Test 11 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, Woe and the Peasant, part 43: the peas…
real talk, what does Woe's name even mean in this story?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: real talk, Woe · What happens: do, mean, name · To what, where: name
This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 451 «Russian Folk-Tales, Woe and the Peasant, part 43: the peasant buries Woe under a stone» 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 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 talk | amod |
| 2 | talk | talk | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 does | punct |
| 4 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 does | nsubj |
| 5 | does | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 talk | acl:relcl |
| 6 | Woe | Woe | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 name | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 Woe | case |
| 8 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 does | obj |
| 9 | even | even | ADV | _ | 10 mean | advmod |
| 10 | mean | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 does | advcl |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 story | case |
| 12 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 13 story | det |
| 13 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 mean | obl |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 talk | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | present | real talk | Woe's name | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | mean | present | real talk not said here | in this story | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot in story=Attribute | ||||
| 3 | name | Woe | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=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 · ← Mova's choice
a name given to the rich brother by his neighbours, meaning greed and cruelty that will never end
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 name | det |
| 2 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 name | acl |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 brother | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 brother | det |
| 6 | rich | rich | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 brother | amod |
| 7 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 given | obl:agent |
| 8 | by | by | ADP | _ | 10 neighbours | case |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 neighbours | nmod:poss |
| 10 | neighbours | neighbour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 given | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 meaning | punct |
| 12 | meaning | mean | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 name | acl |
| 13 | greed | greed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 meaning | obj |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 cruelty | cc |
| 15 | cruelty | cruelty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 greed | conj |
| 16 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 19 end | nsubj |
| 17 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 19 end | aux |
| 18 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 19 end | advmod |
| 19 | end | end | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 greed | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | participle | a name not said here | by his neighbours | vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 2 | mean | gerund | a name not said here | greed and cruelty | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent greed=Topic | ||||
| 3 | not end | future | greed and cruelty | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
grief and misfortune that won't let go
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grief | grief | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 misfortune | cc |
| 3 | misfortune | misfortune | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 grief | conj |
| 4 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 let | obj |
| 5 | wo | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 let | aux |
| 6 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 let | advmod |
| 7 | let | let | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 grief | acl:relcl |
| 8 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 let | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not let | future | grief and misfortune | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | go | infinitive | grief and misfortune not said here | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
a fierce spirit of drunken revelry that dances around every pot-house in the land
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 spirit | det |
| 2 | fierce | fierce | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 spirit | amod |
| 3 | spirit | spirit | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 revelry | case |
| 5 | drunken | drunken | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 revelry | amod |
| 6 | revelry | revelry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 spirit | nmod |
| 7 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 dances | nsubj |
| 8 | dances | dance | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 spirit | acl:relcl |
| 9 | around | around | ADV | _ | 8 dances | advmod |
| 10 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 13 house | det |
| 11 | pot | pot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 house | compound |
| 12 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 11 pot | punct |
| 13 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 dances | obj |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 land | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 land | det |
| 16 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 dances | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dance around | present | a fierce spirit of drunken revelry | every pot house | the land | around property | vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location house=Theme |
Option 4
a rich merchant who lives in town
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 merchant | det |
| 2 | rich | rich | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 merchant | amod |
| 3 | merchant | merchant | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 lives | nsubj |
| 5 | lives | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 merchant | acl:relcl |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 town | case |
| 7 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 lives | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | present | a rich merchant | town | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in town=Location |
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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