Exam question 4 · Russian Folk-Tales, Ivan Golik, part 38: the prince wins t…
Which statement accurately describes the serpent's reaction once the bride had been correctly identified?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: statement, serpent · What happens: describe, identify, react · To what, where: reaction, bride
This is exam question 4 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 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 statement | det |
| 2 | statement | statement | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 describes | nsubj |
| 3 | accurately | accurately | ADV | _ | 4 describes | advmod |
| 4 | describes | describe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 serpent | det |
| 6 | serpent | serpent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 reaction | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 serpent | case |
| 8 | reaction | reaction | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 describes | obj |
| 9 | once | once | SCONJ | _ | 15 identified | mark |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 bride | det |
| 11 | bride | bride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 identified | nsubj:pass |
| 12 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 identified | aux |
| 13 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 15 identified | aux:pass |
| 14 | correctly | correctly | ADV | _ | 15 identified | advmod |
| 15 | identified | identify | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 describes | advcl |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 describes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | describe | present | which statement | the serpent's reaction | accurately property | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reaction=Theme | |||
| 2 | identify | past · perfect · passive | the bride | correctly property | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 3 | react | the serpent | nom reaction «process intransitive»: 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 · ← Mova's choice
He was amazed and sent his daughters to dress
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 | 3 amazed | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 amazed | cop |
| 3 | amazed | amazed | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 sent | cc |
| 5 | sent | send | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 amazed | conj |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 daughters | nmod:poss |
| 7 | daughters | daughter | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 sent | obj |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 dress | mark |
| 9 | dress | dress | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 sent | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | He | amazed property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | send | past | He not said here | his daughters | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=Theme | ||||
| 3 | dress | to-infinitive | He not said here | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
He arranged a feast
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 arranged | nsubj |
| 2 | arranged | arrange | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 feast | det |
| 4 | feast | feast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 arranged | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | arrange | past | He | a feast | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feast=Product |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
He expressed amazement and arranged the nuptials that day
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 expressed | nsubj |
| 2 | expressed | express | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | amazement | amazement | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 expressed | obj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 arranged | cc |
| 5 | arranged | arrange | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 expressed | conj |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 nuptials | det |
| 7 | nuptials | nuptial | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 arranged | obj |
| 8 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 day | det |
| 9 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 nuptials | nmod:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | express | past | He | amazement | vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent amazement=Theme | ||||
| 2 | arrange | past | He not said here | the nuptials that day | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nuptial=Product |
Option 4
He wept and wished them both a quiet life
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 wept | nsubj |
| 2 | wept | weep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 wished | cc |
| 4 | wished | wish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 wept | conj |
| 5 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 wished | obj |
| 6 | both | both | CCONJ | _ | 9 life | cc:preconj |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 life | det |
| 8 | quiet | quiet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 life | amod |
| 9 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 wept | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | weep | past | He | a quiet life | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | wish | past | He not said here | them = they | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot they=Theme |
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