Exam question 2 · Russian Fairy Tales, Iwanich and the Witch's Horses, part…

State the means by which the Prince is enabled to summon the eagle to his aid.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: State, Prince · What happens: mean, enable, summon · To what, where: Prince, eagle · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 2 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	State	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 means	nsubj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 means	nsubj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 enabled	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Prince	det
7	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 enabled	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 enabled	aux:pass
9	enabled	enable	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 means	ccomp
10	to	to	PART	_	11 summon	mark
11	summon	summon	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 enabled	xcomp
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 eagle	det
13	eagle	eagle	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 summon	obj
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 aid	case
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 aid	nmod:poss
16	aid	aid	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 summon	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	mean	present	State				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	enable	present · passive		the Prince			tree rules
3	summon	to-infinitive	the Prince not said here		the eagle	to Prince's aid	vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eagle=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 must tie the feather to his arm and climb the highest mountain in the land.

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	3 tie	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 tie	aux
3	tie	tie	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 feather	det
5	feather	feather	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tie	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 arm	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 arm	nmod:poss
8	arm	arm	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tie	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 climb	cc
10	climb	climb	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 tie	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 mountain	det
12	highest	high	ADJ	Degree=Sup	13 mountain	amod
13	mountain	mountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 climb	obj
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 land	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 land	det
16	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 mountain	nmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 tie	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tie	must	He	the feather				to his arm	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent feather=Patient to arm=Co-Patient
2	climb	present	He not said here	the highest mountain		the land			vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location mountain=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He must blow the feather into the air.

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 blow	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 blow	aux
3	blow	blow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 feather	det
5	feather	feather	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 blow	obj
6	into	into	ADP	_	8 air	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 air	det
8	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 blow	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 blow	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blow	must	He	the feather		the air			vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent feather=Material into air=Product

Option 3

He must carry the feather across the sea and blow it upon the old stone altar.

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	3 carry	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 carry	aux
3	carry	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 feather	det
5	feather	feather	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 carry	obj
6	across	across	ADP	_	8 sea	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sea	det
8	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 carry	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 blow	cc
10	blow	blow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 carry	conj
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 blow	obj
12	upon	upon	ADP	_	16 altar	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 altar	det
14	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 altar	amod
15	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 altar	compound
16	altar	altar	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 blow	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 carry	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	must	He	the feather		the sea			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feather=Theme
2	blow	infinitive	He not said here	feather				upon the old stone altar	vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Option 4

He must wave the feather at the sky.

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 wave	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 wave	aux
3	wave	wave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 feather	det
5	feather	feather	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wave	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 sky	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sky	det
8	sky	sky	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wave	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 wave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wave	must	He	the feather		the sky			vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feather=Patient

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