Test 12 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Pope and the Old Man: the Pope fai…
lol the old man told the Pope not to hit Nicholas with the keys, bro what?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: old man · What happens: tell, not hit · To what, where: Pope, Nicholas · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 487 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Pope and the Old Man: the Pope fails to revive the Princess, is nearly hanged, and is saved by the old man» 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 | lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 5 told | discourse |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 man | det |
| 3 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 man | amod |
| 4 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 told | nsubj |
| 5 | told | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Pope | det |
| 7 | Pope | Pope | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 told | iobj |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 hit | advmod |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 hit | mark |
| 10 | hit | hit | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 5 told | ccomp |
| 11 | Nicholas | Nicholas | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 hit | obj |
| 12 | with | with | ADP | _ | 14 keys | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 keys | det |
| 14 | keys | key | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 hit | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 bro | punct |
| 16 | bro | bro | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 keys | appos |
| 17 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 10 hit | obj |
| 18 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 told | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | past | the old man | the Pope | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent pope=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | not hit not said to happen | to-infinitive | Nicholas | with the keys | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP ADJP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent nicholas=Patient what=Result with key=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, it's not weird, just a normal warning
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 6 weird | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 weird | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 weird | cop |
| 5 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 weird | advmod |
| 6 | weird | weird | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 warning | punct |
| 8 | just | just | ADV | _ | 11 warning | advmod |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 warning | det |
| 10 | normal | normal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 warning | amod |
| 11 | warning | warning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 weird | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is | present | it | weird property | tree rules |
Option 2
yep, it's a warning
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yep | yep | INTJ | _ | 6 warning | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 yep | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 warning | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 warning | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 warning | det |
| 6 | warning | warning | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | a warning | tree rules |
Option 3
yeah, it's a strange rule, but whatever, fam
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 7 rule | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 yeah | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 rule | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 rule | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 rule | det |
| 6 | strange | strange | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 rule | amod |
| 7 | rule | rule | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 whatever | punct |
| 9 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 10 whatever | cc |
| 10 | whatever | whatever | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 rule | appos |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 fam | punct |
| 12 | fam | fam | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 whatever | nsubj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | a strange rule | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
yeah, it's a weird warning, but that's the vibe
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 7 warning | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 yeah | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 warning | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 warning | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 warning | det |
| 6 | weird | weird | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 warning | amod |
| 7 | warning | warning | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 warning | punct |
| 9 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 13 vibe | cc |
| 10 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 13 vibe | nsubj |
| 11 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 vibe | cop |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 vibe | det |
| 13 | vibe | vibe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 warning | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | a weird warning but the vibe | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | that | the vibe | tree rules |
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