Test 9 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Hasty Word, part 1: a youth who wi…
her dad got mad and said devils take you, like that?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dad, devils · What happens: get, say, take · To what, where: you · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 489 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Hasty Word, part 1: a youth who wished for any bride goes under the lake» 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 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 dad | nmod:poss |
| 2 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 got | nsubj |
| 3 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | mad | mad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 got | xcomp |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 said | cc |
| 6 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 got | conj |
| 7 | devils | devil | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 take | nsubj |
| 8 | take | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 said | ccomp |
| 9 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 take | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 that | punct |
| 11 | like | like | ADP | _ | 12 that | case |
| 12 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 8 take | obj |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 got | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | her dad | mad property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | her dad not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | take | present | devils | you | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument you=Theme that=Destination |
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
yeah, that's what the devil heard him say
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 what | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 what | punct |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 what | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 what | cop |
| 5 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 devil | det |
| 7 | devil | devil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 heard | nsubj |
| 8 | heard | hear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 what | acl:relcl |
| 9 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 heard | obj |
| 10 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 heard | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | that | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | hear | past | the devil | him = he | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | infinitive | him = he not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
yeah, that's the curse that dragged her off
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 6 curse | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 curse | punct |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 6 curse | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 curse | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 curse | det |
| 6 | curse | curse | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 dragged | nsubj |
| 8 | dragged | drag | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 curse | acl:relcl |
| 9 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 dragged | obj |
| 10 | off | off | ADP | _ | 8 dragged | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | that | the curse | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | drag off | past | the curse | her = she | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |
Option 3
yeah, that's exactly the curse that the fiend used to drag her away from home
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 7 curse | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 curse | punct |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 7 curse | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 curse | cop |
| 5 | exactly | exactly | ADV | _ | 7 curse | advmod |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 curse | det |
| 7 | curse | curse | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 11 used | mark |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 fiend | det |
| 10 | fiend | fiend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 used | nsubj |
| 11 | used | use | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 curse | advcl |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 13 drag | mark |
| 13 | drag | drag | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 used | xcomp |
| 14 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 drag | obj |
| 15 | away | away | ADV | _ | 13 drag | advmod |
| 16 | from | from | ADP | _ | 17 home | case |
| 17 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 drag | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | that | the curse | exactly property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | use | past | the fiend | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | drag away | to-infinitive | the fiend not said here | fiend | home | away property | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent she=Theme from home=Initial_Location |
Option 4
yeah, that's the curse that dragged her off to the water palace
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 6 curse | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 curse | punct |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 6 curse | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 curse | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 curse | det |
| 6 | curse | curse | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 dragged | nsubj |
| 8 | dragged | drag | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 curse | acl:relcl |
| 9 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 dragged | obj |
| 10 | off | off | ADP | _ | 8 dragged | compound:prt |
| 11 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 palace | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 palace | det |
| 13 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 palace | compound |
| 14 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 dragged | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | that | the curse | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | drag off | past | the curse | her = she | the water palace | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to palace=Destination |
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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