Exam question 4 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Magic Egg, part 33: the egg breaks…

Which task did the dragon first set Ivan, and what was required of him in performing it?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: task, dragon · What happens: do, set, require, perform · To what, where: dragon, Ivan

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1127 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Magic Egg, part 33: the egg breaks, the dragon claims Ivan, and his three tasks begin» 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	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 task	det
2	task	task	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	nsubj
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 dragon	det
5	dragon	dragon	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obj
6	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	7 set	advmod
7	set	set	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 dragon	acl:relcl
8	Ivan	Ivan	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 set	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 required	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 required	cc
11	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	13 required	nsubj:pass
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 required	aux:pass
13	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 did	conj
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 him	case
15	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 required	obl
16	in	in	SCONJ	_	17 performing	mark
17	performing	perform	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 required	advcl
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 performing	obj
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	past	which task	the dragon		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dragon=Eventuality
2	set	past	the dragon not said here	Ivan	first property	vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient ivan=Result
3	require	past · passive			of task	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Precondition
4	perform	gerund		dragon		vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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

Feed the oxen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Feed	feed	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 oxen	det
3	oxen	oxen	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Feed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feed	imperative	you not said here	the oxen					vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oxen=Recipient

Option 2

Chop the wood for winter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Chop	chop	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 wood	det
3	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Chop	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 winter	case
5	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Chop	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chop	imperative	you not said here	the wood			winter		vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wood=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Weed and sow the meadow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Weed	weed	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 sow	cc
3	sow	sow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Weed	conj
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 meadow	det
5	meadow	meadow	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sow	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sow	present		the meadow					vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent meadow=Theme

Option 4

Plough the dark field

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Plough	plough	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 field	det
3	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 field	amod
4	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Plough	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	plough	imperative	you not said here	the dark field					vn wipe_instr-10.4.2 «NP V NP.initial_location»: agent=Agent field=Initial_Location

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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