Test 8 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Fiddler in Hell, part 1: a fiddler…
So the cock got thrown in the well and still drank it all?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: throw, drink · To what, where: cock, well
This is test 8 · ★ 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 thrown | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 cock | det |
| 3 | cock | cock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 thrown | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 thrown | aux:pass |
| 5 | thrown | throw | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 well | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 well | det |
| 8 | well | well | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 thrown | obl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 drank | cc |
| 10 | still | still | ADV | _ | 11 drank | advmod |
| 11 | drank | drink | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 thrown | conj |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 drank | obj |
| 13 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 12 it | det |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 thrown | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | throw | past · passive | the cock | the well | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme in well=Destination | ||||
| 2 | drink | past | well | still | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
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
Yeah, it's a total fail, bro
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 7 fail | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yeah | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 fail | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 fail | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 fail | det |
| 6 | total | total | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 fail | amod |
| 7 | fail | fail | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 bro | punct |
| 9 | bro | bro | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 fail | vocative |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | a total fail | bro vocative | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Yeah, it's a legit beast and drank it all, no lie, bro
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 7 beast | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yeah | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 beast | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 beast | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 beast | det |
| 6 | legit | legit | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 beast | amod |
| 7 | beast | beast | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 drank | cc |
| 9 | drank | drink | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 beast | conj |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 drank | obj |
| 11 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 10 it | det |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 lie | punct |
| 13 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 14 lie | det |
| 14 | lie | lie | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 beast | conj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 bro | punct |
| 16 | bro | bro | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 beast | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | a legit beast and no lie and bro | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | drink | past | it | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, it's a legit beast, bro
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 7 beast | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yeah | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 beast | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 beast | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 beast | det |
| 6 | legit | legit | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 beast | amod |
| 7 | beast | beast | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 bro | punct |
| 9 | bro | bro | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 beast | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | a legit beast and bro | tree rules |
Option 4
Yup, it's a real legend, bro
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yup | yup | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 legend | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 legend | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 legend | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 legend | det |
| 6 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 legend | amod |
| 7 | legend | legend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Yup | conj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 bro | punct |
| 9 | bro | bro | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Yup | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | a real legend | 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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