Exam question 4 · Russian Tales, Ivan the Fool, part 31: Ivan's millstone sc…

State the most accurate description of the events that followed Ivan's employment by the parson.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: events, Ivan · What happens: follow, describe, employ · To what, where: employment, events

This is exam question 4 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	State	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 description	compound
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 description	det
3	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 accurate	advmod
4	accurate	accurate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 description	amod
5	description	description	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 events	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 events	det
8	events	event	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 description	nmod
9	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 followed	nsubj
10	followed	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 events	acl:relcl
11	Ivan	Ivan	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 employment	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 Ivan	case
13	employment	employment	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 followed	obj
14	by	by	ADP	_	16 parson	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 parson	det
16	parson	parson	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 followed	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 description	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	past	the events	Ivan's employment	by the parson	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent employment=Theme by parson=Trajectory
2	describe			the events		nom description «communication transitive»: of=patient
3	employ		Ivan			nom employment «state transitive»: poss=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 cows danced

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cows	det
2	cows	cow	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 danced	nsubj
3	danced	dance	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dance	past	the cows						vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

The cattle got tired and the parson got hurt

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cattle	det
2	cattle	cattle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 got	nsubj
3	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 got	xcomp
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 hurt	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 parson	det
7	parson	parson	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 hurt	nsubj:pass
8	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 hurt	aux:pass
9	hurt	hurt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 got	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	the cattle					tired property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	hurt	past · passive		the parson					vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The cattle were exhausted by dancing, and the parson was injured when he spied

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cattle	det
2	cattle	cattle	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 exhausted	nsubj:pass
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 exhausted	aux:pass
4	exhausted	exhaust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 dancing	case
6	dancing	dancing	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 exhausted	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 injured	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 injured	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 parson	det
10	parson	parson	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 injured	nsubj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 injured	cop
12	injured	injured	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 exhausted	parataxis
13	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	15 spied	advmod
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 spied	nsubj
15	spied	spy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 injured	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	exhaust	past · passive	dancing	the cattle		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer
2	is	past	the parson		injured property	tree rules
3	spy	past	parson			vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

The fields were flooded, the cattle drowned, and the parson fled the village

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fields	det
2	fields	field	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 flooded	nsubj:pass
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 flooded	aux:pass
4	flooded	flood	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 drowned	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cattle	det
7	cattle	cattle	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 drowned	nsubj
8	drowned	drown	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 flooded	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 fled	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 fled	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 parson	det
12	parson	parson	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 fled	nsubj
13	fled	flee	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 flooded	conj
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 village	det
15	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 fled	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	flood	past · passive		the fields	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient
2	drown	past	the cattle		vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	flee	past	the parson	the village	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme village=Initial_Location

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