Test 7 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Soldier and the Warlock: the Soldi…
Wait, who's the Starosta, like the boss of the village?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: wait, be · To what, where: Starosta
This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 479 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Soldier and the Warlock: the Soldier burns the wicked Warlock and the village is saved.» 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 | Wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 Starosta | punct |
| 3 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 Starosta | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 Starosta | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Starosta | det |
| 6 | Starosta | Starosta | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Wait | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 boss | punct |
| 8 | like | like | ADP | _ | 10 boss | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 boss | det |
| 10 | boss | boss | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Wait | parataxis |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 village | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 village | det |
| 13 | village | village | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 boss | nmod |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Wait | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | imperative | you not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | is a | present | the Starosta | 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
Yeah, he called everyone to bring the wood and then led the whole village to the graveyard
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 called | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 called | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 called | nsubj |
| 4 | called | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 4 called | obj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 bring | mark |
| 7 | bring | bring | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 called | xcomp |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 wood | det |
| 9 | wood | wood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 bring | obj |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 led | cc |
| 11 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 12 led | advmod |
| 12 | led | lead | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 called | conj |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 village | det |
| 14 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 village | amod |
| 15 | village | village | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 led | obj |
| 16 | to | to | ADP | _ | 18 graveyard | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 graveyard | det |
| 18 | graveyard | graveyard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 led | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call | past | he | everyone | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | bring | to-infinitive | he not said here | the wood | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent wood=Theme | ||||
| 3 | lead | past | he not said here | the whole village | the graveyard | then | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent village=Theme to graveyard=Destination |
Option 2
Yeah, he ordered the peasants to chase the dog
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 ordered | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 ordered | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 ordered | nsubj |
| 4 | ordered | order | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 peasants | det |
| 6 | peasants | peasant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 ordered | obj |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 chase | mark |
| 8 | chase | chase | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 ordered | xcomp |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 dog | det |
| 10 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 chase | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | order | past | he | the peasants | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent peasant=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | chase not said to happen | to-infinitive | he not said here | the dog | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Theme |
Option 3
Yes, he was the village headman who ran things
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 headman | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 headman | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 headman | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 headman | det |
| 6 | village | village | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 headman | compound |
| 7 | headman | headman | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 ran | nsubj |
| 9 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 headman | acl:relcl |
| 10 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 ran | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | he | the village headman | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | run | past | the village headman | things | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme thing=Trajectory |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, he called everyone to bring the wood
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 called | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 called | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 called | nsubj |
| 4 | called | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 4 called | obj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 bring | mark |
| 7 | bring | bring | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 called | xcomp |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 wood | det |
| 9 | wood | wood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 bring | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call | past | he | everyone | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | bring | to-infinitive | he not said here | the wood | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent wood=Theme |
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