Exam question 2 · Russian Fairy Tales, Martin the Widow's Son, part 43: the…

By what means did the Princess obtain the secret of her husband's power?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Princess · What happens: mean, obtain · To what, where: secret

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1719 «Russian Fairy Tales, Martin the Widow's Son, part 43: the King jails Martin, and his animal friends steal rolls to save him» 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	By	by	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 obtain	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Princess	det
6	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 obtain	nsubj
7	obtain	obtain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 secret	det
9	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 obtain	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	14 power	case
11	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 husband	nmod:poss
12	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 power	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 husband	case
14	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 secret	nmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 what	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present							vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	obtain	past · do-support	the Princess	the secret of Princess's husband's power					vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent secret=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 · ✓ the right answer

By administering a potion and listening while he slept

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 administering	mark
2	administering	administer	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 potion	det
4	potion	potion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 administering	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 listening	cc
6	listening	listen	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 administering	conj
7	while	while	SCONJ	_	9 slept	mark
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 slept	nsubj
9	slept	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 listening	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	administer	gerund		a potion	vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent potion=Theme
2	listen	gerund			vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
3	sleep	past	he		vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

By threatening him with the King's guards at night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 threatening	mark
2	threatening	threaten	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 threatening	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	8 guards	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 King	det
6	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 guards	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 King	case
8	guards	guard	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 threatening	obl
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 night	case
10	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 threatening	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	threaten	gerund		him = he			night	with the King's guards	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer

Option 3

By administering a potion and listening while he slept beside the tower wall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 administering	mark
2	administering	administer	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 slept	advcl
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 potion	det
4	potion	potion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 administering	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 listening	cc
6	listening	listen	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 administering	conj
7	while	while	SCONJ	_	9 slept	mark
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 slept	nsubj
9	slept	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	beside	beside	ADP	_	13 wall	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 wall	det
12	tower	tower	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 wall	compound
13	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 slept	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	administer	gerund	he not said here	a potion		vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent potion=Theme
2	listen	gerund	he not said here			vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
3	sleep	past	he		the tower wall	vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

By administering a sleeping potion and listening carefully while he slept and talked

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 administering	mark
2	administering	administer	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 potion	det
4	sleeping	sleep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 potion	amod
5	potion	potion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 administering	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 listening	cc
7	listening	listen	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 administering	conj
8	carefully	carefully	ADV	_	7 listening	advmod
9	while	while	SCONJ	_	11 slept	mark
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 slept	nsubj
11	slept	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 listening	advcl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 talked	cc
13	talked	talk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 slept	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	administer	gerund		a sleeping potion		vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent potion=Theme
2	sleep	gerund				vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	listen	gerund			carefully property	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
4	sleep	past	he			vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	talk	past	he not said here			vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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