Exam question 3 · Russian Tales, Oh, the Greyhound, Falcon, Horse and Ring:…

State the reason Oh gave for requesting the return of the ring from the Tsarivna.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: reason, ring · What happens: give, request, return · To what, where: return

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1097 «Russian Tales, Oh, the Greyhound, Falcon, Horse and Ring: the son's shape-changes end in a wedding» 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	State	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 reason	det
3	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	appos
4	Oh	oh	INTJ	_	5 gave	discourse
5	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 reason	acl:relcl
6	for	for	SCONJ	_	7 requesting	mark
7	requesting	request	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 gave	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 return	det
9	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 requesting	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 ring	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 ring	det
12	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 return	nmod
13	from	from	ADP	_	15 Tsarivna	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Tsarivna	det
15	Tsarivna	Tsarivna	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 ring	nmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 State	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	give	past	the reason not said here		vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	request	gerund	the reason not said here	the return of the ring from the Tsarivna	vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent return=Recipient
3	return		the ring from the Tsarivna		nom return «communication intransitive»: of=agent

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

He claimed he could not live without it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 claimed	nsubj
2	claimed	claim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 live	nsubj
4	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 live	aux
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 live	advmod
6	live	live	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 claimed	ccomp
7	without	without	ADP	_	8 it	case
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 live	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	claim speech: other	past	He						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not live	could	he					without it	vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

He was thirsty

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 thirsty	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 thirsty	cop
3	thirsty	thirsty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	He					thirsty property	tree rules

Option 3

He wanted it for his crown

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wanted	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 crown	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 crown	nmod:poss
6	crown	crown	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wanted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	He	it				for his crown	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=Theme
2	crown		his = he						nom crown «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

He said he would die if lost

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 die	nsubj
4	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 die	aux
5	die	die	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 said	ccomp
6	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 lost	mark
7	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 die	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	He	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	die	would	he	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
3	lose a condition, not said to happen	participle	he not said here	vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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