Exam question 2 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Two Princes, part 28: the elder br…

What does the rich man maintain regarding the disputed field at dawn?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: rich man · What happens: maintain, regard, dispute

This is exam question 2 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	PRON	PronType=Int	6 maintain	obj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 maintain	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 man	det
4	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 man	amod
5	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 maintain	nsubj
6	maintain	maintain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	regarding	regard	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 field	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 field	det
9	disputed	dispute	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 field	amod
10	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 maintain	obl
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 dawn	case
12	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 maintain	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 maintain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	maintain	present · do-support	the rich man	dawn	regard the disputed field	vn declare-29.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent what=Theme
2	regard	gerund				vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	dispute	participle				vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: 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 · ← Mova's choice

That the field was left to him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 field	det
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 field	det
3	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 left	nsubj:pass
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 left	aux:pass
5	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 him	case
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 left	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	past · passive		that field	him = he				vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to he=Recipient

Option 2

That the field belongs to him, and the poor man has no claim to any of it

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 belongs	nsubj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 field	det
3	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 belongs	nsubj
4	belongs	belong	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 him	case
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 belongs	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 has	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 has	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 man	det
10	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 man	amod
11	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 has	nsubj
12	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 belongs	conj
13	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	14 claim	det
14	claim	claim	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 has	obj
15	to	to	ADP	_	16 any	case
16	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	14 claim	nmod
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 it	case
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 any	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	belong	present	That		field				vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme
2	have	present	the poor man	no claim				to any	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent claim=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

That the field belongs to him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 field	det
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 field	det
3	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 belongs	nsubj
4	belongs	belong	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 him	case
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 belongs	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	belong	present	that field		him = he				vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme

Option 4

That the field belongs to him by right and always has since his birth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 field	det
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 field	det
3	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 belongs	nsubj
4	belongs	belong	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 him	case
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 belongs	obl
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 right	case
8	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 belongs	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 has	cc
10	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	11 has	advmod
11	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 belongs	conj
12	since	since	ADP	_	14 birth	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 birth	nmod:poss
14	birth	birth	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 has	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	belong	present	that field		him = he			by right	vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme
2	have	present	that field not said here				since field's birth	always property	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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