Exam question 3 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Forty-First Brother: the foal save…

Which object did the youngest recover from the vat, and what was the outcome for the Tsar who attempted the same act?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: object, outcome · What happens: do, be, attempt · To what, where: youngest recover, vat, outcome, same act

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1129 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Forty-First Brother: the foal saves the brothers from Wednesday and the youngest wins the Tsar's favour» 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 object	det
2	object	object	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	6 recover	det
5	youngest	young	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 recover	amod
6	recover	recover	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obj
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 vat	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 vat	det
9	vat	vat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 outcome	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 outcome	cc
12	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	15 outcome	nsubj
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 outcome	cop
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 outcome	det
15	outcome	outcome	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obl:unmarked
16	for	for	ADP	_	18 Tsar	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 Tsar	det
18	Tsar	Tsar	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 outcome	nmod
19	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	20 attempted	nsubj
20	attempted	attempt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 outcome	acl:relcl
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 act	det
22	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 act	amod
23	act	act	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 attempted	obj
24	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	do	past	which object	the youngest recover	the vat		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent recover=Eventuality
2	is a	past		the outcome		for the Tsar	tree rules
3	attempt	past	the outcome	the same act			vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent act=Eventuality

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 · ✓ the right answer

The Tsar's golden ring; the Tsar was boiled red and died

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Tsar	det
2	Tsar	Tsar	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 ring	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 Tsar	case
4	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 ring	amod
5	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 boiled	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Tsar	det
8	Tsar	Tsar	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 boiled	nsubj:pass
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 boiled	aux:pass
10	boiled	boil	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 ring	acl:relcl
11	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 boiled	xcomp
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 died	cc
13	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 boiled	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	boil	past · passive	the Tsar's golden ring not said here	the Tsar				red property	vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient
2	die	past	the Tsar's golden ring not said here						vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

Option 2

His silver key; the Tsar was rescued and lived well

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 key	nmod:poss
2	silver	silver	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 key	amod
3	key	key	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 rescued	nsubj:pass
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	3 key	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Tsar	det
6	Tsar	Tsar	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 rescued	nsubj:pass
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 rescued	aux:pass
8	rescued	rescue	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 lived	cc
10	lived	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 rescued	conj
11	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	10 lived	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rescue	past · passive		His silver key					vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	live	past						well property	vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

The golden ring; the Tsar was saved by the youngest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 ring	det
2	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 ring	amod
3	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 saved	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Tsar	det
6	Tsar	Tsar	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 saved	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 saved	aux:pass
8	saved	save	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 ring	acl:relcl
9	by	by	ADP	_	11 youngest	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 youngest	det
11	youngest	young	ADJ	Degree=Sup	8 saved	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	save	past · passive		the Tsar				by the youngest	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4

The Tsar's golden ring and a silver spoon; the Tsar was boiled red, lost his crown, and died in the vat

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Tsar	det
2	Tsar	Tsar	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 ring	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 Tsar	case
4	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 ring	amod
5	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 lost	nsubj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 spoon	cc
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 spoon	det
8	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 spoon	compound
9	spoon	spoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ring	conj
10	;	;	PUNCT	_	14 boiled	punct
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Tsar	det
12	Tsar	Tsar	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 boiled	nsubj:pass
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 boiled	aux:pass
14	boiled	boil	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 ring	acl:relcl
15	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 boiled	xcomp
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 ring	punct
17	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
18	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 crown	nmod:poss
19	crown	crown	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 lost	obj
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 died	punct
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 died	cc
22	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 lost	conj
23	in	in	ADP	_	25 vat	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 vat	det
25	vat	vat	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 died	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	boil	past · passive	the Tsar's golden ring and a silver spoon not said here	the Tsar	red property	vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient
2	lose	past	the Tsar's golden ring and a silver spoon	his crown		vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crown=Eventuality
3	die	past	the Tsar's golden ring and a silver spoon not said here		in the vat	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in vat=Attribute
4	crown		his = he			nom crown «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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