Exam question 2 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Little Tsar Novishny, part 11: the…

What was the purpose of the two buckets suspended upon the whitethorn-tree?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: purpose, two buckets · What happens: be, suspend, purpose · To what, where: two buckets, whitethorn tree

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1105 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Little Tsar Novishny, part 11: the starling's warnings and the boiling water» 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	root	root
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 purpose	det
4	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 buckets	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 buckets	det
7	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 buckets	nummod
8	buckets	bucket	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 purpose	nmod
9	suspended	suspend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 buckets	acl
10	upon	upon	ADP	_	14 tree	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 tree	det
12	whitethorn	whitethorn	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 tree	compound
13	-	-	PUNCT	_	12 whitethorn	punct
14	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 suspended	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	is a	past	the purpose of the two buckets			tree rules
2	suspend	participle		the two buckets not said here	the whitethorn tree	vn spatial_configuration-47.6 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon tree=Location
3	purpose		the two buckets			nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=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

to reveal whether the sister grieved for her brother or for the snake

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	to	to	PART	_	2 reveal	mark
2	reveal	reveal	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	5 sister	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sister	det
5	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reveal	obl
6	grieved	grieve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 sister	acl
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 brother	case
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 brother	nmod:poss
9	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 grieved	obl
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 snake	cc
11	for	for	ADP	_	13 snake	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 snake	det
13	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 brother	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reveal	to-infinitive		the sister					vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	grieve	participle		the sister not said here				for her brother or the snake	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

to indicate whether the sister lamented her brother or the serpent

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	to	to	PART	_	2 indicate	mark
2	indicate	indicate	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	6 lamented	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sister	det
5	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lamented	nsubj
6	lamented	lament	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 indicate	ccomp
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 brother	nmod:poss
8	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lamented	obj
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 serpent	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 serpent	det
11	serpent	serpent	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 brother	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	indicate	to-infinitive							vn indicate-78-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot clause=Topic
2	lament	past	the sister	sister's brother or the serpent					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer brother=Stimulus

Option 3

to show whether the sister mourned her brother or the monster

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	to	to	PART	_	2 show	mark
2	show	show	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	6 mourned	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sister	det
5	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 mourned	nsubj
6	mourned	mourn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 show	ccomp
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 brother	nmod:poss
8	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 mourned	obj
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 monster	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 monster	det
11	monster	monster	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 brother	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	to-infinitive							vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	mourn	past	the sister	sister's brother or the monster					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer brother=Stimulus

Option 4

to indicate whether the sister lamented her brother or the serpent after the bloody fight in the yard at dawn

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	to	to	PART	_	2 indicate	mark
2	indicate	indicate	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	6 lamented	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sister	det
5	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lamented	nsubj
6	lamented	lament	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 indicate	ccomp
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 brother	nmod:poss
8	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lamented	obj
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 serpent	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 serpent	det
11	serpent	serpent	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 brother	conj
12	after	after	ADP	_	15 fight	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 fight	det
14	bloody	bloody	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 fight	amod
15	fight	fight	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 indicate	obl
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 yard	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 yard	det
18	yard	yard	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 indicate	obl
19	at	at	ADP	_	20 dawn	case
20	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 indicate	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	indicate	to-infinitive					after the bloody fight; dawn	in the yard	vn indicate-78-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot clause=Topic
2	lament	past	the sister	sister's brother or the serpent					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer brother=Stimulus

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