Exam question 4 · Russian Fairy Tales, The King and the Eagle, part 28: the…
What task was the Prince required to accomplish before the Water King, and within what period?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: task, Prince · What happens: be, require, accomplish
This is exam question 4 of lesson 436 «Russian Fairy Tales, The King and the Eagle, part 28: the King opens the coffers and his son must be given up» 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 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 6 required | obj |
| 2 | task | task | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Prince | det |
| 5 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 required | nsubj |
| 6 | required | require | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 accomplish | mark |
| 8 | accomplish | accomplish | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 required | xcomp |
| 9 | before | before | ADP | _ | 12 King | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 King | det |
| 11 | Water | Water | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 King | compound |
| 12 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 accomplish | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 what | punct |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 what | cc |
| 15 | within | within | ADP | _ | 16 what | case |
| 16 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 6 required | parataxis |
| 17 | period | period | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 what | nsubj |
| 18 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 required | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | task | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | require | past | the Prince | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Precondition | |||||
| 3 | accomplish | to-infinitive | the Prince not said here | before the Water King | vn complete-55.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent |
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
A silver ring by dawn
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 ring | det |
| 2 | silver | silver | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 ring | amod |
| 3 | ring | ring | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 5 dawn | case |
| 5 | dawn | dawn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ring | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
A golden crown in a week
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 crown | det |
| 2 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 crown | amod |
| 3 | crown | crown | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 week | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 week | det |
| 6 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 crown | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
A crystal bridge within a single night
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 bridge | det |
| 2 | crystal | crystal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 bridge | amod |
| 3 | bridge | bridge | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | within | within | ADP | _ | 7 night | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 night | det |
| 6 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 night | amod |
| 7 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 bridge | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
A crystal bridge within a single night, swept clean by morning
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 bridge | det |
| 2 | crystal | crystal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 bridge | amod |
| 3 | bridge | bridge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 swept | nsubj |
| 4 | within | within | ADP | _ | 7 night | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 night | det |
| 6 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 night | amod |
| 7 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 bridge | nmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 bridge | punct |
| 9 | swept | sweep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | clean | clean | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 swept | xcomp |
| 11 | by | by | ADP | _ | 12 morning | case |
| 12 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 swept | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sweep | past | a crystal bridge within a single night | morning | clean property | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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