Exam question 2 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Story of Unlucky Daniel, part 17:…

What power does the sword confer upon its bearer, according to the lady's words?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: power, lady · What happens: do, accord, word · To what, where: sword

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1111 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Story of Unlucky Daniel, part 17: the Serpent's three kisses, and Daniel's lucky gifts from a serpent-lady» 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 power	det
2	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 does	nsubj
3	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sword	det
5	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 does	obj
6	confer	confer	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 sword	amod
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	9 bearer	case
8	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 bearer	nmod:poss
9	bearer	bearer	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 confer	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 words	punct
11	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	16 words	case
12	to	to	ADP	_	11 according	fixed
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 lady	det
14	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 words	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 lady	case
16	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 does	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 does	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	present	what power	the sword	accord the lady's words	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Eventuality
2	accord	gerund				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
3	word		the lady			nom word «communication 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

All men fall down before the bearer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 men	det
2	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 fall	nsubj
3	fall	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	down	down	ADP	_	3 fall	compound:prt
5	before	before	ADP	_	7 bearer	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bearer	det
7	bearer	bearer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fall	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall down	present	all men			the bearer			vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme before bearer=Location

Option 2

All men bow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 men	det
2	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 bow	nsubj
3	bow	bow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bow	present	all men						vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

All foes fall before the wielder

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 foes	det
2	foes	foe	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 fall	nsubj
3	fall	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	before	before	ADP	_	6 wielder	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 wielder	det
6	wielder	wielder	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fall	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	present	all foes			the wielder			vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme before wielder=Location

Option 4

Men bow before whoever holds it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 bow	nsubj
2	bow	bow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	before	before	SCONJ	_	5 holds	mark
4	whoever	whoever	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 holds	nsubj
5	holds	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 bow	advcl
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 holds	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bow	present	Men						vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	hold	present	whoever	it					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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