Exam question 2 · Russian Tales, The Straw Ox: a clever old woman tricks a h…

State the material of which the ox is composed, and the substance applied to its surface, as described in the narrative.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: substance · What happens: compose, apply, describe · To what, where: ox, substance, narrative

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1113 «Russian Tales, The Straw Ox: a clever old woman tricks a hungry bear with a tar-smeared straw ox» 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	State	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 material	det
3	material	material	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	appos
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 composed	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 ox	det
7	ox	ox	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 composed	nsubj:pass
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 composed	aux:pass
9	composed	compose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 material	acl:relcl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 substance	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 substance	cc
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 substance	det
13	substance	substance	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 composed	obl:agent
14	applied	apply	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 substance	acl
15	to	to	ADP	_	17 surface	case
16	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 surface	nmod:poss
17	surface	surface	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 applied	obl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 described	punct
19	as	as	SCONJ	_	20 described	mark
20	described	describe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 composed	conj
21	in	in	ADP	_	23 narrative	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 narrative	det
23	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 described	obl
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 State	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	compose	present · passive	the substance	the ox		of the material	vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Result
2	apply	participle		the substance not said here		to ox's surface	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	describe	participle	the substance not said here		the narrative		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: 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 · ✓ the right answer

Straw, smeared over with tar

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Straw	straw	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 smeared	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Straw	punct
3	smeared	smear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	over	over	ADV	_	3 smeared	advmod
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 tar	case
6	tar	tar	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 smeared	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	smear over	past	Straw					with tar; over property	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent with tar=Theme

Option 2

Straw, smeared over with tar that the old man burned in the fields

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Straw	straw	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 smeared	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Straw	punct
3	smeared	smear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	over	over	ADV	_	3 smeared	advmod
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 tar	case
6	tar	tar	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 smeared	obl
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 burned	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 man	det
9	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 man	amod
10	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 burned	nsubj
11	burned	burn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 smeared	advcl
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 fields	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 fields	det
14	fields	field	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 burned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	smear over	past	Straw					with tar; over property	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent with tar=Theme
2	burn	participle	the old man			the fields			vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in field=Location

Option 3

Wool, smeared over with honey

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wool	wool	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 smeared	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Wool	punct
3	smeared	smear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	over	over	ADV	_	3 smeared	advmod
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 honey	case
6	honey	honey	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 smeared	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	smear over	past	Wool					with honey; over property	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent with honey=Theme

Option 4

Straw, bound with flax thread and smeared over with pitch from the old man's fields

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Straw	straw	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bound	nsubj:pass
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 bound	punct
3	bound	bind	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 thread	case
5	flax	flax	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 thread	compound
6	thread	thread	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bound	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 smeared	cc
8	smeared	smear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 bound	conj
9	over	over	ADV	_	8 smeared	advmod
10	with	with	ADP	_	11 pitch	case
11	pitch	pitch	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 smeared	obl
12	from	from	ADP	_	17 fields	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 man	det
14	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 man	amod
15	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 fields	nmod:poss
16	's	's	PART	_	15 man	case
17	fields	field	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 smeared	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bind	participle · passive		Straw				with flax thread	vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Patient with thread=Co-Patient
2	smear over	past				the old man's fields		with pitch; over property	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent with pitch=Theme

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