Exam question 3 · Russian Folk-Tales, King Frost: the stepmother's daughter…

What, according to the passage, was the final fate of the stepmother?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · What happens: accord, be · To what, where: final fate

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1725 «Russian Folk-Tales, King Frost: the stepmother's daughter is frozen while the girl is saved» 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	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 fate	punct
3	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 passage	case
4	to	to	ADP	_	3 according	fixed
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 passage	det
6	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 fate	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 passage	punct
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 fate	cop
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 fate	det
10	final	final	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 fate	amod
11	fate	fate	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	appos
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 stepmother	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 stepmother	det
14	stepmother	stepmother	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 fate	nmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accord	gerund							vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past		the final fate				accord the passage; of the stepmother	tree rules

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

She was sent away to live in the forest alone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 sent	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sent	aux:pass
3	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	away	away	ADV	_	3 sent	advmod
5	to	to	PART	_	6 live	mark
6	live	live	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 sent	advcl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 forest	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 forest	det
9	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 live	obl
10	alone	alone	ADV	_	6 live	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send away	past · passive		She				away property	vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	live	to-infinitive				the forest		alone property	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in forest=Location

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

She was chilled to death upon embracing her daughter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 chilled	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 chilled	aux:pass
3	chilled	chill	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 death	case
5	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 chilled	obl
6	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	7 embracing	mark
7	embracing	embrace	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 chilled	advcl
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 daughter	nmod:poss
9	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 embracing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chill	past · passive		She				to death	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer
2	embrace	gerund		her daughter					vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=Co-Agent

Option 3

She died of cold

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 died	nsubj
2	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 cold	case
4	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 died	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	die	past	She					of cold	vn die-42.4-1 «NP V PP.cause»: agent=Patient of cold=Causer

Option 4

She ran off and was never seen by anyone again

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 ran	nsubj
2	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	off	off	ADP	_	2 ran	compound:prt
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 seen	cc
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 seen	aux:pass
6	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	7 seen	advmod
7	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 ran	conj
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 anyone	case
9	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	7 seen	obl:agent
10	again	again	ADV	_	7 seen	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run off	past	She						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	not see	past · passive	anyone				again		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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