Exam question 4 · Russian Fairy Tales, Martin the Peasant, part 42: Martin's…

What was the nature of the bargain Martin struck with the peasant?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: nature · What happens: be, strike

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1718 «Russian Fairy Tales, Martin the Peasant, part 42: Martin's mother goes to the King to woo his daughter» 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	PRON	PronType=Int	9 struck	obj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 nature	det
4	nature	nature	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 struck	nsubj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 bargain	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bargain	det
7	bargain	bargain	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 nature	nmod
8	Martin	Martin	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 bargain	appos
9	struck	strike	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 peasant	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 peasant	det
12	peasant	peasant	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 struck	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 struck	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past							tree rules
2	strike	past	the nature of the bargain					with the peasant	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with peasant=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

a whole year of hard unpaid labour in exchange for the right to choose any single sack in the barn

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 year	det
2	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 year	amod
3	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 labour	case
5	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 labour	amod
6	unpaid	unpaid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 labour	amod
7	labour	labour	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 year	nmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 exchange	case
9	exchange	exchange	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 labour	nmod
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 right	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 right	det
12	right	right	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 exchange	nmod
13	to	to	PART	_	14 choose	mark
14	choose	choose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 right	acl
15	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	17 sack	det
16	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 sack	amod
17	sack	sack	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 choose	obj
18	in	in	ADP	_	20 barn	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 barn	det
20	barn	barn	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 sack	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	choose	to-infinitive		any single sack		the barn			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sack=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

a year of unpaid service for a choice of sacks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 year	det
2	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 choice	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 service	case
4	unpaid	unpaid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 service	amod
5	service	service	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 year	nmod
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 choice	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 choice	det
8	choice	choice	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 sacks	case
10	sacks	sack	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 choice	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

a year of work for some coins

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 year	det
2	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 work	case
4	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 year	nmod
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 coins	case
6	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	7 coins	det
7	coins	coin	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 year	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

a full year of labour for a purse of silver

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 year	det
2	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 year	amod
3	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 labour	case
5	labour	labour	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 year	nmod
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 purse	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 purse	det
8	purse	purse	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 labour	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 silver	case
10	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 purse	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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