Exam question 2 · Russian Folk-Tales, The She-Dragon's Daughter, part 34: Iv…

What is the effect of Ivan's kiss upon his uncle's daughter with respect to the girl who saved him?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: effect, girl, Ivan · What happens: be, save, effect, kiss · To what, where: Ivan, kiss

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1128 «Russian Folk-Tales, The She-Dragon's Daughter, part 34: Ivan is tricked and the dragon is fooled, then the maiden becomes a fish» 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	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 effect	det
4	effect	effect	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 kiss	case
6	Ivan	Ivan	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 kiss	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Ivan	case
8	kiss	kiss	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 effect	nmod
9	upon	upon	ADP	_	13 daughter	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 uncle	nmod:poss
11	uncle	uncle	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 daughter	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 uncle	case
13	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 effect	nmod
14	with	with	ADP	_	15 respect	case
15	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 effect	nmod
16	to	to	ADP	_	18 girl	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 girl	det
18	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 respect	nmod
19	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	20 saved	nsubj
20	saved	save	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 girl	acl:relcl
21	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 saved	obj
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the effect of Ivan's kiss upon Ivan's uncle's daughter with respect to the girl			tree rules
2	save	past	the girl	Ivan		vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
3	effect			Ivan's kiss	upon Ivan's uncle's daughter; with respect to the girl	nom effect «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient upon=obl with=obl
4	kiss		Ivan			nom kiss «act 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

He forgets her

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 forgets	nsubj
2	forgets	forget	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 forgets	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forget	present	He	her = she					tree rules

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

He forgets the girl who saved him entirely

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 forgets	nsubj
2	forgets	forget	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 girl	det
4	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 forgets	obj
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 saved	nsubj
6	saved	save	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 girl	acl:relcl
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 saved	obj
8	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	2 forgets	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forget	present	He	the girl				entirely property	tree rules
2	save	past	the girl	him = he					vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 3

He forgets her name

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 forgets	nsubj
2	forgets	forget	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 name	nmod:poss
4	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 forgets	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forget	present	He	her name					tree rules
2	name		her = she						nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

He loves the girl who saved him

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 loves	nsubj
2	loves	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 girl	det
4	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 loves	obj
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 saved	nsubj
6	saved	save	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 girl	acl:relcl
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 saved	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	love	present	He	the girl					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer girl=Stimulus
2	save	past	the girl	him = he					vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

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