Test 8 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Pope and the Old Man: the Pope fai…
why'd they split the money into three piles, weird flex?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: they · What happens: split · To what, where: money, three piles
This is test 8 · ★ 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 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 split | advmod |
| 2 | 'd | 'd | PUNCT | _ | 4 split | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 split | nsubj |
| 4 | split | split | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 money | det |
| 6 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 split | obj |
| 7 | into | into | ADP | _ | 9 piles | case |
| 8 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 piles | nummod |
| 9 | piles | pile | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 split | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 flex | punct |
| 11 | weird | weird | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 flex | amod |
| 12 | flex | flex | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 piles | conj |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 split | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | split | past | they | the money | into three piles and weird flex result | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent money=Patient into pile=Result |
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 · ✓ the right answer
one pile is for the loaf thief, lol
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 pile | nummod |
| 2 | pile | pile | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 thief | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 thief | cop |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 thief | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 thief | det |
| 6 | loaf | loaf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 thief | compound |
| 7 | thief | thief | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 thief | punct |
| 9 | lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 7 thief | discourse |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | one pile | for the loaf thief | tree rules |
Option 2
for the thief, lol
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | for | for | ADP | _ | 3 thief | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 thief | det |
| 3 | thief | thief | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 thief | punct |
| 5 | lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 3 thief | discourse |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
just to confuse everyone, lol
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | just | just | ADV | _ | 3 confuse | advmod |
| 2 | to | to | PART | _ | 3 confuse | mark |
| 3 | confuse | confuse | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 3 confuse | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 confuse | punct |
| 6 | lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 3 confuse | discourse |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | confuse | to-infinitive | everyone | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everyone=Patient |
Option 4
it's a trap for the Pope, lol
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 trap | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 trap | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 trap | det |
| 4 | trap | trap | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 Pope | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Pope | det |
| 7 | Pope | Pope | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 trap | nmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 trap | punct |
| 9 | lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 4 trap | discourse |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | a trap | for the Pope | 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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