Exam question 1 · Russian Folk-Tales, Tsar Novishny, part 9: the children ri…

Which of the helpers perished first in the course of the narrative?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: perish · To what, where: course

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1103 «Russian Folk-Tales, Tsar Novishny, part 9: the children ride a horse, a humble-bee and a bullock away from the serpent, and the bullock gives his life to save them» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 perished	obj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 helpers	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 helpers	det
4	helpers	helper	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 perished	obl
5	perished	perish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	5 perished	advmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 course	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 course	det
9	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 perished	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 narrative	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 narrative	det
12	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 course	nmod
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 perished	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	perish	past				the course of the narrative		of the helpers; first property	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

The bullock, who was cut into quarters and hung on the stove

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bullock	det
2	bullock	bullock	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 cut	punct
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 cut	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 cut	aux:pass
6	cut	cut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 bullock	acl:relcl
7	into	into	ADP	_	8 quarters	case
8	quarters	quarter	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 cut	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 hung	cc
10	hung	hang	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 cut	conj
11	on	on	ADP	_	13 stove	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 stove	det
13	stove	stove	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 hung	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut	past · passive		the bullock		quarters			vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: subject=Material into quarter=Product
2	hang	participle				the stove			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on stove=Location

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The horse, whose tail was singed to a coal

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 horse	det
2	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 singed	nsubj:pass
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 tail	punct
4	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	5 tail	nmod:poss
5	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 horse	appos
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 singed	aux:pass
7	singed	singe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 coal	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 coal	det
10	coal	coal	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 singed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	singe	past · passive		the horse				to a coal	vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient

Option 3

The bullock, whose ear was cut off

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bullock	det
2	bullock	bullock	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cut	nsubj:pass
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 ear	punct
4	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	5 ear	nmod:poss
5	ear	ear	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bullock	conj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 cut	aux:pass
7	cut	cut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	off	off	ADP	_	7 cut	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut off	past · passive		the bullock and the bullock and the bullock's ear's ear					vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

The horse, whose tail was singed to a coal by the serpent

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 horse	det
2	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 singed	nsubj:pass
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 tail	punct
4	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	5 tail	nmod:poss
5	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 horse	appos
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 singed	aux:pass
7	singed	singe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 coal	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 coal	det
10	coal	coal	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 singed	obl
11	by	by	ADP	_	13 serpent	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 serpent	det
13	serpent	serpent	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 singed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	singe	past · passive	the serpent	the horse				to a coal	vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

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