Exam question 1 · Russian Fairy Tales, Iwanich and the Witch's Horses, part…
Identify the penalty which the witch declares shall befall the Prince should any animal escape from his care.
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, witch, penalty, Prince, animal · What happens: identify, declare, befall, escape, care · To what, where: penalty, care
This is exam question 1 of lesson 1716 «Russian Fairy Tales, Iwanich and the Witch's Horses, part 40: the fish, the eagle and the fox help Iwanich get the horses back» 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 | Identify | identify | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 penalty | det |
| 3 | penalty | penalty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 befall | nsubj |
| 4 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 declares | obj |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 witch | det |
| 6 | witch | witch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 declares | nsubj |
| 7 | declares | declare | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 penalty | acl:relcl |
| 8 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 befall | aux |
| 9 | befall | befall | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Identify | ccomp |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 Prince | det |
| 11 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 escape | nsubj |
| 12 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 15 escape | aux |
| 13 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 14 animal | det |
| 14 | animal | animal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 escape | nsubj |
| 15 | escape | escape | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 befall | ccomp |
| 16 | from | from | ADP | _ | 18 care | case |
| 17 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 care | nmod:poss |
| 18 | care | care | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 escape | obl |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Identify | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | identify | imperative | you not said here | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | declare speech: other | present | the witch | the penalty | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Attribute | ||||
| 3 | befall | shall | the penalty | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | escape | should | the Prince | animal's care | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from care=Initial_Location | ||||
| 5 | care | animal | nom care «act 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 · ✓ the right answer
His head shall be displayed upon a spike.
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 head | nmod:poss |
| 2 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 displayed | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 displayed | aux |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 displayed | aux:pass |
| 5 | displayed | display | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 8 spike | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 spike | det |
| 8 | spike | spike | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 displayed | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 displayed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | display | shall · passive | His head | upon a spike | vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 2
He shall be driven from the kingdom and forbidden ever to return to his homeland.
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 | 4 driven | nsubj |
| 2 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 driven | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 driven | aux:pass |
| 4 | driven | drive | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 kingdom | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 kingdom | det |
| 7 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 driven | obl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 forbidden | cc |
| 9 | forbidden | forbid | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 driven | conj |
| 10 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 9 forbidden | advmod |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 return | mark |
| 12 | return | return | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 forbidden | xcomp |
| 13 | to | to | ADP | _ | 15 homeland | case |
| 14 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 homeland | nmod:poss |
| 15 | homeland | homeland | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 return | obl |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 driven | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drive | shall · passive | He | the kingdom | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme from kingdom=Trajectory | ||||
| 2 | forbid | participle | ever | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Causer clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | return | to-infinitive | to his homeland result | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to homeland=Result |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
He shall be bound in iron chains and cast into the dungeon beneath the castle.
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 | 4 bound | nsubj |
| 2 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 bound | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 bound | aux:pass |
| 4 | bound | bind | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 chains | case |
| 6 | iron | iron | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 chains | compound |
| 7 | chains | chain | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 bound | obl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 cast | cc |
| 9 | cast | cast | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 bound | conj |
| 10 | into | into | ADP | _ | 12 dungeon | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 dungeon | det |
| 12 | dungeon | dungeon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 cast | obl |
| 13 | beneath | beneath | ADP | _ | 15 castle | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 castle | det |
| 15 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 cast | obl |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 bound | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bind | shall · passive | He | in iron chains | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination in chain=Theme | ||||
| 2 | cast | participle | the dungeon | beneath the castle | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent into dungeon=Product |
Option 4
He shall be cast into the deep sea.
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 | 4 cast | nsubj |
| 2 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 cast | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 cast | aux:pass |
| 4 | cast | cast | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | into | into | ADP | _ | 8 sea | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 sea | det |
| 7 | deep | deep | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 sea | amod |
| 8 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 cast | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 cast | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cast | shall · passive | He | the deep sea | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: subject=Material into sea=Product |
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