Test 14 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, Vasilissa the Wise: the Prince forgets…
Yo, what job did the King's son have to do?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: job, son · What happens: do, have
This is test 14 · ★ 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. 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 | Yo | yo | INTJ | _ | 3 what | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yo | punct |
| 3 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 did | obj |
| 4 | job | job | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 did | nsubj |
| 5 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 King | det |
| 7 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 son | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 King | case |
| 9 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 have | nsubj |
| 10 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 did | parataxis |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 do | mark |
| 12 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 have | xcomp |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | job | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | have | present | the King's son | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | do | to-infinitive | the King's son not said here | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: 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
Rule the northern lands
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rule | rule | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 lands | det |
| 3 | northern | northern | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 lands | amod |
| 4 | lands | land | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Rule | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rule | imperative | you not said here | the northern lands | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent land=Theme |
Option 2
Find a bride
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Find | find | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 bride | det |
| 3 | bride | bride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Find | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | imperative | you not said here | a bride | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bride=Topic |
Option 3
Win a royal contest
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Win | win | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 contest | det |
| 3 | royal | royal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 contest | amod |
| 4 | contest | contest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Win | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | win | imperative | you not said here | a royal contest | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent contest=Eventuality |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Marry a rich Princess
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marry | marry | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 Princess | det |
| 3 | rich | rich | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 Princess | amod |
| 4 | Princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Marry | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | marry | imperative | you not said here | a rich Princess | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Patient |
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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