Exam question 2 · Russian Folk-Tales, Little Tsar Novishny, part 8: the Tsar…

Identify the place in which the children were concealed from the Accursed One.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, conceal, accurs · To what, where: place, children, One

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1102 «Russian Folk-Tales, Little Tsar Novishny, part 8: the Tsar promises Satan what awaits him at home, and the children are hidden in a ditch» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 place	det
3	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 concealed	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 children	det
7	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 concealed	nsubj:pass
8	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 concealed	aux:pass
9	concealed	conceal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 place	acl:relcl
10	from	from	SCONJ	_	12 Accursed	mark
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Accursed	det
12	Accursed	accurs	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 concealed	xcomp
13	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 Accursed	obj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the place		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent place=Theme
2	conceal	past · passive		the children	the place	tree rules
3	accurs	participle		One		tree rules

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

A trench under the old roof

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 trench	det
2	trench	trench	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	under	under	ADP	_	6 roof	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 roof	det
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 roof	amod
6	roof	roof	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 trench	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

A deep ditch dug beneath the gables of the house

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 ditch	det
2	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 ditch	amod
3	ditch	ditch	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	dug	dig	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 ditch	acl
5	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	7 gables	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 gables	det
7	gables	gable	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 dug	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 house	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 house	det
10	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 gables	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dig	participle		a deep ditch not said here		the gables of the house			vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent beneath gable=Location

Option 3

A long narrow trench dug beneath the gables and roof

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 trench	det
2	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 trench	amod
3	narrow	narrow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 trench	amod
4	trench	trench	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	dug	dig	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 trench	acl
6	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	8 gables	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 gables	det
8	gables	gable	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 dug	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 roof	cc
10	roof	roof	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 gables	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dig	participle		a long narrow trench not said here		the gables and roof			vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent beneath gable=Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

A ditch dug beneath the gables

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 ditch	det
2	ditch	ditch	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	dug	dig	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 ditch	acl
4	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	6 gables	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 gables	det
6	gables	gable	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 dug	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dig	participle		a ditch not said here		the gables			vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent beneath gable=Location

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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