Test 2 · ★ · Muscovy, England and France: how the big powers grew
My brother says Russia was always huge. Wrong?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: brother, Russia · What happens: say, be · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 34 «Muscovy, England and France: how the big powers grew» of the geography 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
Sentence 1: My brother says Russia was always huge.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | My | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 brother | nmod:poss |
| 2 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | Russia | Russia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 huge | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 huge | cop |
| 6 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 7 huge | advmod |
| 7 | huge | huge | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 says | ccomp |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | My brother | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | past | Russia | always, huge property | 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.
Sentence 2: Wrong?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 2 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Wrong | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1
No, Russia has always reached the Pacific, even in 1337
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 reached | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | Russia | Russia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 reached | nsubj |
| 4 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 reached | aux |
| 5 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 6 reached | advmod |
| 6 | reached | reach | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Pacific | det |
| 8 | Pacific | Pacific | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 reached | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 1337 | punct |
| 10 | even | even | ADV | _ | 12 1337 | advmod |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 1337 | case |
| 12 | 1337 | 1337 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 reached | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reach | present · perfect | Russia | the Pacific | 1337 | always property | vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent pacific=Theme |
Option 2
No, Moscow ruled over the whole Golden Horde in 1337 and beyond
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 ruled | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | Moscow | Moscow | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 ruled | nsubj |
| 4 | ruled | rule | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | over | over | ADP | _ | 9 Horde | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Horde | det |
| 7 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 Horde | amod |
| 8 | Golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 Horde | amod |
| 9 | Horde | Horde | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 ruled | obl |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 1337 | case |
| 11 | 1337 | 1337 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 4 ruled | obl |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 beyond | cc |
| 13 | beyond | beyond | ADV | _ | 4 ruled | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rule | past | Moscow | the whole Golden Horde | in 1337 | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Yes, Russia was part of France then
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 part | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | Russia | Russia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 part | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 part | cop |
| 5 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 France | case |
| 7 | France | France | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 part | nmod |
| 8 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 part | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | Russia | part | then | of France | tree rules |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Yes, in 1337 Moscow was a small principality under the Horde
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 1337 | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 1337 | punct |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 1337 | case |
| 4 | 1337 | 1337 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | root | root |
| 5 | Moscow | Moscow | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 principality | nsubj |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 principality | cop |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 principality | det |
| 8 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 principality | amod |
| 9 | principality | principality | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 1337 | parataxis |
| 10 | under | under | ADP | _ | 12 Horde | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 Horde | det |
| 12 | Horde | horde | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 principality | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | Moscow | a small principality | the Horde | tree rules |
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