Exam question 2 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Three Brothers: a hog eats the gol…

What was the eventual fate of the brother who had slain the hog's victim?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: brother · What happens: be, slay · To what, where: eventual fate, victim

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1117 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Three Brothers: a hog eats the golden apples, and a flute tells the truth about a murder» 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	5 fate	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 fate	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 fate	det
4	eventual	eventual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 fate	amod
5	fate	fate	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 brother	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 brother	det
8	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fate	nmod
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 slain	nsubj
10	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 slain	aux
11	slain	slay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	8 brother	acl:relcl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 hog	det
13	hog	hog	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 victim	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 hog	case
15	victim	victim	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 slain	obj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 fate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the eventual fate				of the brother	tree rules
2	slay	past · perfect	the brother	the hog's victim					vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent victim=Patient

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

he was tied to a wild horse

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 tied	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 tied	aux:pass
3	tied	tie	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	7 horse	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 horse	det
6	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 horse	amod
7	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tied	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tie	past · passive		he				to a wild horse	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient to horse=Co-Patient

Option 2

he was tied to a wild horse and dragged away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 tied	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 tied	aux:pass
3	tied	tie	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	7 horse	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 horse	det
6	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 horse	amod
7	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tied	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 dragged	cc
9	dragged	drag	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 tied	conj
10	away	away	ADV	_	9 dragged	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tie	past · passive		he				to a wild horse	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient to horse=Co-Patient
2	drag away	participle						away property	vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent

Option 3

he was thrown in prison

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 thrown	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 thrown	aux:pass
3	thrown	throw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 prison	case
5	prison	prison	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 thrown	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	past · passive		he		prison			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme in prison=Destination

Option 4

he was tied to a wild horse that ran across the steppe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 tied	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 tied	aux:pass
3	tied	tie	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	7 horse	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 horse	det
6	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 horse	amod
7	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tied	obl
8	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 ran	nsubj
9	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 horse	acl:relcl
10	across	across	ADP	_	12 steppe	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 steppe	det
12	steppe	steppe	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 ran	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tie	past · passive		he				to a wild horse	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient to horse=Co-Patient
2	run	past	a wild horse			the steppe			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across steppe=Trajectory

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