Exam question 3 · Russian Fairy Tales, The Heifer, part 21: the golden slipp…

Which duty did the stepmother impose upon the old man's daughter before departing?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: duty · What happens: impose, depart

This is exam question 3 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 duty	det
2	duty	duty	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 impose	nsubj
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 impose	aux
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 stepmother	det
5	stepmother	stepmother	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 impose	nsubj
6	impose	impose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	12 daughter	case
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	12 daughter	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 man	case
12	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 impose	obl
13	before	before	SCONJ	_	14 departing	mark
14	departing	depart	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 impose	advcl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 impose	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	impose	past · do-support	which duty					upon the old man's daughter	vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	depart	gerund	which duty not said here						vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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

Sweep the floor

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sweep	sweep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 floor	det
3	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Sweep	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sweep	imperative	you not said here	the floor					vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme floor=Trajectory

Option 2

That she spin all the flax into thread before the cock crows at dawn

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 spin	nsubj
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 spin	nsubj
3	spin	spin	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 flax	det:predet
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 flax	det
6	flax	flax	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 spin	obj
7	into	into	ADP	_	8 thread	case
8	thread	thread	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 spin	obl
9	before	before	SCONJ	_	12 crows	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 cock	det
11	cock	cock	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 crows	nsubj
12	crows	crow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 spin	advcl
13	at	at	ADP	_	14 dawn	case
14	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 crows	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spin	infinitive	That	all flax		thread			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent flax=Theme into thread=Trajectory
2	crow	present	the cock				dawn		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

That she keep the fire burning

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 keep	nsubj
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 keep	nsubj
3	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 fire	det
5	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 keep	obj
6	burning	burn	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 keep	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	infinitive	That	the fire					tree rules
2	burn	gerund	the fire not said here						vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

That she mend all the clothes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 mend	nsubj
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 mend	nsubj
3	mend	mend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 clothes	det:predet
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 clothes	det
6	clothes	clothes	NOUN	Number=Ptan	3 mend	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mend	infinitive	That	all clothes					tree rules

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