Exam question 1 · Russian Folk-Tales, Norka: the brothers are punished and t…
Which of the following describes the location in which the princess leads the prince at the close of the tale?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: princess · What happens: follow, describe, lead · To what, where: location, prince
This is exam question 1 of lesson 427 «Russian Folk-Tales, Norka: the brothers are punished and three weddings are held» 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 | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 describes | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 5 describes | mark |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 describes | det |
| 4 | following | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 describes | nsubj |
| 5 | describes | describe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 location | det |
| 7 | location | location | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 describes | obj |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 which | case |
| 9 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 leads | obl |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 princess | det |
| 11 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 leads | nsubj |
| 12 | leads | lead | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 location | parataxis |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 prince | det |
| 14 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 leads | obj |
| 15 | at | at | ADP | _ | 17 close | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 close | det |
| 17 | close | close | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 leads | obl |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 tale | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 tale | det |
| 20 | tale | tale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 close | nmod |
| 21 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 describes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | gerund | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | describe | present | the location | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent location=Theme | |||||
| 3 | lead | present | the princess | the prince | the location | at the close of the tale | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent prince=Theme in which=Destination |
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 garden of the palace
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 garden | det |
| 2 | garden | garden | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 palace | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 palace | det |
| 5 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 garden | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
The great hall of the palace
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 hall | det |
| 2 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 hall | amod |
| 3 | hall | hall | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 palace | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 palace | det |
| 6 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hall | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
The royal stables outside
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 stables | det |
| 2 | royal | royal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 stables | amod |
| 3 | stables | stable | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 4 | outside | outside | ADV | _ | 3 stables | advmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
The palace gate
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 gate | det |
| 2 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gate | compound |
| 3 | gate | gate | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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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