Exam question 1 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Tsarivna Possessed: the youth outw…

Which instruction did Saint Michael give the young man concerning his conduct during the first night's vigil?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: instruction, Saint, young man · What happens: do, give, concern, conduct · To what, where: young man, conduct

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1108 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Tsarivna Possessed: the youth outwits the unclean spirit and wins the Tsar's daughter» 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	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	Saint	Saint	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 give	nsubj
5	Michael	Michael	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Saint	flat
6	give	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 did	ccomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 man	det
8	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 man	amod
9	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 give	obj
10	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 man	acl
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 conduct	nmod:poss
12	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 concerning	obj
13	during	during	ADP	_	18 vigil	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 night	det
15	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	16 night	amod
16	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 vigil	nmod:poss
17	's	's	PART	_	16 night	case
18	vigil	vigil	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 concerning	obl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	do	past	which instruction			tree rules
2	give	present	Saint	the young man		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Theme
3	concern	gerund	the young man not said here	Saint's conduct	during the first night's vigil	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus conduct=Experiencer
4	conduct		Saint			nom conduct «act transitive»: poss=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 · ✓ the right answer

To keep reading his prayers and not look up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 keep	mark
2	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	reading	read	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 keep	xcomp
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 prayers	nmod:poss
5	prayers	prayer	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 reading	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 look	cc
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 look	advmod
8	look	look	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 keep	conj
9	up	up	ADP	_	8 look	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	keep	to-infinitive			tree rules
2	read	gerund		his prayers	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prayer=Topic
3	not look up	infinitive			vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
4	pray		his = he		nom prayer «act intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

To keep reading his prayers, never look up, and scatter pears on the floor

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 keep	mark
2	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	reading	read	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 keep	xcomp
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 prayers	nmod:poss
5	prayers	prayer	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 reading	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 look	punct
7	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	8 look	advmod
8	look	look	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 keep	conj
9	up	up	ADP	_	8 look	compound:prt
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 pears	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 pears	cc
12	scatter	scat	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	13 pears	amod
13	pears	pear	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 look	obl
14	on	on	ADP	_	16 floor	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 floor	det
16	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 pears	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	keep	to-infinitive			tree rules
2	read	gerund		his prayers	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prayer=Topic
3	not look up	infinitive		scatter pears on the floor	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
4	pray		his = he		nom prayer «act intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

To hide under the altar and wait for dawn

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 hide	mark
2	hide	hide	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	under	under	ADP	_	5 altar	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 altar	det
5	altar	altar	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hide	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 wait	cc
7	wait	wait	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 hide	conj
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 dawn	case
9	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wait	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	to-infinitive				the altar			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under altar=Location
2	wait	infinitive					dawn		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

To sprinkle poppy seeds and rest quietly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 sprinkle	mark
2	sprinkle	sprinkle	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	poppy	poppy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 seeds	compound
4	seeds	seed	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sprinkle	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 rest	cc
6	rest	rest	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 sprinkle	conj
7	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	6 rest	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sprinkle	to-infinitive		poppy seeds					vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent seed=Theme
2	rest	present						quietly property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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