Exam question 4 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Wind and the Sack: a ram that scat…

What was the final consequence of the protagonist's third petition to the Wind?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: protagonist · What happens: be, petition · To what, where: final consequence

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1099 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Wind and the Sack: a ram that scatters money» 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	5 consequence	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 consequence	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 consequence	det
4	final	final	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 consequence	amod
5	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	11 petition	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 protagonist	det
8	protagonist	protagonist	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 petition	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 protagonist	case
10	third	third	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	11 petition	amod
11	petition	petition	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 consequence	nmod
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 Wind	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Wind	det
14	Wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 petition	nmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 consequence	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the final consequence				of the protagonist's third petition to the Wind	tree rules
2	petition		the protagonist					to the Wind	nom petition «communication transitive»: poss=agent to=obl

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

He was punished by the Jews

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 punished	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 punished	aux:pass
3	punished	punish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 Jews	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Jews	det
6	Jews	Jew	PROPN	Number=Plur	3 punished	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	punish	past · passive	the Jews	He					vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

Option 2

He was beaten by six henchmen

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 beaten	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 beaten	aux:pass
3	beaten	beat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 henchmen	case
5	six	six	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 henchmen	nummod
6	henchmen	henchman	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 beaten	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	beat	past · passive	six henchmen	He					vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location subject=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He was chastised by twelve henchmen from the drum

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 chastised	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 chastised	aux:pass
3	chastised	chastise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 henchmen	case
5	twelve	twelve	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 henchmen	nummod
6	henchmen	henchman	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 chastised	obl
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 drum	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 drum	det
9	drum	drum	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 chastised	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chastise	past · passive	twelve henchmen	He		the drum			vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 4

He was chastised by twelve henchmen who leapt from the drum and beat him

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 chastised	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 chastised	aux:pass
3	chastised	chastise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 henchmen	case
5	twelve	twelve	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 henchmen	nummod
6	henchmen	henchman	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 chastised	obl
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 leapt	nsubj
8	leapt	leapt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 henchmen	acl:relcl
9	from	from	ADP	_	11 drum	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 drum	det
11	drum	drum	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 leapt	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 beat	cc
13	beat	beat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 chastised	conj
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 beat	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	chastise	past · passive	twelve henchmen	He		vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	leapt	present	twelve henchmen		the drum	tree rules
3	beat	infinitive	twelve henchmen not said here	him = he		vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location he=Theme

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