Test 3 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Fiddler in Hell, part 1: a fiddler…
So the fiends were roasting him with flails, no chill?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: fiends · What happens: roast · To what, where: him
This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 475 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Fiddler in Hell, part 1: a fiddler sinks into hell and finds a tormented rich moujik» 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 | _ | 5 roasting | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 fiends | det |
| 3 | fiends | fiend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 roasting | nsubj |
| 4 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 roasting | aux |
| 5 | roasting | roast | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 roasting | obj |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 flails | case |
| 8 | flails | flail | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 roasting | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 chill | punct |
| 10 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 11 chill | det |
| 11 | chill | chill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 flails | conj |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 roasting | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | roast | past · progressive | the fiends | him = he | with flails and no chill | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent he=Patient with flail=Instrument |
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, just sticks
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 sticks | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | just | just | ADV | _ | 4 sticks | advmod |
| 4 | sticks | stick | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Yep, with flails in the kiln, mega harsh
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yep | yep | INTJ | _ | 10 harsh | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 flails | punct |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 4 flails | case |
| 4 | flails | flail | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Yep | conj |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 kiln | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 kiln | det |
| 7 | kiln | kiln | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 flails | nmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yep | punct |
| 9 | mega | mega | ADV | _ | 10 harsh | advmod |
| 10 | harsh | harsh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Yep, with rods by the stove, mega rough
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yep | yep | INTJ | _ | 4 rods | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yep | punct |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 4 rods | case |
| 4 | rods | rod | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 stove | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 stove | det |
| 7 | stove | stove | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 rods | nmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 mega | punct |
| 9 | mega | megapixel | X | _ | 4 rods | amod |
| 10 | rough | rough | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 mega | goeswith |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Yup, with hooks at the gate, pretty harsh
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yup | yup | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 hooks | punct |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 4 hooks | case |
| 4 | hooks | hook | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Yup | conj |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 gate | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 gate | det |
| 7 | gate | gate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 hooks | nmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 harsh | punct |
| 9 | pretty | pretty | ADV | _ | 10 harsh | advmod |
| 10 | harsh | harsh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Yup | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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