Test 9 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Soldier's Midnight Watch, part 1:…
did the grandpa actually think the girl was a witch or was he just being extra?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: grandpa, girl, he · What happens: do, think, be · To what, where: grandpa, witch · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 · ★ 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 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 grandpa | det |
| 3 | grandpa | grandpa | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 did | obj |
| 4 | actually | actually | ADV | _ | 5 think | advmod |
| 5 | think | think | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 grandpa | acl |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 girl | det |
| 7 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 witch | nsubj |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 witch | cop |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 witch | det |
| 10 | witch | witch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 think | ccomp |
| 11 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 16 extra | cc |
| 12 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 extra | cop |
| 13 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 extra | nsubj |
| 14 | just | just | ADV | _ | 16 extra | advmod |
| 15 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 16 extra | cop |
| 16 | extra | extra | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 did | conj |
| 17 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | the grandpa | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grandpa=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | think speech: other | infinitive | the grandpa not said here | actually property | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | is a | past | the girl | a witch | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | is | past | he | extra property | tree rules |
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 · ✓ the right answer
he was dead serious, she's a real witch
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 serious | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 serious | cop |
| 3 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 serious | amod |
| 4 | serious | serious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 witch | punct |
| 6 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 witch | nsubj |
| 7 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 witch | cop |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 witch | det |
| 9 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 witch | amod |
| 10 | witch | witch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 serious | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | he | serious property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | she | a real witch | tree rules |
Option 2
nah he was just being extra and dramatic, she was a normal girl but grandpa freaked out
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 6 extra | discourse |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 extra | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 extra | cop |
| 4 | just | just | ADV | _ | 6 extra | advmod |
| 5 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 extra | cop |
| 6 | extra | extra | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 girl | amod |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 dramatic | cc |
| 8 | dramatic | dramatic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 extra | conj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 girl | punct |
| 10 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 girl | nsubj |
| 11 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 girl | cop |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 girl | det |
| 13 | normal | normal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 girl | amod |
| 14 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 15 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 16 grandpa | cc |
| 16 | grandpa | grandpa | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 girl | conj |
| 17 | freaked | freak | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 14 girl | acl |
| 18 | out | out | ADP | _ | 17 freaked | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | he | extra property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | he not said here | tree rules | ||||||
| 3 | is a | past | she | a extra normal girl but grandpa | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | freak out | participle | a extra normal girl but grandpa not said here | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 3
nah he was messing, she's just odd
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 messing | discourse |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 messing | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 messing | aux |
| 4 | messing | mess | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 messing | punct |
| 6 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 odd | nsubj |
| 7 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 odd | cop |
| 8 | just | just | ADV | _ | 9 odd | advmod |
| 9 | odd | odd | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 messing | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mess | past · progressive | he | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | is | present | she | odd property | tree rules |
Option 4
he was serious, she was a real witch
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 serious | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 serious | cop |
| 3 | serious | serious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 witch | punct |
| 5 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 witch | nsubj |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 witch | cop |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 witch | det |
| 8 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 witch | amod |
| 9 | witch | witch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 serious | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | he | serious property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is a | past | she | a real witch | tree rules |
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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