Exam question 3 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Story of Unlucky Daniel, part 17:…

What is the function of the shift, as stated by the lady in the text?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be, state · To what, where: function, text

This is exam question 3 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	PRON	PronType=Int	4 function	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 function	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 function	det
4	function	function	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 shift	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 shift	det
7	shift	shift	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 function	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 stated	punct
9	as	as	SCONJ	_	10 stated	mark
10	stated	state	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 function	acl
11	by	by	ADP	_	13 lady	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 lady	det
13	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 stated	obl
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 text	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 text	det
16	text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 stated	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 function	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		the function				of the shift	tree rules
2	state speech: other	participle		the function not said here		the text		by the lady	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=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

It keeps you warm

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 keeps	nsubj
2	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 keeps	obj
4	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 keeps	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present	It	you				warm property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It renders its wearer impossible to seize

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 renders	nsubj
2	renders	render	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 wearer	nmod:poss
4	wearer	wearer	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 renders	obj
5	impossible	impossible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 renders	xcomp
6	to	to	PART	_	7 seize	mark
7	seize	seize	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 impossible	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	render	present	It	its wearer				impossible property	vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wearer=Theme
2	seize	to-infinitive							vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

It keeps its wearer safe from blades

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 keeps	nsubj
2	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 wearer	nmod:poss
4	wearer	wearer	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keeps	obj
5	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 keeps	xcomp
6	from	from	ADP	_	7 blades	case
7	blades	blade	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 safe	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present	It	its wearer				safe property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wearer=Theme

Option 4

It hides its wearer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 hides	nsubj
2	hides	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 wearer	nmod:poss
4	wearer	wearer	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hides	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	present	It	its wearer					vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wearer=Patient

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