Test 13 · ★ · Russian Fairy Tales, Katoma, Prince Ivan and the cows: Kat…
so the princess confessed all her sins, did she really mean it
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: princess · What happens: confess, mean · To what, where: sins, it
This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 465 «Russian Fairy Tales, Katoma, Prince Ivan and the cows: Katoma swaps clothes with Prince Ivan and tears off a cow's hide» 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 | so | so | ADV | _ | 4 confessed | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 princess | det |
| 3 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 confessed | nsubj |
| 4 | confessed | confess | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 sins | det:predet |
| 6 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 sins | nmod:poss |
| 7 | sins | sin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 confessed | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 mean | punct |
| 9 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 mean | aux |
| 10 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 mean | nsubj |
| 11 | really | really | ADV | _ | 12 mean | advmod |
| 12 | mean | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 confessed | conj |
| 13 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 mean | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | confess | past | the princess | princess's sins | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sin=Topic | ||||
| 2 | mean | past · do-support | princess | it | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
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 confessed the small sins and kept the big ones hidden from him
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 confessed | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 confessed | nsubj |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 confessed | advmod |
| 5 | confessed | confess | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 sins | det |
| 7 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 sins | amod |
| 8 | sins | sin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 confessed | obj |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 kept | cc |
| 10 | kept | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 confessed | conj |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 ones | det |
| 12 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 ones | amod |
| 13 | ones | one | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 kept | obj |
| 14 | hidden | hide | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 ones | acl |
| 15 | from | from | ADP | _ | 16 him | case |
| 16 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 hidden | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | confess | past | she | the small sins | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sin=Topic | ||||
| 2 | keep | past | she not said here | the big ones | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme | ||||
| 3 | hide | participle | the big ones not said here | from him = he | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent from he=Beneficiary |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
yeah, she confessed all her sins
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 confessed | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 confessed | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 confessed | nsubj |
| 4 | confessed | confess | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 sins | det:predet |
| 6 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 sins | nmod:poss |
| 7 | sins | sin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 confessed | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | confess | past | she | her sins | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sin=Topic |
Option 3
nah, she confessed some of her lies
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 confessed | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 confessed | nsubj |
| 4 | confessed | confess | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 4 confessed | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 lies | case |
| 7 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 lies | nmod:poss |
| 8 | lies | lie | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 some | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | confess | past | she | some | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent some=Topic | ||||
| 2 | lie | her = she | nom lie «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4
yeah, she confessed all her sins to Ivan right in front of the court
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 confessed | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 confessed | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 confessed | nsubj |
| 4 | confessed | confess | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 sins | det:predet |
| 6 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 sins | nmod:poss |
| 7 | sins | sin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 confessed | obj |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 Ivan | case |
| 9 | Ivan | Ivan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 confessed | obl |
| 10 | right | right | ADV | _ | 12 front | advmod |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 front | case |
| 12 | front | front | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 confessed | obl |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 court | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 court | det |
| 15 | court | court | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 front | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | confess | past | she | her sins | Ivan | front of the court | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent sin=Topic to ivan=Recipient |
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