Exam question 1 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Two Princes, part 28: the elder br…

What action does the faithful wife perform in order to obtain one final night beside her husband?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: action, faithful wife · What happens: do, perform, obtain

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1122 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Two Princes, part 28: the elder brother is turned to stone, and the younger brother wins him back from a witch» 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	DET	PronType=Int	2 action	det
2	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 does	nsubj
3	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 wife	det
5	faithful	faithful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 wife	amod
6	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 perform	nsubj
7	perform	perform	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 does	ccomp
8	in	in	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	11 obtain	mark
9	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 in	fixed
10	to	to	PART	_	11 obtain	mark
11	obtain	obtain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 perform	advcl
12	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 night	nummod
13	final	final	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 night	amod
14	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 obtain	obl
15	beside	beside	ADP	_	17 husband	case
16	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 husband	nmod:poss
17	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 obtain	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 does	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	do	present	what action			tree rules
2	perform	present	the faithful wife			vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	obtain	to-infinitive	the faithful wife not said here	night	beside wife's husband	vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset

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

She surrenders the diamond apple to the Empress and then begs for one more night beside him

The tree, 17 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 surrenders	nsubj
2	surrenders	surrender	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 apple	det
4	diamond	diamond	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 apple	compound
5	apple	apple	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 surrenders	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 Empress	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Empress	det
8	Empress	Empress	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 surrenders	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 begs	cc
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 begs	advmod
11	begs	beg	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 surrenders	conj
12	for	for	ADP	_	15 night	case
13	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 night	nummod
14	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	15 night	amod
15	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 begs	obl
16	beside	beside	ADP	_	17 him	case
17	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 begs	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	surrender	present	She	the diamond apple	the Empress				vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent apple=Theme to empress=Recipient
2	beg speech: request	present	She not said here				then; night	beside him = he	vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent

Option 2

She trades the golden apple to the Empress

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 trades	nsubj
2	trades	trade	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 apple	det
4	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 apple	amod
5	apple	apple	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 trades	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 Empress	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Empress	det
8	Empress	Empress	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 trades	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trade	present	She	the golden apple				to the Empress	vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent apple=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

She surrenders the diamond apple to the Empress

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 surrenders	nsubj
2	surrenders	surrender	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 apple	det
4	diamond	diamond	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 apple	compound
5	apple	apple	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 surrenders	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 Empress	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Empress	det
8	Empress	Empress	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 surrenders	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	surrender	present	She	the diamond apple	the Empress				vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent apple=Theme to empress=Recipient

Option 4

She offers the diamond ring to the Empress

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 offers	nsubj
2	offers	offer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 ring	det
4	diamond	diamond	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ring	compound
5	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 offers	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 Empress	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Empress	det
8	Empress	Empress	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 ring	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	offer	present	She	the diamond ring	the Empress				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent ring=Theme to empress=Goal

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