Exam question 1 · Russian Fairy Tales, The Frog Bride, part 1: the youngest…

Which of the following best describes the reason the youngest son weeps beside the pond at the commencement of the tale?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: youngest son · What happens: follow, describe, weep · To what, where: reason, pond

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1803 «Russian Fairy Tales, The Frog Bride, part 1: the youngest son's frog spins his linen» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 describes	obj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 best	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 best	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 best	case
5	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 describes	nmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 reason	det
8	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 son	det
10	youngest	young	ADJ	Degree=Sup	11 son	amod
11	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 weeps	nsubj
12	weeps	weep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 reason	acl:relcl
13	beside	beside	ADP	_	15 pond	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 pond	det
15	pond	pond	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 weeps	obl
16	at	at	ADP	_	18 commencement	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 commencement	det
18	commencement	commencement	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 pond	nmod
19	of	of	ADP	_	21 tale	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 tale	det
21	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 commencement	nmod
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the reason		of the best	tree rules
3	weep	present	the youngest son	the reason not said here	the pond at the commencement of the tale		vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent reason=Theme

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

He has no bride willing to spin his skein of flax

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 has	nsubj
2	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 bride	det
4	bride	bride	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 has	obj
5	willing	willing	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 has	xcomp
6	to	to	PART	_	7 spin	mark
7	spin	spin	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 willing	xcomp
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 skein	nmod:poss
9	skein	skein	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 spin	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 flax	case
11	flax	flax	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 skein	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	He	no bride				willing property	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bride=Patient
2	spin	to-infinitive	no bride not said here	his skein of flax					vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent skein=Theme

Option 2

He lost his flax

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 lost	nsubj
2	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 flax	nmod:poss
4	flax	flax	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lost	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	past	He	his flax					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flax=Eventuality

Option 3

He has no wife willing to weave his flax

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 has	nsubj
2	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 wife	det
4	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 has	obj
5	willing	willing	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 has	xcomp
6	to	to	PART	_	7 weave	mark
7	weave	weave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 willing	xcomp
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 flax	nmod:poss
9	flax	flax	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 weave	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	He	no wife				willing property	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wife=Patient
2	weave	to-infinitive	no wife not said here	his flax					vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flax=Product

Option 4

He has no bride willing to sell his flax

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 has	nsubj
2	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 bride	det
4	bride	bride	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 has	obj
5	willing	willing	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 has	xcomp
6	to	to	PART	_	7 sell	mark
7	sell	sell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 willing	xcomp
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 flax	nmod:poss
9	flax	flax	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sell	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	He	no bride				willing property	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bride=Patient
2	sell	to-infinitive	no bride not said here	his flax					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flax=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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