Exam question 3 · Russian Fairy Tales, The Dragon Emperor, part 11: the prin…

What penalty does the old woman's arrangement impose upon any servant who fails to guard the mare?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: arrangement, servant, old woman · What happens: impose, fail, guard, arrange · To what, where: mare

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1760 «Russian Fairy Tales, The Dragon Emperor, part 11: the prince frees a fish, a fox and a wolf, then serves the old woman» 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	DET	PronType=Int	3 does	obj
2	penalty	penalty	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 does	nsubj
3	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 impose	aux
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 woman	det
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 woman	amod
6	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 arrangement	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 woman	case
8	arrangement	arrangement	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 impose	nsubj
9	impose	impose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	upon	upon	ADP	_	12 servant	case
11	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	12 servant	det
12	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 impose	obl
13	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 fails	nsubj
14	fails	fail	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 servant	acl:relcl
15	to	to	PART	_	16 guard	mark
16	guard	guard	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 fails	advcl
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 mare	det
18	mare	mare	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 guard	obj
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 impose	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	impose	present · do-support	the old woman's arrangement		upon any servant	vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	fail	present	any servant			vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	guard	to-infinitive	any servant not said here	the mare		vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mare=Beneficiary
4	arrange		the old woman			nom arrangement «cognition 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 · ✓ the right answer

Forfeiture of the servant's head, as evidenced by the heads displayed upon the palings

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Forfeiture	forfeiture	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 displayed	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	6 head	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 servant	det
4	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 head	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 servant	case
6	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Forfeiture	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 evidenced	punct
8	as	as	SCONJ	_	9 evidenced	mark
9	evidenced	evidence	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Forfeiture	conj
10	by	by	ADP	_	12 heads	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 heads	det
12	heads	head	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 evidenced	obl
13	displayed	display	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	upon	upon	ADP	_	16 palings	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 palings	det
16	palings	paling	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 displayed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	evidence	participle	Forfeiture of the servant's head not said here		by the heads	vn patent-101 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	display	past	Forfeiture of the servant's head		upon the palings	vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	forfeit			the servant's head		nom forfeiture «possession transitive»: of=patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Dismissal without pay, with the servant's name carved into the palings as a warning

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dismissal	dismissal	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 carved	nsubj
2	without	without	ADP	_	3 pay	case
3	pay	pay	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Dismissal	nmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 name	punct
5	with	with	ADP	_	9 name	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 servant	det
7	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 name	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 servant	case
9	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 carved	nsubj
10	carved	carve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	into	into	ADP	_	13 palings	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 palings	det
13	palings	paling	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 carved	obl
14	as	as	ADP	_	16 warning	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 warning	det
16	warning	warning	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 carved	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carve	past	Dismissal without pay			the palings		as a warning	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	name		the servant						nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

Being sold to the dragon-emperor as a servant for the rest of his days, with no hope of ever returning home to his family or village

The tree, 27 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 sold	aux:pass
2	sold	sell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	7 emperor	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 emperor	det
5	dragon	dragon	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 emperor	compound
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 dragon	punct
7	emperor	emperor	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sold	obl
8	as	as	ADP	_	10 servant	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 servant	det
10	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sold	obl
11	for	for	ADP	_	13 rest	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 rest	det
13	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sold	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 days	case
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 days	nmod:poss
16	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 rest	nmod
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 hope	punct
18	with	with	ADP	_	20 hope	case
19	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	20 hope	det
20	hope	hope	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sold	obl
21	of	of	SCONJ	_	23 returning	mark
22	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	23 returning	advmod
23	returning	return	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	20 hope	acl
24	home	home	ADV	_	23 returning	advmod
25	to	to	ADP	_	27 family	case
26	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	27 family	nmod:poss
27	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 returning	obl
28	or	or	CCONJ	_	29 village	cc
29	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 family	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sell	gerund · passive			the dragon emperor			as a servant; for the rest of his days; with no hope	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.asset»: to emperor=Recipient for rest=Asset
2	return	gerund	no hope not said here				ever	to his family or village result; home property	vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to family=Result

Option 4

A year of hard labour in the old woman's stables, followed by a public pardon at the palace gate

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 year	det
2	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 labour	case
4	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 labour	amod
5	labour	labour	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 year	nmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	11 stables	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 woman	det
8	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 woman	amod
9	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 stables	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 woman	case
11	stables	stable	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 labour	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 followed	punct
13	followed	follow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 year	acl:relcl
14	by	by	ADP	_	17 pardon	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 pardon	det
16	public	public	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 pardon	amod
17	pardon	pardon	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 followed	obl
18	at	at	ADP	_	21 gate	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 gate	det
20	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 gate	compound
21	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 pardon	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	participle		a year of hard labour in the old woman's stables not said here				by a public pardon at the palace gate	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by pardon=Location

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