Exam question 1 · Russian Fairy Tales, Mr. Simon: the rogues drown the wrong…

By what device did Mr. Simon persuade the rogues that his housekeeper had been slain?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: device · What happens: do, persuade, slay · To what, where: Simon, rogues, housekeeper

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1907 «Russian Fairy Tales, Mr. Simon: the rogues drown the wrong man and are drowned themselves» 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	By	by	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 persuade	obl
3	device	device	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
5	Mr.	Mr.	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Simon	nmod:desc
6	Simon	Simon	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
7	persuade	persuade	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 rogues	det
9	rogues	rogue	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 persuade	obj
10	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 slain	obj
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 housekeeper	nmod:poss
12	housekeeper	housekeeper	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 slain	nsubj:pass
13	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 slain	aux
14	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	15 slain	aux:pass
15	slain	slay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 rogues	acl:relcl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 persuade	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	do	past	device	Simon Mr.	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent simon=Eventuality
2	persuade	present		the rogues	vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rogue=Patient
3	slay	past · perfect · passive		device's housekeeper	tree rules

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

A concealed bladder of blood pierced by his knife

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 bladder	det
2	concealed	conceal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 bladder	amod
3	bladder	bladder	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 blood	case
5	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bladder	nmod
6	pierced	pierce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 bladder	acl
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 knife	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 knife	nmod:poss
9	knife	knife	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pierced	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conceal	participle							vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	pierce	participle		a concealed bladder of blood not said here				by his knife	vn poke-19-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

A hidden knife

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 knife	det
2	hidden	hidden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 knife	amod
3	knife	knife	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

A small hidden flask of red paint and a sharp knife

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 flask	det
2	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 flask	amod
3	hidden	hidden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 flask	amod
4	flask	flask	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 paint	case
6	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 paint	amod
7	paint	paint	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 flask	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 knife	cc
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 knife	det
10	sharp	sharp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 knife	amod
11	knife	knife	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 flask	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

A goat's bladder stuffed with blood under the cloak

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 goat	det
2	goat	goat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bladder	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 goat	case
4	bladder	bladder	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	stuffed	stuff	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 bladder	acl
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 blood	case
7	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stuffed	obl
8	under	under	ADP	_	10 cloak	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 cloak	det
10	cloak	cloak	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stuffed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stuff	participle		a goat's bladder not said here		the cloak		with blood	vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent with blood=Theme

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