Exam question 2 · Russian Tales, The Staring-Eyed Shepherd: the king's toast…
Which precise objects did the king offer the shepherd in exchange for the customary toast?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: precise objects · What happens: offer · To what, where: shepherd, exchange
This is exam question 2 of lesson 666 «Russian Tales, The Staring-Eyed Shepherd: the king's toast and the wedding feast» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 offer | obj |
| 2 | precise | precise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 objects | amod |
| 3 | objects | object | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 offer | nsubj |
| 4 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 offer | aux |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 king | det |
| 6 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 offer | nsubj |
| 7 | offer | offer | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 shepherd | det |
| 9 | shepherd | shepherd | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 offer | obj |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 exchange | case |
| 11 | exchange | exchange | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 offer | obl |
| 12 | for | for | ADP | _ | 15 toast | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 toast | det |
| 14 | customary | customary | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 toast | compound |
| 15 | toast | toast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 exchange | nmod |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 offer | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | offer | past · do-support | precise objects | the shepherd | exchange for the customary toast | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent which=Goal shepherd=Theme |
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 silver wood, the golden castle, the diamond pond and the royal forest
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 wood | det |
| 2 | silver | silver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wood | compound |
| 3 | wood | wood | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 castle | punct |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 castle | det |
| 6 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 castle | amod |
| 7 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wood | conj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 pond | punct |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 pond | det |
| 10 | diamond | diamond | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 pond | compound |
| 11 | pond | pond | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wood | conj |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 forest | cc |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 forest | det |
| 14 | royal | royal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 forest | amod |
| 15 | forest | forest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wood | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
the silver wood, the golden castle, the diamond pond and half of the royal treasury
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 wood | det |
| 2 | silver | silver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wood | compound |
| 3 | wood | wood | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 castle | punct |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 castle | det |
| 6 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 castle | amod |
| 7 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wood | conj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 pond | punct |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 pond | det |
| 10 | diamond | diamond | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 pond | compound |
| 11 | pond | pond | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wood | conj |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 half | cc |
| 13 | half | half | NOUN | Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac | 3 wood | conj |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 treasury | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 treasury | det |
| 16 | royal | royal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 treasury | amod |
| 17 | treasury | treasury | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 half | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
the silver wood, the golden castle and the diamond pond
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 wood | det |
| 2 | silver | silver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wood | compound |
| 3 | wood | wood | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 castle | punct |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 castle | det |
| 6 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 castle | amod |
| 7 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wood | conj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 pond | cc |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 pond | det |
| 10 | diamond | diamond | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 pond | compound |
| 11 | pond | pond | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wood | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
a silver forest, a golden tower and an emerald pond
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 forest | det |
| 2 | silver | silver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 forest | compound |
| 3 | forest | forest | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 tower | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 tower | det |
| 6 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 tower | amod |
| 7 | tower | tower | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 forest | appos |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 pond | cc |
| 9 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 pond | det |
| 10 | emerald | emerald | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 pond | compound |
| 11 | pond | pond | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 tower | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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