Exam question 2 · Russian Fairy Tales, The Frog Bride, part 1: the youngest…

Identify the means by which the frog produces the linen presented to the mother.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, the, frog · What happens: identify, mean, produce, present · To what, where: linen, mother · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 2 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 means	nsubj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Identify	ccomp
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 produces	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 frog	det
7	frog	frog	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 produces	nsubj
8	produces	produce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 means	ccomp
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 linen	det
10	linen	linen	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 produces	obj
11	presented	present	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 linen	acl
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 mother	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 mother	det
14	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 presented	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	mean	present	the			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	produce	present	the frog	the linen		vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent linen=Result
4	present	participle		the linen not said here	the mother	vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to mother=Recipient

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 weaves fine linen

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 weaves	nsubj
2	weaves	weave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 linen	amod
4	linen	linen	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 weaves	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	weave	present	She	fine linen					vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent linen=Product

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

She spins the skein of flax into fine linen

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 spins	nsubj
2	spins	spin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 skein	det
4	skein	skein	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spins	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 flax	case
6	flax	flax	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 skein	nmod
7	into	into	ADP	_	9 linen	case
8	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 linen	amod
9	linen	linen	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spins	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spin	present	She	the skein of flax		fine linen			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent skein=Theme into linen=Trajectory

Option 3

She dyes the skein of flax into fine silk

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 dyes	nsubj
2	dyes	dye	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 skein	det
4	skein	skein	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dyes	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 flax	case
6	flax	flax	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 skein	nmod
7	into	into	ADP	_	9 silk	case
8	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 silk	amod
9	silk	silk	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dyes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dye	present	She	the skein of flax				into fine silk result	vn coloring-24 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent skein=Patient into silk=Result

Option 4

She spins the whole skein of flax into very fine white linen overnight

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 spins	nsubj
2	spins	spin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 skein	det
4	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 skein	amod
5	skein	skein	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spins	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 flax	case
7	flax	flax	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 skein	nmod
8	into	into	ADP	_	12 linen	case
9	very	very	ADV	_	10 fine	advmod
10	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 linen	amod
11	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 linen	amod
12	linen	linen	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spins	obl
13	overnight	overnight	ADV	_	2 spins	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spin	present	She	the whole skein of flax		fine white linen		overnight property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent skein=Theme into linen=Trajectory

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