Exam question 4 · Russian Fairy Tales, The Frog Bride, part 1: the youngest…

Evaluate the outcome of the mother's inspection of the mastiffs brought by the two eldest sons.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, mother · What happens: evaluate, bring, inspect · To what, where: outcome, mastiffs

This is exam question 4 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	Evaluate	evaluate	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 outcome	det
3	outcome	outcome	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Evaluate	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	8 inspection	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 mother	det
6	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 inspection	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 mother	case
8	inspection	inspection	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 outcome	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 mastiffs	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 mastiffs	det
11	mastiffs	mastiff	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 inspection	nmod
12	brought	bring	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 mastiffs	acl
13	by	by	ADP	_	17 sons	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 sons	det
15	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	17 sons	nummod
16	eldest	eldest	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 sons	amod
17	sons	son	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 brought	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Evaluate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	evaluate	imperative	you not said here	the outcome of the mother's inspection of the mastiffs		vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent outcome=Theme
2	bring	participle		the mastiffs not said here	by the two eldest sons	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent
3	inspect		the mother	the mastiffs		nom inspection «act transitive»: poss=agent of=patient

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

She is greatly amused by the gentle animals

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	4 amused	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 amused	aux:pass
3	greatly	greatly	ADV	_	4 amused	advmod
4	amused	amuse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	8 animals	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 animals	det
7	gentle	gentle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 animals	amod
8	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 amused	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	amuse	present · passive	the gentle animals	She				greatly property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

She is greatly frightened by the savage animals

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	4 frightened	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 frightened	aux:pass
3	greatly	greatly	ADV	_	4 frightened	advmod
4	frightened	frighten	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	8 animals	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 animals	det
7	savage	savage	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 animals	compound
8	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 frightened	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	frighten	present · passive	the savage animals	She				greatly property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer

Option 3

She is quite annoyed by the large animals

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	4 annoyed	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 annoyed	cop
3	quite	quite	ADV	_	4 annoyed	advmod
4	annoyed	annoyed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	8 animals	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 animals	det
7	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 animals	amod
8	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 annoyed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	She					by the large animals; annoyed property	tree rules

Option 4

She is greatly frightened by the savage animals and hides from them

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	4 frightened	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 frightened	aux:pass
3	greatly	greatly	ADV	_	4 frightened	advmod
4	frightened	frighten	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	8 animals	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 animals	det
7	savage	savage	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 animals	compound
8	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 frightened	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 hides	cc
10	hides	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 frightened	conj
11	from	from	ADP	_	12 them	case
12	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 hides	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	frighten	present · passive	the savage animals	She				greatly property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer
2	hide	present	the savage animals not said here					from animals = animal	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent from they=Beneficiary

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