Exam question 4 · Russian Fairy Tales, Iwanich and Militza, part 39: Iwanich…

Describe the manner in which Iwanich was released from the enclosure of the wild beasts in the wood.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: describe, release · To what, where: manner, Iwanich

This is exam question 4 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	Describe	describe	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Describe	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 released	obl
6	Iwanich	Iwanich	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 released	nsubj:pass
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 released	aux:pass
8	released	release	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 manner	acl:relcl
9	from	from	ADP	_	11 enclosure	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 enclosure	det
11	enclosure	enclosure	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 released	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	15 beasts	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 beasts	det
14	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 beasts	amod
15	beasts	beast	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 enclosure	nmod
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 wood	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 wood	det
18	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 beasts	nmod
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Describe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	describe	imperative	you not said here	the manner					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme
2	release	past · passive		Iwanich		the manner		from the enclosure of the wild beasts in the wood	vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Source

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

The beasts were tamed by him, so he passed them and walked out alone.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 beasts	det
2	beasts	beast	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 tamed	nsubj:pass
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 tamed	aux:pass
4	tamed	tame	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 him	case
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 tamed	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 passed	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	10 passed	advmod
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 passed	nsubj
10	passed	pass	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 tamed	parataxis
11	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 passed	obj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 walked	cc
13	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 passed	conj
14	out	out	ADV	_	13 walked	advmod
15	alone	alone	ADV	_	13 walked	advmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 tamed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	tame	past · passive	him = he	the beasts		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
2	pass	past	he	beasts = beast		vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme they=Trajectory
3	walk out	past	he not said here		alone, out property	vn resign-10.11 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He threw the hare to the beasts, which fled in pursuit, and he continued alone.

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 threw	nsubj
2	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 hare	det
4	hare	hare	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 threw	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 beasts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 beasts	det
7	beasts	beast	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 threw	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 fled	punct
9	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 fled	nsubj
10	fled	flee	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 beasts	acl:relcl
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 pursuit	case
12	pursuit	pursuit	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 fled	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 continued	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 continued	cc
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 continued	nsubj
16	continued	continue	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 threw	parataxis
17	alone	alone	ADV	_	16 continued	advmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 threw	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	throw	past	He	the hare	the beasts		vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent hare=Theme to beast=Destination
2	flee	past	the beasts		pursuit		vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	continue	past	hare			alone property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

He threw a bone to them, and they chased it while he walked off.

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	2 threw	nsubj
2	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 bone	det
4	bone	bone	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 threw	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 them	case
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 threw	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 chased	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 chased	cc
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 chased	nsubj
10	chased	chase	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 threw	parataxis
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 chased	obj
12	while	while	SCONJ	_	14 walked	mark
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 walked	nsubj
14	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 chased	conj
15	off	off	ADP	_	14 walked	compound:prt
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 threw	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	throw	past	He	a bone	them = they	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent bone=Theme to they=Destination
2	chase	past	they	bone		vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
3	walk off	past	he			vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

He threw a hare.

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 threw	nsubj
2	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 hare	det
4	hare	hare	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 threw	obj
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 threw	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	past	He	a hare					vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hare=Theme

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