Exam question 3 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Two Princes, part 28: the elder br…

What punishment is pronounced upon the rich man's son by the Lord?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Lord · What happens: pronounce · To what, where: punishment

This is exam question 3 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	4 pronounced	obj
2	punishment	punishment	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pronounced	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 pronounced	aux:pass
4	pronounced	pronounce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	10 son	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 man	det
7	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 man	amod
8	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 son	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 man	case
10	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pronounced	obl
11	by	by	ADP	_	13 Lord	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Lord	det
13	Lord	Lord	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 pronounced	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 pronounced	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pronounce	present · passive	the Lord	punishment				upon the rich man's son	vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme what=Result

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 · ✓ the right answer

Confinement beneath the earth while the sun shines

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Confinement	confinement	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 shines	nsubj
2	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	4 earth	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 earth	det
4	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Confinement	nmod
5	while	while	SCONJ	_	7 sun	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sun	det
7	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 earth	acl
8	shines	shine	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shine	present	Confinement beneath the earth						vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Confinement beneath the earth, never again to rise to the surface while the sun shines on the fields

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Confinement	confinement	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 rise	nsubj
2	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	4 earth	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 earth	det
4	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Confinement	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 rise	punct
6	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	7 again	advmod
7	again	again	ADV	_	9 rise	advmod
8	to	to	PART	_	9 rise	mark
9	rise	rise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 surface	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 surface	det
12	surface	surface	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 rise	obl
13	while	while	SCONJ	_	16 shines	mark
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 sun	det
15	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 shines	nsubj
16	shines	shine	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 rise	advcl
17	on	on	ADP	_	19 fields	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 fields	det
19	fields	field	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 shines	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rise	to-infinitive	Confinement beneath the earth			the surface	again		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to surface=Initial_Location
2	shine	present	the sun			the fields			vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on field=Location

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Confinement in a dark cell for many long years

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Confinement	confinement	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	5 cell	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 cell	det
4	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 cell	amod
5	cell	cell	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Confinement	nmod
6	for	for	ADP	_	9 years	case
7	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 years	amod
8	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 years	amod
9	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 cell	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

Burial beneath the stones at dusk

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Burial	burial	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	4 stones	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 stones	det
4	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Burial	nmod
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 dusk	case
6	dusk	dusk	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stones	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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