = he not said here	a younger wife		vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wife=Patient

Option 2

She was old and the lady wanted youth, so she demanded a potion

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	3 old	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 old	cop
3	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 wanted	cc
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 lady	det
6	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wanted	nsubj
7	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 old	conj
8	youth	youth	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 wanted	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 demanded	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	12 demanded	advmod
11	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 demanded	nsubj
12	demanded	demand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 old	conj
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 potion	det
14	potion	potion	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 demanded	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	She		old property	tree rules
2	want	past	the lady	youth		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot youth=Theme
3	demand speech: request	past	lady	a potion		vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme potion=Precondition

Option 3

The lord was old and wanted youth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 lord	det
2	lord	lord	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 old	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 old	cop
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 wanted	cc
6	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 old	conj
7	youth	youth	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wanted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the lord					old property	tree rules
2	want	past	the lord not said here	youth					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot youth=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

She was old and the lady wanted youth

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	3 old	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 old	cop
3	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 wanted	cc
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 lady	det
6	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wanted	nsubj
7	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 old	conj
8	youth	youth	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wanted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	She					old property	tree rules
2	want	past	the lady	youth					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot youth=Theme

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