Exam question 4 · Russian Fairy Tales, Ivan Golik: the princess splits Ivan…

On what grounds did the prince declare that he must depart?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: prince · What happens: declare, depart

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1133 «Russian Fairy Tales, Ivan Golik: the princess splits Ivan in two, and the brothers meet again» 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	On	on	SCONJ	_	4 did	mark
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 did	obj
3	grounds	grounds	NOUN	Number=Ptan	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 declare	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 prince	det
6	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 declare	nsubj
7	declare	declare	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 depart	mark
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 depart	nsubj
10	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 depart	aux
11	depart	depart	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 declare	xcomp
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 declare	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	declare speech: other	past · do-support	the prince						vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	depart	must	prince						vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

His wife was waiting at the palace gate

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	2 wife	nmod:poss
2	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 waiting	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 waiting	aux
4	waiting	wait	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	8 gate	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 gate	det
7	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 gate	compound
8	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 waiting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	past · progressive	His wife			the palace gate			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at gate=Location

Option 2

His wife wanted tea

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	2 wife	nmod:poss
2	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wanted	nsubj
3	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	tea	tea	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wanted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	His wife	tea					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot tea=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He had to drive the swine home for his wife's tea

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 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 drive	mark
4	drive	drive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 had	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 swine	det
6	swine	swine	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 drive	obj
7	home	home	ADV	_	4 drive	advmod
8	for	for	ADP	_	12 tea	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 wife	nmod:poss
10	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 tea	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 wife	case
12	tea	tea	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 drive	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	He						tree rules
2	drive	to-infinitive	He not said here	the swine				for his wife's tea; home property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme swine=Trajectory

Option 4

The tea was cold

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

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

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

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