Exam question 2 · Ruthenian Folk-Tales, The Story of the Wind, part 4: the p…

What undertaking did the Wind make concerning the poor man's corn?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Wind · What happens: undertake, do, make, concern · To what, where: corn

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1098 «Ruthenian Folk-Tales, The Story of the Wind, part 4: the poor man gets a magic sack and loses it in a tavern» 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 did	obj
2	undertaking	undertake	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 did	nsubj
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Wind	det
5	Wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 make	nsubj
6	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 did	ccomp
7	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 make	xcomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 man	det
9	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 man	amod
10	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 corn	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 man	case
12	corn	corn	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 concerning	obj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	undertake	gerund			vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	do	past			tree rules
3	make	present	the Wind		tree rules
4	concern	gerund	the Wind not said here	the poor man's corn	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus corn=Experiencer

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

That he would never return

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 return	obl
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 return	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 return	aux
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 return	advmod
5	return	return	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not return	would	he	That					vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

That he would not blow away the poor man's corn in future

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 blow	nsubj:outer
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 blow	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 blow	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 blow	advmod
5	blow	blow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	away	away	ADP	_	5 blow	compound:prt
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 man	det
8	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 man	amod
9	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 corn	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 man	case
11	corn	corn	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 blow	obj
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 future	case
13	future	future	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 blow	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not blow away	would	That	the poor man's corn				in future	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent corn=Patient in future=Topic

Option 3

That he would spare the man's crops from now on

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 spare	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 spare	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 spare	aux
4	spare	spare	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 man	det
6	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 crops	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 man	case
8	crops	crop	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 spare	obj
9	from	from	ADP	_	10 now	case
10	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 spare	advmod
11	on	on	ADV	_	10 now	fixed

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spare	would	That	the man's crops					vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: agent=Agent crop=Asset

Option 4

That he would leave the corn alone for good

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 leave	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 leave	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 leave	aux
4	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 corn	det
6	corn	corn	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 leave	obj
7	alone	alone	ADV	_	4 leave	advmod
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 good	case
9	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 leave	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	would	That	the corn				for good; alone property	vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent corn=Theme for good=Recipient

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