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

What was the condition of the sack when the man returned to his home?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: man · What happens: be, return · To what, where: condition

This is exam question 4 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	4 condition	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 condition	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 condition	det
4	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 sack	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sack	det
7	sack	sack	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 condition	nmod
8	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	11 returned	advmod
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 man	det
10	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 returned	nsubj
11	returned	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 condition	advcl
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 home	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 home	nmod:poss
14	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 returned	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 condition	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the condition				of the sack	tree rules
2	return	past	the man					to man's home result	vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to home=Result

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

It was still and brought no meal to his kin

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 brought	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 brought	cop
3	still	still	ADV	_	5 brought	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 brought	cc
5	brought	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	7 meal	det
7	meal	meal	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 brought	obj
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 kin	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 kin	nmod:poss
10	kin	kin	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 brought	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	It				still	to his kin; bring property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

It was quiet and gave no food to them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 quiet	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 quiet	cop
3	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 gave	cc
5	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 quiet	conj
6	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	7 food	det
7	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 gave	obj
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 them	case
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 gave	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	It					quiet property	tree rules
2	give	past		no food	them = they				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent food=Theme to they=Recipient

Option 3

It was empty and silent

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 empty	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 empty	cop
3	empty	empty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 silent	cc
5	silent	silent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 empty	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	It					empty property	tree rules
2	be								tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It was silent and yielded no food to his family

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 silent	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 silent	cop
3	silent	silent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 yielded	cc
5	yielded	yield	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 silent	conj
6	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	7 food	det
7	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 yielded	obj
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 family	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 family	nmod:poss
10	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 yielded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	It					silent property	tree rules
2	yield	past		no food				to his family goal	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent food=Theme to family=Goal

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