Exam question 4 · Russian Fairy Tales, The Serpent-Tsarevich, part 27: the b…

With reference to the narrative, explain the reason the bride gave for requesting one night at her husband's side.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, bride · What happens: explain, give, request · To what, where: reason, side

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1121 «Russian Fairy Tales, The Serpent-Tsarevich, part 27: the bride trades apples for nights with her husband» 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	With	with	ADP	_	2 reference	case
2	reference	reference	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 explain	obl
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 narrative	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 narrative	det
5	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reference	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 reference	punct
7	explain	explain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 reason	det
9	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 explain	obj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 bride	det
11	bride	bride	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 gave	nsubj
12	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 reason	acl:relcl
13	for	for	SCONJ	_	14 requesting	mark
14	requesting	request	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 gave	advcl
15	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	16 night	nummod
16	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 requesting	obl:unmarked
17	at	at	ADP	_	21 side	case
18	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 husband	nmod:poss
19	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 side	nmod:poss
20	's	's	PART	_	19 husband	case
21	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 requesting	obl
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 explain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	explain speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	the reason			with reference to the narrative	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic
2	give	past	the bride	the reason not said here				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
3	request	gerund	the bride not said here		bride's husband's side	night		vn beg-58.2 «NP V S_INF»: 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

she wanted to tell him about the serpent

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 tell	mark
4	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wanted	xcomp
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 tell	iobj
6	about	about	ADP	_	8 serpent	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 serpent	det
8	serpent	serpent	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	she						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	tell speech: assert not said to happen	to-infinitive	she not said here		him = he			about the serpent	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent he=Recipient about serpent=Topic

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

she wished to pass the night near her husband

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wished	nsubj
2	wished	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 pass	mark
4	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wished	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 night	det
6	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pass	obj
7	near	near	ADP	_	9 husband	case
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 husband	nmod:poss
9	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pass	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wish	past	she						vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	pass not said to happen	to-infinitive	she not said here				night	near her husband	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme near husband=Location

Option 3

she wished to pass the whole night near her husband's bed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wished	nsubj
2	wished	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 pass	mark
4	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wished	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 night	det
6	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 night	amod
7	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pass	obj
8	near	near	ADP	_	12 bed	case
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 husband	nmod:poss
10	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 bed	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 husband	case
12	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pass	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wish	past	she						vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	pass not said to happen	to-infinitive	she not said here			her husband's bed	night		vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme near bed=Location

Option 4

she wished to pass the night near her husband so she could watch him sleep

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wished	nsubj
2	wished	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 pass	mark
4	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wished	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 night	det
6	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pass	obj
7	near	near	ADP	_	9 husband	case
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 husband	nmod:poss
9	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pass	obl
10	so	so	ADV	_	13 watch	advmod
11	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 watch	nsubj
12	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 watch	aux
13	watch	watch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wished	advcl
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 watch	obj
15	sleep	sleep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 watch	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	wish	past	she				vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	pass not said to happen	to-infinitive	she not said here		night	near her husband	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme near husband=Location
3	watch	could	she	husband			tree rules
4	sleep	infinitive	husband not said here				vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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