Exam question 1 · Russian Fairy Tales, The Heifer, part 21: the golden slipp…

Which object was instrumental in identifying the maiden at the church?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: object · What happens: be, identify · To what, where: maiden, church

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1115 «Russian Fairy Tales, The Heifer, part 21: the golden slippers are left behind and the search begins» 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 object	det
2	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 instrumental	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 instrumental	cop
4	instrumental	instrumental	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	in	in	SCONJ	_	6 identifying	mark
6	identifying	identify	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 instrumental	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 maiden	det
8	maiden	maiden	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 identifying	obj
9	at	at	ADP	_	11 church	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 church	det
11	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 identifying	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 instrumental	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	which object					instrumental property	tree rules
2	identify	gerund	which object not said here	the maiden		the church			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent maiden=Theme

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

The golden slippers she left behind

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 slippers	det
2	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 slippers	amod
3	slippers	slipper	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 left	nsubj
5	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 slippers	acl:relcl
6	behind	behind	ADV	_	5 left	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave behind	past	she	the golden slippers not said here				behind property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent slipper=Theme

Option 2

The jewelled golden crown she dropped while running down the steps

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 crown	det
2	jewelled	jewelled	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 crown	amod
3	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 crown	amod
4	crown	crown	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dropped	nsubj
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 dropped	nsubj
6	dropped	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	while	while	SCONJ	_	8 running	mark
8	running	run	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 dropped	advcl
9	down	down	ADP	_	11 steps	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 steps	det
11	steps	step	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 running	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drop	past	the jewelled golden crown						vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
2	run down	gerund	the jewelled golden crown not said here	the steps					vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme step=Trajectory

Option 3

The embroidered silk handkerchief

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 handkerchief	det
2	embroidered	embroider	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 handkerchief	amod
3	silk	silk	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 handkerchief	compound
4	handkerchief	handkerchief	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	embroider	participle							vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

The silver brooch she dropped

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 brooch	det
2	silver	silver	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 brooch	amod
3	brooch	brooch	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 dropped	nsubj
5	dropped	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 brooch	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drop	past	she	the silver brooch not said here					vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brooch=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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