Exam question 2 · Russian Tales, Ivan Golik, part 37: Ivan's animal helpers…
By what means did Ivan Golik obtain the lost ring for the prince?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ivan · What happens: mean, obtain, lose · To what, where: lost ring
This is exam question 2 of lesson 1131 «Russian Tales, Ivan Golik, part 37: Ivan's animal helpers win the serpent's tasks» 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 | By | by | ADP | _ | 2 what | case |
| 2 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 3 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 what | acl:relcl |
| 4 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 obtain | aux |
| 5 | Ivan | Ivan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 obtain | nsubj |
| 6 | Golik | Golik | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 Ivan | flat |
| 7 | obtain | obtain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 what | acl:relcl |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 ring | det |
| 9 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 ring | amod |
| 10 | ring | ring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 obtain | obj |
| 11 | for | for | ADP | _ | 13 prince | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 prince | det |
| 13 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 ring | nmod |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 what | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | obtain | past · do-support | Ivan | the lost ring | for the prince | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent ring=Theme for prince=Asset | |||
| 3 | lose | participle | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=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
By means of the fox and his wife
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | By | by | ADP | _ | 2 means | case |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 fox | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 fox | det |
| 5 | fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 means | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 wife | cc |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 wife | nmod:poss |
| 8 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 fox | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | of the fox and his wife | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Through the help of a clever crab
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Through | through | ADP | _ | 3 help | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 help | det |
| 3 | help | help | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 crab | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 crab | det |
| 6 | clever | clever | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 crab | amod |
| 7 | crab | crab | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 help | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | a clever crab | nom help «act transitive»: of=patient |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
With a golden key
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | With | with | ADP | _ | 4 key | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 key | det |
| 3 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 key | amod |
| 4 | key | key | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
By means of the pike and their mother
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | By | by | ADP | _ | 2 means | case |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 pike | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 pike | det |
| 5 | pike | pike | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 means | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 mother | cc |
| 7 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 mother | nmod:poss |
| 8 | mother | mother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 pike | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | of the pike and pike's mother | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
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