Exam question 3 · Russian Tales, Ivan the Fool, part 31: Ivan's millstone sc…

Identify the exchange by which Ivan obtained the magic fife, as narrated in the passage.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Ivan · What happens: identify, obtain, narrate · To what, where: exchange, magic fife, passage

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1125 «Russian Tales, Ivan the Fool, part 31: Ivan's millstone scatters robbers, and his magic fife sets a parson dancing into a hedge» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 exchange	det
3	exchange	exchange	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 obtained	obl
6	Ivan	Ivan	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 obtained	nsubj
7	obtained	obtain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 exchange	acl:relcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 fife	det
9	magic	magic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 fife	amod
10	fife	fife	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 obtained	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 narrated	punct
12	as	as	SCONJ	_	13 narrated	mark
13	narrated	narrate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 obtained	conj
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 passage	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 passage	det
16	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 narrated	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the exchange			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent exchange=Theme
2	obtain	past	Ivan	the magic fife		by the exchange	vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fife=Theme
3	narrate speech: other	participle	Ivan not said here		the passage		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «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 · ✓ the right answer

He surrendered the bag of incense to St Peter in return for the instrument

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 surrendered	nsubj
2	surrendered	surrender	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bag	det
4	bag	bag	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 surrendered	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 incense	case
6	incense	incense	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bag	nmod
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 Peter	case
8	St	St	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Peter	compound
9	Peter	Peter	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 surrendered	obl
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 return	case
11	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 surrendered	obl
12	for	for	ADP	_	14 instrument	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 instrument	det
14	instrument	instrument	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 surrendered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	surrender	past	He	the bag of incense	St Peter	return		for the instrument	vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent bag=Theme to peter=Recipient

Option 2

He traded it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 traded	nsubj
2	traded	trade	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 traded	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trade	past	He	it					vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 3

He handed over his gold coins to St Peter and was given the fife as payment

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 handed	nsubj
2	handed	hand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	over	over	ADP	_	2 handed	compound:prt
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 coins	nmod:poss
5	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 coins	compound
6	coins	coin	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 handed	obj
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 Peter	case
8	St	St	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Peter	compound
9	Peter	Peter	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 handed	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 given	cc
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 given	aux:pass
12	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 handed	conj
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 fife	det
14	fife	fife	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 given	obj
15	as	as	ADP	_	16 payment	case
16	payment	payment	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 given	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	hand over	past	He	his gold coins	St Peter		vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent coin=Theme to peter=Destination
2	give	past · passive	He not said here	the fife		as payment	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: fife=Theme
3	coin		his = he				nom coin «possession transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

He gave St Peter the bag and got a fife

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 gave	nsubj
2	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	St	St	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Peter	compound
4	Peter	Peter	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 gave	iobj
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bag	det
6	bag	bag	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gave	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 got	cc
8	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 gave	conj
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 fife	det
10	fife	fife	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 got	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	He	the bag	St Peter				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent peter=Recipient bag=Theme
2	get	past	He not said here	a fife					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fife=Stimulus

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