Exam question 3 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Rich Brother and the Poor Brother:…

What cause did the rich brother propose for the oxen's sickness?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: rich brother · What happens: be, propose

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1101 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Rich Brother and the Poor Brother: the henchmen in the drum settle the quarrel» 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=Rel	7 propose	obl
2	cause	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 propose	aux
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 brother	det
5	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 brother	amod
6	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 propose	nsubj
7	propose	propose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	for	for	ADP	_	12 sickness	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 oxen	det
10	oxen	oxen	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 sickness	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 oxen	case
12	sickness	sickness	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 propose	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 propose	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present							tree rules
2	propose	past · do-support	the rich brother					for the oxen's sickness	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=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

rotten hay, which spoiled their blood

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	rotten	rotten	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 hay	amod
2	hay	hay	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 spoiled	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 spoiled	punct
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 spoiled	nsubj
5	spoiled	spoil	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 blood	nmod:poss
7	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 spoiled	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spoil	past	rotten hay	their blood					tree rules

Option 2

foul water, which had gone sour and made their blood stagnant

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	foul	foul	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 water	amod
2	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 made	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 gone	punct
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 gone	nsubj
5	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 gone	aux
6	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 water	acl:relcl
7	sour	sour	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 gone	xcomp
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 gone	cc
9	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 blood	nmod:poss
11	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 made	obj
12	stagnant	stagnant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 made	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past · perfect	foul water					sour property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	make	past	foul water	their blood				stagnant property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset blood=Product

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

foul water, which made their blood stagnant

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	foul	foul	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 water	amod
2	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 made	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 made	punct
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 made	nsubj
5	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 blood	nmod:poss
7	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 made	obj
8	stagnant	stagnant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 made	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	foul water	their blood				stagnant property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset blood=Product

Option 4

foul water, which made their blood stagnant and thick

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	foul	foul	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 water	amod
2	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 made	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 made	punct
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 made	nsubj
5	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 blood	nmod:poss
7	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 made	obj
8	stagnant	stagnant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 made	xcomp
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 thick	cc
10	thick	thick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 stagnant	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	foul water	their blood				stagnant property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset blood=Product

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