Exam question 3 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Tsarivna Possessed: the youth outw…

Which relation of the young man was responsible for sending him to the church on each occasion?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: relation · What happens: be, send · To what, where: man, occasion

This is exam question 3 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 relation	det
2	relation	relation	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 responsible	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 man	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 man	det
5	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 man	amod
6	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 relation	nmod
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 responsible	cop
8	responsible	responsible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	for	for	SCONJ	_	10 sending	mark
10	sending	send	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 responsible	advcl
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 sending	obj
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 church	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 church	det
14	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 sending	obl
15	on	on	ADP	_	17 occasion	case
16	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	17 occasion	det
17	occasion	occasion	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 sending	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 responsible	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	which relation of the young man					responsible property	tree rules
2	send	gerund	which relation of the young man not said here	man		each occasion		to the church	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to church=Destination

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 merchant uncles who had raised him from childhood

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 merchant	det
2	merchant	merchant	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 uncles	nsubj
3	uncles	uncle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 raised	nsubj:pass
5	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 raised	aux
6	raised	raise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 uncles	ccomp
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 raised	obj
8	from	from	ADP	_	9 childhood	case
9	childhood	childhood	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 raised	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	uncle	present	the merchant						tree rules
2	raise	past · perfect · passive		merchant		childhood			vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2 «NP V NP.patient NP.extent PP.initial_state PP.result»: subject=Patient he=Extent from childhood=Initial_State

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The merchant uncles

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 uncles	det
2	merchant	merchant	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 uncles	compound
3	uncles	uncle	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

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

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

The Tsar's own steward, who had sent him out each time

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Tsar	det
2	Tsar	Tsar	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 steward	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 Tsar	case
4	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 steward	amod
5	steward	steward	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 sent	punct
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 sent	nsubj
8	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 sent	aux
9	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 steward	acl:relcl
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 sent	obj
11	out	out	ADP	_	9 sent	compound:prt
12	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	13 time	det
13	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sent	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send out	past · perfect	the Tsar's own steward	him = he			time		vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 4

The village priest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 priest	det
2	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 priest	compound
3	priest	priest	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

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

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