Exam question 3 · Russian Fairy Tales, Iwanich and the Witch's Horses, part…

Determine the reason why the Prince did not awaken until the evening of the second day.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Prince · What happens: determine, not awaken · To what, where: reason

This is exam question 3 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	Determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 reason	det
3	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Determine	obj
4	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	9 awaken	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Prince	det
6	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 awaken	nsubj
7	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 awaken	aux
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 awaken	advmod
9	awaken	awaken	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 reason	acl:relcl
10	until	until	ADP	_	12 evening	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 evening	det
12	evening	evening	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 awaken	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	16 day	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 day	det
15	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	16 day	amod
16	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 evening	nmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Determine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	determine	imperative	you not said here	the reason					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic
2	not awaken	past · do-support	the Prince				evening		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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 had been deliberately drugged by the witch's servants during the night while guarding the horses at the river.

The tree, 20 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	5 drugged	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 drugged	aux
3	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 drugged	aux:pass
4	deliberately	deliberately	ADV	_	5 drugged	advmod
5	drugged	drug	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	10 servants	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 witch	det
8	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 servants	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 witch	case
10	servants	servant	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 drugged	obl
11	during	during	ADP	_	13 night	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 night	det
13	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 drugged	obl
14	while	while	SCONJ	_	15 guarding	mark
15	guarding	guard	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 drugged	advcl
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 horses	det
17	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 guarding	obj
18	at	at	ADP	_	20 river	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 river	det
20	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 guarding	obl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 drugged	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drug	past · perfect · passive	the witch's servants	He			night	deliberately property	vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Destination
2	guard	gerund	the witch's servants not said here		the horses	the river			vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Beneficiary

Option 2

The witch cast a spell that kept him in a deep sleep, which the eagles and the fish had warned him about in advance of the trial.

The tree, 27 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 witch	det
2	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cast	nsubj
3	cast	cast	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 spell	det
5	spell	spell	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cast	obj
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 kept	nsubj
7	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 spell	acl:relcl
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 kept	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	12 sleep	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 sleep	det
11	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 sleep	amod
12	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 kept	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 eagles	punct
14	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 eagles	nsubj
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 eagles	det
16	eagles	eagle	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 sleep	conj
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 warned	cc
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 fish	det
19	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 warned	nsubj:pass
20	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 warned	aux
21	warned	warn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 kept	conj
22	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 warned	obj
23	about	about	ADP	_	25 advance	case
24	in	in	ADP	_	25 advance	case
25	advance	advance	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 warned	obl
26	of	of	ADP	_	28 trial	case
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 trial	det
28	trial	trial	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 advance	nmod
29	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 cast	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	cast	past	the witch	a spell				vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spell=Product
2	keep	past	a spell	him = he		a deep sleep and the eagles		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme in sleep=Location
3	eagle		a deep sleep and the eagles					tree rules
4	warn speech: warn	past · perfect · passive		the fish	him = he		about advance of the trial	tree rules
5	advance		the trial					nom advance «event intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He was overcome by a magic sleep imposed by the witch.

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 overcome	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 overcome	aux:pass
3	overcome	overcome	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	7 sleep	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 sleep	det
6	magic	magic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 sleep	amod
7	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 overcome	obl
8	imposed	impose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 sleep	acl
9	by	by	ADP	_	11 witch	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 witch	det
11	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 imposed	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 overcome	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	overcome	past · passive	a magic sleep	He					vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot subject=Theme
2	impose	participle		a magic sleep not said here				by the witch	vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 4

He was tricked by the eagles into falling asleep.

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 tricked	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 tricked	aux:pass
3	tricked	trick	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 eagles	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 eagles	det
6	eagles	eagle	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 tricked	obl
7	into	into	SCONJ	_	8 falling	mark
8	falling	fall	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 tricked	advcl
9	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 falling	xcomp
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 tricked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trick	past · passive	the eagles	He					vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
2	fall	gerund	the eagles not said here					asleep property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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