Test 10 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, Norka: the brothers are punished and t…
Which bit is the brothers' motive, like why they hate him?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bit, brothers · What happens: be, hate · To what, where: motive, him
This is test 10 · ★ 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. 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 bit | det |
| 2 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 motive | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 motive | cop |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 brothers | det |
| 5 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 motive | nmod:poss |
| 6 | ' | 's | PART | _ | 5 brothers | case |
| 7 | motive | motive | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 hate | punct |
| 9 | like | like | SCONJ | _ | 12 hate | mark |
| 10 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 12 hate | advmod |
| 11 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 hate | nsubj |
| 12 | hate | hate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 motive | parataxis |
| 13 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 hate | obj |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 motive | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | which bit | the brothers's motive | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | hate | present | brothers = brother | him = he | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |
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
He's the son of the younger wife, and the King loves him more
The tree, 14 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 | 4 son | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 son | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 son | det |
| 4 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 wife | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 wife | det |
| 7 | younger | young | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 8 wife | amod |
| 8 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 son | nmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 loves | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 loves | cc |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 King | det |
| 12 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 loves | nsubj |
| 13 | loves | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 son | acl:relcl |
| 14 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 loves | obj |
| 15 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 13 loves | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | He | the son | of the younger wife | tree rules | |||
| 2 | love | present | the King | him = he | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |
Option 2
He's the child of the second queen
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 | 4 child | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 child | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 child | det |
| 4 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 queen | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 queen | det |
| 7 | second | second | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 8 queen | amod |
| 8 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 child | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | He | the child | of the second queen | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
He's the son of the younger wife, so they're jealous of him
The tree, 14 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 | 4 son | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 son | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 son | det |
| 4 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 wife | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 wife | det |
| 7 | younger | young | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 8 wife | amod |
| 8 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 son | nmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 jealous | punct |
| 10 | so | so | ADV | _ | 13 jealous | advmod |
| 11 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 jealous | nsubj |
| 12 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 jealous | cop |
| 13 | jealous | jealous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 son | advcl |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 him | case |
| 15 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 jealous | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | He | the son | of the younger wife | tree rules | |||
| 2 | is | present | they | of him = he; jealous property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
He's the son of the younger wife
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 | 4 son | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 son | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 son | det |
| 4 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 wife | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 wife | det |
| 7 | younger | young | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 8 wife | amod |
| 8 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 son | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | He | the son | of the younger wife | tree rules |
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