Exam question 1 · Russian Folk-Tales, Ivan Golik, part 38: the prince wins t…

In the context of the narrative, what was the mare's response upon being chastised by Ivan Golik?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: narrative, Ivan · What happens: be, chastise · To what, where: response

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1132 «Russian Folk-Tales, Ivan Golik, part 38: the prince wins the serpent's daughter with Golik's help, then plans to go home» 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 context	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 context	det
3	context	context	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 narrative	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 narrative	det
6	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 context	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 response	punct
8	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	13 response	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 response	cop
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 mare	det
11	mare	mare	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 response	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 mare	case
13	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 narrative	appos
14	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	16 chastised	mark
15	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	16 chastised	aux:pass
16	chastised	chastise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 response	acl
17	by	by	ADP	_	18 Ivan	case
18	Ivan	Ivan	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 chastised	obl:agent
19	Golik	Golik	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 Ivan	flat
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 context	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the narrative	the mare's response					tree rules
2	chastise	gerund · passive	Ivan	the mare's response not said here					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: 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

She entreated him to desist, swore compliance, and bowed her head before the prince

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 entreated	nsubj
2	entreated	entreat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 entreated	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 desist	mark
5	desist	desist	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 entreated	xcomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 swore	punct
7	swore	swear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 entreated	parataxis
8	compliance	compliance	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 swore	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 bowed	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 bowed	cc
11	bowed	bow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 entreated	conj
12	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 head	nmod:poss
13	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 bowed	obj
14	before	before	ADP	_	16 prince	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 prince	det
16	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 bowed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	entreat	past	She	him = he		vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
2	desist	to-infinitive	She not said here			vn refrain-69 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	swear	past		compliance		vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent compliance=Eventuality
4	bow	past	She not said here	her head	before the prince	vn curtsey-40.3.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Topic

Option 2

She laughed and kicked him back

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 laughed	nsubj
2	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 kicked	cc
4	kicked	kick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 laughed	conj
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 kicked	obj
6	back	back	ADV	_	4 kicked	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	past	She						vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	kick back	past	She not said here	him = he					vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent he=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

She entreated him to desist and promised compliance

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 entreated	nsubj
2	entreated	entreat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 entreated	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 desist	mark
5	desist	desist	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 entreated	xcomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 promised	cc
7	promised	promise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 entreated	conj
8	compliance	compliance	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 promised	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	entreat	past	She	him = he	vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
2	desist	to-infinitive	She not said here		vn refrain-69 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	promise speech: promise	past	She not said here	compliance	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent compliance=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

She cried out and begged him to stop, promising obedience

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 cried	nsubj
2	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	out	out	ADP	_	2 cried	compound:prt
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 begged	cc
5	begged	beg	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 cried	conj
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 begged	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 stop	mark
8	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 begged	xcomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 promising	punct
10	promising	promise	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 cried	advcl
11	obedience	obedience	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 promising	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	cry out speech: express	past	She			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	beg speech: request	past	She not said here		him = he	vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
3	stop not said to happen	to-infinitive	She not said here			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
4	promise speech: promise	gerund	She not said here	obedience		vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent obedience=Theme

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