Exam question 1 · Russian Fairy Tales, The Magic Egg, part 32: Ivan's fiddle…

According to the passage, what did the parson's wife do upon hearing the music?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: passage · What happens: accord, do, hear · To what, where: wife, music

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1126 «Russian Fairy Tales, The Magic Egg, part 32: Ivan's fiddle makes the parson dance; the lark and mouse go to war; an eagle repays an archer» 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	According	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 passage	case
2	to	to	ADP	_	1 According	fixed
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 passage	det
4	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 do	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 did	punct
6	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 did	nsubj
7	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 passage	acl:relcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 parson	det
9	parson	parson	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 wife	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 parson	case
11	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 did	obj
12	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	14 hearing	mark
14	hearing	hear	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 do	advcl
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 music	det
16	music	music	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 hearing	obj
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	12 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	accord	gerund				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
2	do	past	the passage	the parson's wife		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wife=Eventuality
3	do	present			accord the passage	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	hear	gerund		the music		vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer music=Stimulus

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

She rose at once and danced vigorously with her husband

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 rose	nsubj
2	rose	rise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 once	case
4	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	2 rose	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 danced	cc
6	danced	dance	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 rose	conj
7	vigorously	vigorously	ADV	_	6 danced	advmod
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 husband	case
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 husband	nmod:poss
10	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 danced	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rise	past	She						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at once=Location
2	dance	past	She not said here					with her husband; vigorously property	vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

She rose and danced vigorously

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 rose	nsubj
2	rose	rise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 danced	cc
4	danced	dance	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 rose	conj
5	vigorously	vigorously	ADV	_	4 danced	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rise	past	She						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	dance	past	She not said here					vigorously property	vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

She stood and whirled quickly

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 stood	nsubj
2	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 whirled	cc
4	whirled	whirl	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 stood	conj
5	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	4 whirled	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	past	She						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	whirl	past	She not said here					quickly property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

She dropped her broom, rose from the bench, and danced vigorously across the room

The tree, 14 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 dropped	nsubj
2	dropped	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 broom	nmod:poss
4	broom	broom	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dropped	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 rose	punct
6	rose	rise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 dropped	conj
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 bench	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 bench	det
9	bench	bench	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 rose	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 danced	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 danced	cc
12	danced	dance	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 dropped	conj
13	vigorously	vigorously	ADV	_	12 danced	advmod
14	across	across	ADP	_	16 room	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 room	det
16	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 danced	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	drop	past	She	her broom			vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent broom=Theme
2	rise	past	She not said here		the bench		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from bench=Initial_Location
3	dance	past	She not said here		the room	vigorously property	vn waltz-51.5 «NP V PP.trajectory PP.goal»: agent=Theme across room=Trajectory

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