Test 9 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, Koshchei the Deathless, part 24: Ivan…
The old woman, did she get loads of gold for the ring?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: old woman · What happens: get · To what, where: loads
This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 432 «Russian Folk-Tales, Koshchei the Deathless, part 24: Ivan wins Koshchei's death and brings the ring home» 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 woman | det |
| 2 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 woman | amod |
| 3 | woman | woman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 get | nsubj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 woman | punct |
| 5 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 get | aux |
| 6 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 get | nsubj |
| 7 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | loads | load | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 get | obj |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 gold | case |
| 10 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 loads | nmod |
| 11 | for | for | ADP | _ | 13 ring | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 ring | det |
| 13 | ring | ring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 get | obl |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 get | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past · do-support | the old woman | loads of gold | for the ring | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent load=Theme for ring=Source |
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
Nah, she only took one ducat and the King's horse
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 took | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 took | nsubj |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 took | advmod |
| 5 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 ducat | nummod |
| 7 | ducat | ducat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 took | obj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 horse | cc |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 King | det |
| 10 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 horse | nmod:poss |
| 11 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 10 King | case |
| 12 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 ducat | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | past | she | one ducat and the King's horse | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ducat=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Nah, she only took one ducat
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 took | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 took | nsubj |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 took | advmod |
| 5 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 ducat | nummod |
| 7 | ducat | ducat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 took | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | past | she | one ducat | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ducat=Theme |
Option 3
Nah, she got a silver cup
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 got | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 got | nsubj |
| 4 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 cup | det |
| 6 | silver | silver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 cup | compound |
| 7 | cup | cup | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 got | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | she | a silver cup | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cup=Stimulus |
Option 4
Yeah, she took a huge bag of gold coins home
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 took | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 took | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 took | nsubj |
| 4 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 bag | det |
| 6 | huge | huge | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 bag | amod |
| 7 | bag | bag | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 took | obj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 coins | case |
| 9 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 coins | compound |
| 10 | coins | coin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 bag | nmod |
| 11 | home | home | ADV | _ | 4 took | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | past | she | a huge bag of gold coins | home property | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bag=Theme |
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