Exam question 3 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Three Brothers: a hog eats the gol…

In what manner was the murdered brother's body finally disposed of?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: murder, be, dispose · To what, where: body, manner

This is exam question 3 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 manner	case
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 body	obl
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 body	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 brother	det
6	murdered	murder	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 brother	amod
7	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 body	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 brother	case
9	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	finally	finally	ADV	_	11 disposed	advmod
11	disposed	dispose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 body	acl
12	of	of	ADP	_	11 disposed	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 body	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	murder	participle				vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	the murdered brother's body	what manner		tree rules
3	dispose	participle	the murdered brother's body not said here		finally property	vn addict-96 «NP V NP PP.Theme»: 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

it was placed under a stone

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	3 placed	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 placed	aux:pass
3	placed	place	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	under	under	ADP	_	6 stone	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 stone	det
6	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 placed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	place	past · passive		it		a stone			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme under stone=Destination

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

it was interred in the cemetery

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	3 interred	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 interred	aux:pass
3	interred	inter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 cemetery	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cemetery	det
6	cemetery	cemetery	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 interred	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	inter	past · passive		it		the cemetery			tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

it was burned

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	3 burned	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 burned	aux:pass
3	burned	burn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	burn	past · passive		it					vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme

Option 4

it was buried in the garden

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	3 buried	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 buried	aux:pass
3	buried	bury	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 garden	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 garden	det
6	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 buried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bury	past · passive		it		the garden			vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in garden=Destination

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