Exam question 3 · Russian Fairy Tales, Iwanich and Militza, part 39: Iwanich…

What reason does the narrative give for the Prince's reluctance to disclose his identity to the beggar?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: reason, narrative · What happens: do, give, disclose · To what, where: identity, beggar

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1715 «Russian Fairy Tales, Iwanich and Militza, part 39: Iwanich frees a hare, breaks a forbidden door and becomes a witch's servant» 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	What	what	DET	PronType=Int	2 reason	det
2	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 does	nsubj
3	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 narrative	det
5	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 give	nsubj
6	give	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 does	ccomp
7	for	for	ADP	_	11 reluctance	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Prince	det
9	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 reluctance	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 Prince	case
11	reluctance	reluctance	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 give	obl
12	to	to	PART	_	13 disclose	mark
13	disclose	disclose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 give	advcl
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 identity	nmod:poss
15	identity	identity	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 disclose	obj
16	to	to	ADP	_	18 beggar	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 beggar	det
18	beggar	beggar	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 disclose	obl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 does	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	do	present	what reason				tree rules
2	give	present	the narrative			for the Prince's reluctance	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent for reluctance=Asset
3	disclose	to-infinitive	the narrative not said here	narrative's identity	the beggar		vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent identity=Topic to beggar=Recipient

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 afraid the beggar would tell the witch who he really was there.

The tree, 14 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	3 afraid	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 afraid	cop
3	afraid	afraid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 beggar	det
5	beggar	beggar	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tell	nsubj
6	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 tell	aux
7	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 afraid	ccomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 witch	det
9	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tell	obj
10	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 there	nsubj
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 there	nsubj
12	really	really	ADV	_	14 there	advmod
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 there	cop
14	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 witch	acl:relcl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 afraid	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	He		afraid property	tree rules
2	tell speech: assert	would	the beggar	the witch		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent witch=Recipient
3	is	past	the witch		there property	tree rules

Option 2

He was ashamed of having opened the forbidden door and losing his bride, and did not want the beggar to know.

The tree, 21 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	3 ashamed	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 ashamed	cop
3	ashamed	ashamed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 having	mark
5	having	have	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 ashamed	advcl
6	opened	open	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 having	xcomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 door	det
8	forbidden	forbidden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 door	amod
9	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 having	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 losing	cc
11	losing	lose	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 having	conj
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 bride	nmod:poss
13	bride	bride	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 losing	obj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 want	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 want	cc
16	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 want	aux
17	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	18 want	advmod
18	want	want	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 ashamed	conj
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 beggar	det
20	beggar	beggar	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 want	obj
21	to	to	PART	_	22 know	mark
22	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 want	xcomp
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 ashamed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	He		ashamed property	tree rules
2	have	gerund	He not said here	the forbidden door		tree rules
3	open	participle	the forbidden door not said here			vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	lose	gerund	He not said here	his bride		vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bride=Eventuality
5	not want	past · do-support	He not said here	the beggar		tree rules
6	know not said to happen	to-infinitive	the beggar not said here			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The narrative records that the beggar did not recognise Iwanich at all.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 records	det
2	narrative	narrative	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 records	amod
3	records	record	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 recognise	obj
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 beggar	det
6	beggar	beggar	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 recognise	nsubj
7	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 recognise	aux
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 recognise	advmod
9	recognise	recognise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 records	acl:relcl
10	Iwanich	Iwanich	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 recognise	obj
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 all	case
12	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 recognise	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 records	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not recognise	past · do-support	the beggar	the narrative records		all			tree rules

Option 4

He wished to keep his true rank secret from strangers he met on the road.

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 wished	nsubj
2	wished	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 keep	mark
4	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wished	xcomp
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 secret	nmod:poss
6	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 secret	amod
7	rank	rank	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 secret	compound
8	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 keep	obj
9	from	from	ADP	_	10 strangers	case
10	strangers	stranger	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 keep	obl
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 met	nsubj
12	met	meet	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 strangers	acl:relcl
13	on	on	ADP	_	15 road	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 road	det
15	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 met	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 wished	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	wish	past	He			vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	keep not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	his true rank secret	strangers	vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer secret=Beneficiary from stranger=Eventuality
3	meet	past	he	strangers not said here	the road	vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stranger=Co-Agent

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