Exam question 4 · Russian Folk-Tales, The She-Dragon's Daughter, part 34: Iv…

What does the she-dragon's husband report to his wife concerning the wheat and the old man?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: wife, she dragon · What happens: do, concern, report · To what, where: husband report, wheat

This is exam question 4 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	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	acl:relcl
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 dragon	det
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 dragon	compound
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 she	punct
6	dragon	dragon	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 report	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 dragon	case
8	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 report	compound
9	report	report	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 does	obj
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 wife	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 wife	nmod:poss
12	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 does	obl
13	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 wife	acl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 wheat	det
15	wheat	wheat	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 concerning	obj
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 man	cc
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 man	det
18	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 man	amod
19	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 wheat	conj
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	present		the she dragon's husband report	to dragon's wife	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent report=Eventuality
2	concern	gerund	dragon's wife not said here	the wheat and the old man		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus wheat=Experiencer
3	report		the she dragon			nom report «communication 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 reports the old man was fine and the wheat had been planted last spring

The tree, 15 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 reports	nsubj
2	reports	report	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 man	det
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 man	amod
5	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fine	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 fine	cop
7	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 reports	ccomp
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 planted	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 wheat	det
10	wheat	wheat	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 planted	nsubj:pass
11	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 planted	aux
12	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	13 planted	aux:pass
13	planted	plant	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 reports	conj
14	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 spring	amod
15	spring	spring	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 planted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	report	present	He				vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	the old man			fine property	tree rules
3	plant	past · perfect · passive		the wheat	spring		vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 2

The wheat was ready

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 wheat	det
2	wheat	wheat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ready	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 ready	cop
4	ready	ready	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the wheat					ready property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He reports that the wheat was ready for the sickle and turned back

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 reports	nsubj
2	reports	report	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 ready	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 wheat	det
5	wheat	wheat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 ready	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 ready	cop
7	ready	ready	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 reports	advcl
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 sickle	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 sickle	det
10	sickle	sickle	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 ready	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 turned	cc
12	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 reports	conj
13	back	back	ADV	_	12 turned	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	report	present	He		vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	the wheat	for the sickle; ready property	tree rules
3	turn back	past	He not said here		vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

He says the wheat was old

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 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 wheat	det
4	wheat	wheat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 old	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 old	cop
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 says	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	He						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	the wheat					old property	tree rules

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