Exam question 1 · Russian Fairy Tales, Waska and Schurka: Waska wins back Ma…

In the part, which creature does Waska spare, and under what condition is it spared?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: creature, Waska · What happens: do, spare · To what, where: part, condition

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1720 «Russian Fairy Tales, Waska and Schurka: Waska wins back Martin's magic ring, and his castle is rebuilt» 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 part	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 part	det
3	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 does	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 part	punct
5	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	6 creature	det
6	creature	creature	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 does	nsubj
7	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	Waska	Waska	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 spare	nsubj
9	spare	spare	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 does	ccomp
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 what	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 what	cc
12	under	under	ADP	_	13 what	case
13	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 does	parataxis
14	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 spared	nsubj:pass
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 spared	aux:pass
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 spared	nsubj:pass
17	spared	spare	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 what	acl:relcl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 does	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	do	present	which creature		the part	tree rules
2	spare	infinitive	Waska			vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: agent=Agent
3	spare	present · passive		condition		vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: subject=Asset

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

The King of the Mice, on condition that he steal the Princess's ring

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 King	det
2	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 Mice	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Mice	det
5	Mice	mouse	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 King	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 condition	punct
7	on	on	ADP	_	8 condition	case
8	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 King	acl:relcl
9	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 steal	mark
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 steal	nsubj
11	steal	steal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 condition	acl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Princess	det
13	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 ring	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 Princess	case
15	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 steal	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	steal	present	King	the Princess's ring					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location ring=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

The Princess, on condition she gives the cat her ring at dawn

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Princess	det
2	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 gives	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 condition	punct
4	on	on	ADP	_	5 condition	case
5	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 gives	obl
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 gives	nsubj
7	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 cat	det
9	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 gives	obj
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 ring	nmod:poss
11	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 gives	obj
12	at	at	ADP	_	13 dawn	case
13	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 gives	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present	the Princess	Princess's ring	the cat	condition	dawn		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent cat=Recipient ring=Theme on condition=Asset

Option 3

The King of the Mice, provided he returns the Princess's ring to the cat

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 King	det
2	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 provided	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 Mice	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Mice	det
5	Mice	mouse	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 King	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 King	punct
7	provided	provide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 returns	ccomp
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 returns	nsubj
9	returns	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Princess	det
11	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 ring	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 Princess	case
13	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 returns	obj
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 cat	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 cat	det
16	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 returns	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	provide	past	the King of the Mice						vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition
2	return	present	King	the Princess's ring				to the cat	tree rules

Option 4

The mouse, if he steals the ring

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 mouse	det
2	mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 steals	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 steals	punct
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 steals	mark
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 steals	nsubj
6	steals	steal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 ring	det
8	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 steals	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	steal	present	the mouse	the ring					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location ring=Theme

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