Test 3 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Soldier's Midnight Watch, part 1:…
ok so what's the deal with the coffin, did she like, come back to life?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: she · What happens: be, like, come back · To what, where: deal, life
This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 469 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Soldier's Midnight Watch, part 1: a priest's son outwits a witch princess, then a soldier is warned about a merchant's daughter» 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 | ok | ok | INTJ | _ | 6 deal | discourse |
| 2 | so | so | ADV | _ | 6 deal | advmod |
| 3 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 6 deal | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 deal | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 deal | det |
| 6 | deal | deal | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 coffin | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 coffin | det |
| 9 | coffin | coffin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 deal | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 like | punct |
| 11 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 like | aux |
| 12 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 like | nsubj |
| 13 | like | like | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 deal | parataxis |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 come | punct |
| 15 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 like | conj |
| 16 | back | back | ADV | _ | 15 come | advmod |
| 17 | to | to | ADP | _ | 18 life | case |
| 18 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 come | obl |
| 19 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 deal | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the deal | with the coffin | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | like | past · do-support | she | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot | |||||
| 3 | come back | infinitive | she not said here | life | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to life=Initial_Location |
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
yep, she popped up at midnight and tried to strangle the kid, no cap, super creepy
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yep | yep | INTJ | _ | 4 popped | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 yep | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 popped | nsubj |
| 4 | popped | pop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | up | up | ADP | _ | 4 popped | compound:prt |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 midnight | case |
| 7 | midnight | midnight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 popped | obl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 tried | cc |
| 9 | tried | try | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 popped | conj |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 strangle | mark |
| 11 | strangle | strangle | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 tried | xcomp |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 kid | det |
| 13 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 strangle | obj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 cap | punct |
| 15 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 16 cap | det |
| 16 | cap | cap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 kid | appos |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 creepy | punct |
| 18 | super | super | ADV | _ | 19 creepy | advmod |
| 19 | creepy | creepy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 popped | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pop up | past | she | midnight | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | try | past | she not said here | vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | strangle not said to happen | to-infinitive | she not said here | the kid | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kid=Patient |
Option 2
yep, she sat up in the coffin at midnight and cursed everyone in the church, fr fr
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yep | yep | INTJ | _ | 4 sat | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 yep | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 sat | nsubj |
| 4 | sat | sit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | up | up | ADP | _ | 4 sat | compound:prt |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 coffin | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 coffin | det |
| 8 | coffin | coffin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sat | obl |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 midnight | case |
| 10 | midnight | midnight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 coffin | nmod |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 everyone | cc |
| 12 | cursed | curse | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 everyone | amod |
| 13 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 8 coffin | conj |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 church | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 church | det |
| 16 | church | church | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 everyone | nmod |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 fr | punct |
| 18 | fr | fr | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 fr | compound |
| 19 | fr | fr | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 coffin | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sit up | past | she | the coffin at midnight and fr fr | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in coffin=Location | ||||
| 2 | curse | participle | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
yep, she popped up at midnight, no cap
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yep | yep | INTJ | _ | 4 popped | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 yep | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 popped | nsubj |
| 4 | popped | pop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | up | up | ADP | _ | 4 popped | compound:prt |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 midnight | case |
| 7 | midnight | midnight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 popped | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 cap | punct |
| 9 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 10 cap | det |
| 10 | cap | cap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 popped | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pop up | past | she | no cap | midnight | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
nope, she just got buried, lowkey
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nope | nope | INTJ | _ | 6 buried | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nope | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 buried | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | just | just | ADV | _ | 6 buried | advmod |
| 5 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 buried | aux:pass |
| 6 | buried | bury | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 lowkey | punct |
| 8 | lowkey | lowkey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 buried | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bury | past · passive | she | lowkey obl | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
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