Exam question 1 · Russian Folk-Tales, Vasilissa the Wise: the Prince forgets…
Which instruction did Vasilissa the Wise give the Prince concerning his sister?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: instruction, Wise · What happens: do, give, concern · To what, where: Vasilissa, Prince, sister
This is exam question 1 of lesson 437 «Russian Folk-Tales, Vasilissa the Wise: the Prince forgets his bride, then the doves remind him» 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 | DET | PronType=Int | 2 instruction | det |
| 2 | instruction | instruction | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 did | nsubj |
| 3 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | Vasilissa | Vasilissa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 did | obj |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Wise | det |
| 6 | Wise | wise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 give | nsubj |
| 7 | give | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 did | ccomp |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Prince | det |
| 9 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 give | obj |
| 10 | concerning | concern | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 give | advcl |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 sister | nmod:poss |
| 12 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 concerning | obj |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | which instruction | Vasilissa | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | give | present | the Wise | the Prince | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prince=Theme | ||||
| 3 | concern | gerund | the Wise not said here | instruction's sister | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus sister=Experiencer |
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 · ✓ the right answer
That he must not kiss her
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 kiss | nsubj:outer |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 kiss | nsubj |
| 3 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 kiss | aux |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 kiss | advmod |
| 5 | kiss | kiss | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 kiss | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not kiss | must | That | her = she | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Co-Agent |
Option 2
Don't go home
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 go | aux |
| 2 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 3 go | advmod |
| 3 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | home | home | ADV | _ | 3 go | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not go | imperative · do-support | you not said here | home property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
To leave her in the forest
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 leave | mark |
| 2 | leave | leave | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 leave | obj |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 forest | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 forest | det |
| 6 | forest | forest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 leave | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | to-infinitive | her = she | the forest | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent she=Theme in forest=Location |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Kiss no one
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kiss | kiss | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 3 one | det |
| 3 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Kiss | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | kiss | imperative | you not said here | no one | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Co-Agent |
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