Exam question 2 · Russian Fairy Tales, Mr. Simon: the rogues drown the wrong…

Which person was the victim of the mistaken drowning in the river?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: person · What happens: be · To what, where: victim

This is exam question 2 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	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 person	det
2	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 victim	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 victim	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 victim	det
5	victim	victim	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 drowning	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 drowning	det
8	mistaken	mistaken	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 drowning	amod
9	drowning	drowning	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 victim	nmod
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 river	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 river	det
12	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 drowning	nmod
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 victim	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	which person	the victim				of the mistaken drowning in the river	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

The rogue who had taken Simon's cloak

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 rogue	det
2	rogue	rogue	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 taken	nsubj
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 taken	aux
5	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 rogue	acl:relcl
6	Simon	Simon	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 cloak	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Simon	case
8	cloak	cloak	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 taken	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	past · perfect	the rogue	Simon's cloak					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cloak=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

The innocent shepherd who was thrown into the river in the sack

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 shepherd	det
2	innocent	innocent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 shepherd	amod
3	shepherd	shepherd	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 thrown	nsubj:pass
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 thrown	aux:pass
6	thrown	throw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 shepherd	acl:relcl
7	into	into	ADP	_	9 river	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 river	det
9	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 thrown	obl
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 sack	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 sack	det
12	sack	sack	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 thrown	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	past · passive		the innocent shepherd				into the river result; in the sack	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: subject=Theme into river=Result

Option 3

The shepherd who had been tied in the sack by mistake

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 shepherd	det
2	shepherd	shepherd	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 tied	nsubj:pass
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 tied	aux
5	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 tied	aux:pass
6	tied	tie	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 shepherd	acl:relcl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 sack	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 sack	det
9	sack	sack	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tied	obl
10	by	by	ADP	_	11 mistake	case
11	mistake	mistake	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tied	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tie	past · perfect · passive	mistake	the shepherd		the sack			vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The shepherd who had received the sack

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 shepherd	det
2	shepherd	shepherd	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 received	nsubj
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 received	aux
5	received	receive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 shepherd	acl:relcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sack	det
7	sack	sack	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 received	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	receive	past · perfect	the shepherd	the sack					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sack=Theme

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