Test 11 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Fire-Bird, part 64: the Princess s…
Was Ivan the one who got the feather, or was it his cousin?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: one · What happens: be, get · To what, where: Ivan, feather
This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 472 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Fire-Bird, part 64: the Princess saves the Prince and the Fire-Bird is described» 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 | Was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 Ivan | cop |
| 2 | Ivan | Ivan | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 one | det |
| 4 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 Ivan | appos |
| 5 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 got | nsubj |
| 6 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 one | acl:relcl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 feather | det |
| 8 | feather | feather | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 got | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 it | punct |
| 10 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 12 it | cc |
| 11 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 it | cop |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 got | obl |
| 13 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 cousin | nmod:poss |
| 14 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 got | obj |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 Ivan | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | Ivan | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | get | past | the one | the feather | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent feather=Beneficiary cousin=Theme | ||||
| 3 | is a | past | feather | 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
Ivan, the youngest
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ivan | Ivan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 youngest | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Ivan | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 youngest | det |
| 4 | youngest | young | ADJ | Degree=Sup | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
His cousin, the eldest, got it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 cousin | nmod:poss |
| 2 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 got | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 eldest | punct |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 eldest | det |
| 5 | eldest | eld | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 2 cousin | appos |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 cousin | punct |
| 7 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 got | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | His cousin | it | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Ivan, the youngest, got the feather and then his brothers stole it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ivan | Ivan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 got | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 youngest | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 youngest | det |
| 4 | youngest | young | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 1 Ivan | appos |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Ivan | punct |
| 6 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 feather | det |
| 8 | feather | feather | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 got | obj |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 stole | cc |
| 10 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 13 stole | advmod |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 brothers | nmod:poss |
| 12 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 stole | nsubj |
| 13 | stole | steal | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 got | conj |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 stole | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | Ivan | the feather | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer feather=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | steal | past | Ivan's brothers | feather | then | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Ivan, the youngest, got the feather
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ivan | Ivan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 got | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 youngest | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 youngest | det |
| 4 | youngest | young | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 1 Ivan | appos |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Ivan | punct |
| 6 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 feather | det |
| 8 | feather | feather | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 got | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | Ivan | the feather | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer feather=Stimulus |
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