Exam question 1 · Russian Fairy Tales, The Emperor's Youngest Daughter, part…

Which of the following describes the means by which the princess overcame the second adversary?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: princess · What happens: follow, describe, mean, overcome · To what, where: second adversary · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1806 «Russian Fairy Tales, The Emperor's Youngest Daughter, part 57: the princess beats three monsters and swaps the genius's flowers» 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	7 means	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 describes	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 describes	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 describes	nsubj
5	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 means	advcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 means	nsubj
7	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 which	case
9	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 overcame	obl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 princess	det
11	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 overcame	nsubj
12	overcame	overcome	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 means	ccomp
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 adversary	det
14	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	15 adversary	amod
15	adversary	adversary	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 overcame	obj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
3	mean	present			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	overcome	past	the princess	the second adversary	vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot adversary=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

She tricked the lion with a feast

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 tricked	nsubj
2	tricked	trick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 lion	det
4	lion	lion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tricked	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 feast	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 feast	det
7	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tricked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trick	past	She	the lion				with a feast	vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lion=Patient

Option 2

She recalled the wolf she had scared off and charged the lion with her sword

The tree, 15 words

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 recalled	nsubj
2	recalled	recall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 wolf	det
4	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 recalled	obj
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 scared	nsubj
6	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 scared	aux
7	scared	scare	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 recalled	advcl
8	off	off	ADP	_	7 scared	compound:prt
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 charged	cc
10	charged	charge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 recalled	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 lion	det
12	lion	lion	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 charged	obj
13	with	with	ADP	_	15 sword	case
14	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 sword	nmod:poss
15	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 charged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	recall	past	She	the wolf			vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wolf=Theme
2	scare off	past · perfect	she				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
3	charge	past	She not said here		the lion	with lion's sword	vn equip-13.4.2 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: agent=Agent lion=Recipient with sword=Theme

Option 3

She recalled the first adversary's weakness, then spoke to the lion and charged it at dusk

The tree, 17 words

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 recalled	nsubj
2	recalled	recall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 adversary	det
4	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	5 adversary	amod
5	adversary	adversary	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 weakness	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 adversary	case
7	weakness	weakness	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 recalled	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 spoke	punct
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 spoke	advmod
10	spoke	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 recalled	parataxis
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 lion	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 lion	det
13	lion	lion	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 spoke	obl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 charged	cc
15	charged	charge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 recalled	conj
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 charged	obj
17	at	at	ADP	_	18 dusk	case
18	dusk	dusk	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 charged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	recall	past	She	the first adversary's weakness			vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent weakness=Theme
2	speak speech: other	past			then	to the lion	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to lion=Co-Agent
3	charge	past	She not said here	weakness	dusk		vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location it=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

She recalled the first adversary and charged the lion

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 recalled	nsubj
2	recalled	recall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 adversary	det
4	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	5 adversary	amod
5	adversary	adversary	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 recalled	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 charged	cc
7	charged	charge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 recalled	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 lion	det
9	lion	lion	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 charged	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	recall	past	She	the first adversary					vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent adversary=Theme
2	charge	past	She not said here	the lion					vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location lion=Theme

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