Exam question 2 · Russian Fairy Tales, Waska and Schurka: Waska wins back Ma…

Why does the Princess cough and sneeze in her bedchamber at night?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: do · To what, where: Princess cough, bedchamber

This is exam question 2 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	2 does	advmod
2	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 cough	det
4	Princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cough	compound
5	cough	cough	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 does	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 sneeze	cc
7	sneeze	sneeze	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cough	conj
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 bedchamber	case
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 bedchamber	nmod:poss
10	bedchamber	bedchamber	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 does	obl
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 night	case
12	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 does	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 does	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present		the Princess cough and sneeze		her bedchamber	night		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cough=Eventuality

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

Because fluff from her pillow is drawn into her nose and mouth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	7 drawn	mark
2	fluff	fluff	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 drawn	nsubj:pass
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 pillow	case
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 pillow	nmod:poss
5	pillow	pillow	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fluff	nmod
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 drawn	aux:pass
7	drawn	draw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	into	into	ADP	_	10 nose	case
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 nose	nmod:poss
10	nose	nose	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 drawn	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 mouth	cc
12	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 nose	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	draw	present · passive		fluff from her pillow				into her nose and mouth result	vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Patient into nose=Result

Option 2

Because a cold wind enters through her open window at night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	5 enters	mark
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 wind	det
3	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 wind	amod
4	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 enters	nsubj
5	enters	enter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	through	through	ADP	_	9 window	case
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 window	nmod:poss
8	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 window	amod
9	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 enters	obl
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 night	case
11	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 enters	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	enter	present	a cold wind			wind's open window	night		vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme through window=Initial_Location

Option 3

Because the mouse sends fluff up her nose and the cat wakes her up all night long

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	4 sends	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 mouse	det
3	mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sends	nsubj
4	sends	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	fluff	fluff	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sends	obj
6	up	up	ADP	_	8 nose	case
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 nose	nmod:poss
8	nose	nose	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sends	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 wakes	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 cat	det
11	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 wakes	nsubj
12	wakes	wake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 sends	conj
13	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 wakes	obj
14	up	up	ADP	_	12 wakes	compound:prt
15	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	16 night	det
16	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 wakes	obl:unmarked
17	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	12 wakes	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	present	the mouse	fluff				up mouse's nose	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fluff=Theme
2	wake up	present	the cat	mouse			night	long property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent she=Patient

Option 4

Because her pillow is full of old feathers and the mouse is spreading dust through her whole bedchamber

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	5 full	mark
2	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 pillow	nmod:poss
3	pillow	pillow	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 full	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 full	cop
5	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 feathers	case
7	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 feathers	amod
8	feathers	feather	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 full	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 spreading	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 mouse	det
11	mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 spreading	nsubj
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 spreading	aux
13	spreading	spread	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 full	conj
14	dust	dust	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 spreading	obj
15	through	through	ADP	_	18 bedchamber	case
16	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 bedchamber	nmod:poss
17	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 bedchamber	amod
18	bedchamber	bedchamber	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 spreading	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	her pillow					of old feathers; full property	tree rules
2	spread	present · progressive	the mouse	dust		mouse's whole bedchamber			vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent dust=Theme through bedchamber=Destination

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