Exam question 4 · Russian Fairy Tales, Waska and Schurka: Waska wins back Ma…
What does Martin ultimately decide regarding his wife's punishment after the King's request?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: wife, King · What happens: decide, regard, punish, request
This is exam question 4 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 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 decide | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 decide | aux |
| 3 | Martin | Martin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 does | obj |
| 4 | ultimately | ultimately | ADV | _ | 5 decide | advmod |
| 5 | decide | decide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | regarding | regard | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 10 punishment | case |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 wife | nmod:poss |
| 8 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 punishment | nmod:poss |
| 9 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 8 wife | case |
| 10 | punishment | punishment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 decide | obl |
| 11 | after | after | ADP | _ | 15 request | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 King | det |
| 13 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 request | nmod:poss |
| 14 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 13 King | case |
| 15 | request | request | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 decide | obl |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 decide | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | decide | present · do-support | after the King's request | regard Martin's wife's punishment; ultimately property | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent what=Topic | ||||
| 2 | regard | gerund | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | punish | Martin's wife | nom punishment «act transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 4 | request | the King | nom request «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
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 orders her banished from the kingdom at once
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 | 2 orders | nsubj |
| 2 | orders | order | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 kingdom | nmod:poss |
| 4 | banished | banish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 kingdom | amod |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 kingdom | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 kingdom | det |
| 7 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 orders | obj |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 once | case |
| 9 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 2 orders | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | order | present | He | her banished kingdom | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent kingdom=Theme at once=Asset | ||||
| 2 | banish | participle | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
He forgives her and restores her to his heart
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 | 2 forgives | nsubj |
| 2 | forgives | forgive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 forgives | obj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 restores | cc |
| 5 | restores | restore | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 forgives | conj |
| 6 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 restores | obj |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 heart | case |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 heart | nmod:poss |
| 9 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 restores | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | forgive | present | He | her = she | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | ||||
| 2 | restore | present | He not said here | her = she | his heart | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Theme to heart=Recipient |
Option 3
He banishes her
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 | 2 banishes | nsubj |
| 2 | banishes | banish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 banishes | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | banish | present | He | her = she | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |
Option 4
He keeps her locked in the tower for years
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 | 2 keeps | nsubj |
| 2 | keeps | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 tower | nmod:poss |
| 4 | locked | lock | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 tower | amod |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 tower | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 tower | det |
| 7 | tower | tower | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 keeps | obj |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 years | case |
| 9 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 keeps | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | present | He | her locked tower | year | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tower=Theme | |||
| 2 | lock | participle | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
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