Exam question 1 · Cossack Fairy Tales, Ivan Golik: the whip breaks the spell…

Which of the following most accurately describes the manner in which Ivan Golik constructed the implement used to dispel the enchantment?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ivan, implement · What happens: follow, describe, construct, use, dispel · To what, where: manner, enchantment

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1134 «Cossack Fairy Tales, Ivan Golik: the whip breaks the spell and the princess becomes human» 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	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 describes	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	7 describes	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 describes	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 describes	csubj
5	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	6 accurately	advmod
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	7 describes	advmod
7	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 manner	det
9	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 describes	obj
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 which	case
11	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 constructed	obl
12	Ivan	Ivan	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 constructed	nsubj
13	Golik	Golik	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Ivan	flat
14	constructed	construct	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 manner	acl:relcl
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 implement	det
16	implement	implement	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 used	nsubj
17	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 constructed	ccomp
18	to	to	PART	_	19 dispel	mark
19	dispel	dispel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 used	xcomp
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 enchantment	det
21	enchantment	enchantment	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 dispel	obj
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the manner		accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme
3	construct	past	Ivan		the manner		tree rules
4	use	past	the implement				vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
5	dispel	to-infinitive	the implement not said here	the enchantment			vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent enchantment=Patient

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 wound tarred hemp and braided more strands until all the material was used up

The tree, 15 words

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 wound	nsubj
2	wound	woun	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	tarred	tar	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 hemp	amod
4	hemp	hemp	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wound	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 braided	cc
6	braided	braid	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 wound	conj
7	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	8 strands	amod
8	strands	strand	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 braided	obj
9	until	until	SCONJ	_	14 used	mark
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	12 material	det:predet
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 material	det
12	material	material	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 used	nsubj:pass
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 used	aux:pass
14	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 braided	advcl
15	up	up	ADP	_	14 used	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	woun	past	He	tarred hemp	tree rules
2	tar	participle			vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent
3	braid	past	He not said here	more strands	vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent strand=Patient
4	use up	past · passive		all material	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 2

He spun the hemp, coated it with pitch, and knotted layers until the supply ran out

The tree, 16 words

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 spun	nsubj
2	spun	spin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 hemp	det
4	hemp	hemp	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spun	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 coated	punct
6	coated	coat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 spun	conj
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 coated	obj
8	with	with	ADP	_	9 pitch	case
9	pitch	pitch	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 coated	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 knotted	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 knotted	cc
12	knotted	knot	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 spun	conj
13	layers	layer	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 knotted	obj
14	until	until	SCONJ	_	17 ran	mark
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 supply	det
16	supply	supply	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 ran	nsubj
17	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 knotted	advcl
18	out	out	ADP	_	17 ran	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	spin	past	He	the hemp		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent hemp=Theme
2	coat	past	He not said here	hemp	with pitch	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Destination with pitch=Theme
3	knot	past	He not said here	layers		vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent layer=Patient
4	run out	past	the supply			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He twined hemp, tarred it, and plaited further layers until the full quantity was consumed

The tree, 15 words

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 twined	nsubj
2	twined	twine	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	hemp	hemp	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 twined	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 tarred	punct
5	tarred	tar	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 twined	conj
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 tarred	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 plaited	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 plaited	cc
9	plaited	plait	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 twined	conj
10	further	further	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 layers	amod
11	layers	layer	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 plaited	obj
12	until	until	SCONJ	_	17 consumed	mark
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 quantity	det
14	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 quantity	amod
15	quantity	quantity	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 consumed	nsubj:pass
16	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 consumed	aux:pass
17	consumed	consume	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 plaited	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	twine	past	He	hemp	vn coil-9.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent hemp=Theme
2	tar	past	He not said here	hemp	vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Destination
3	plait	participle	He not said here	further layers	vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent layer=Patient
4	consume	past · passive		the full quantity	vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset

Option 4

He plaited hemp and tar

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 plaited	nsubj
2	plaited	plait	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	hemp	hemp	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 plaited	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 tar	cc
5	tar	tar	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hemp	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	plait	past	He	hemp and tar					vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hemp=Patient

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