Exam question 4 · Russian Folk-Tales, Tremsin and the Bird Zhar, part 15: th…

Subsequent to the passage of the red wave, what course of conduct is prescribed?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: red wave · What happens: prescribe, pass · To what, where: Subsequent

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1109 «Russian Folk-Tales, Tremsin and the Bird Zhar, part 15: the impossible sea task» 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	Subsequent	subsequent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 prescribed	nsubj:pass
2	to	to	ADP	_	4 passage	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 passage	det
4	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 prescribed	obl
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 wave	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 wave	det
7	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 wave	amod
8	wave	wave	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 passage	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 course	punct
10	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	11 course	det
11	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 wave	appos
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 conduct	case
13	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 course	nmod
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 prescribed	aux:pass
15	prescribed	prescribe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	15 prescribed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prescribe	present · passive		Subsequent				to the passage of the red wave	tree rules
2	pass		the red wave						nom passage «act 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

withdraw up the beach, then sit down and keep careful watch

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	withdraw	withdraw	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	up	up	ADP	_	1 withdraw	compound:prt
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 beach	det
4	beach	beach	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 withdraw	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 sit	punct
6	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 sit	advmod
7	sit	sit	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 withdraw	conj
8	down	down	ADP	_	7 sit	compound:prt
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 keep	cc
10	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 withdraw	conj
11	careful	careful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 watch	amod
12	watch	watch	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 keep	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	withdraw up	imperative	you not said here	the beach		vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beach=Theme
2	sit down	infinitive	you not said here		then	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	keep	infinitive	you not said here	careful watch		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent watch=Theme

Option 2

advance, then sit and keep watch

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	advance	advance	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sit	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 advance	punct
3	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 sit	advmod
4	sit	sit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 keep	cc
6	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 sit	conj
7	watch	watch	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 keep	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	infinitive	advance				then		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	keep	infinitive	advance not said here	watch					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent watch=Theme

Option 3

withdraw, then stand and wave

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	withdraw	withdraw	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 stand	punct
3	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 stand	advmod
4	stand	stand	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 withdraw	conj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 wave	cc
6	wave	wave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 stand	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	roles by
1	withdraw	imperative	you not said here		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	stand	infinitive	you not said here	then	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	wave	infinitive	you not said here		vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

withdraw, then sit and keep watch

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	withdraw	withdraw	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 sit	punct
3	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 sit	advmod
4	sit	sit	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 withdraw	conj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 keep	cc
6	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 sit	conj
7	watch	watch	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 keep	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	withdraw	imperative	you not said here			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	sit	infinitive	you not said here		then	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	keep	infinitive	you not said here	watch		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent watch=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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