Exam question 4 · Russian Folk-Tales, Tsar Novishny, part 9: the children ri…

What instruction did the bullock give concerning his own remains?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: instruction, bullock · What happens: do, give, concern

This is exam question 4 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	What	what	DET	PronType=Int	2 instruction	det
2	instruction	instruction	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	nsubj
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bullock	det
5	bullock	bullock	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 give	nsubj
6	give	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 did	ccomp
7	concerning	concern	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 remains	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 remains	nmod:poss
9	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 remains	amod
10	remains	remains	NOUN	Number=Ptan	6 give	obl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	do	past	what instruction		tree rules
2	give	present	the bullock	concern bullock's own remains	vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
3	concern	gerund			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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

Hang one quarter on the stove and scatter the others in the field

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hang	hang	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 quarter	nummod
3	quarter	quarter	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hang	obj
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 stove	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 stove	det
6	stove	stove	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hang	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 scatter	cc
8	scatter	scatter	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Hang	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 others	det
10	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 scatter	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 field	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 field	det
13	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 scatter	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hang	imperative	you not said here	one quarter		the stove			vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent quarter=Theme on stove=Destination
2	scatter	infinitive	you not said here	the others		the field			vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent other=Theme in field=Destination

Option 2

Cut the head off and hang it on the stove and place the other parts in the corners of the house

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cut	cut	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 head	det
3	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Cut	obj
4	off	off	ADP	_	1 Cut	compound:prt
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 hang	cc
6	hang	hang	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Cut	conj
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 hang	obj
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 stove	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 stove	det
10	stove	stove	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hang	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 place	cc
12	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 stove	conj
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 parts	det
14	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 parts	amod
15	parts	part	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 hang	obl
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 corners	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 corners	det
18	corners	corner	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 hang	obl
19	of	of	ADP	_	21 house	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 house	det
21	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 corners	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut off	imperative	you not said here	the head					vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector head=Eventuality
2	hang	infinitive	you not said here	head		the stove and place		in the corners of the house; the other parts obl	vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme on stove=Destination

Option 3

Hang one quarter on the stove and place the others in the corners of the room and wait

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hang	hang	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 quarter	nummod
3	quarter	quarter	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hang	obj
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 stove	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 stove	det
6	stove	stove	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hang	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 place	cc
8	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stove	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 others	det
10	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Hang	obl
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 corners	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 corners	det
13	corners	corner	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Hang	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 room	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 room	det
16	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 corners	nmod
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 wait	cc
18	wait	wait	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Hang	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hang	imperative	you not said here	one quarter		the stove and place		in the corners of the room; the others obl	vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent quarter=Theme on stove=Destination
2	wait	infinitive	you not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Hang one quarter on the stove and place the others in the corners

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hang	hang	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 quarter	nummod
3	quarter	quarter	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hang	obj
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 stove	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 stove	det
6	stove	stove	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hang	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 place	cc
8	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stove	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 others	det
10	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Hang	obl
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 corners	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 corners	det
13	corners	corner	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Hang	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hang	imperative	you not said here	one quarter		the stove and place		in the corners; the others obl	vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent quarter=Theme on stove=Destination

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