Exam question 4 · Russian Fairy Tales, Mr. Simon: the rogues drown the wrong…

By what means was King Kojata ultimately restrained beneath the surface of the well?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: King · What happens: mean, be, restrain · To what, where: King · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 4 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	SCONJ	_	3 means	mark
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 means	nsubj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 King	cop
5	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 restrained	nsubj
6	Kojata	Kojata	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 King	flat
7	ultimately	ultimately	ADV	_	8 restrained	advmod
8	restrained	restrain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 means	ccomp
9	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	11 surface	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 surface	det
11	surface	surface	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 restrained	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 well	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 well	det
14	well	well	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 surface	nmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mean	present				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	is a	past		King		tree rules
3	restrain	past	King		beneath the surface of the well; ultimately property	vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Causer

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 right answer

Two claws grasping his beard

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 claws	nummod
2	claws	claw	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	grasping	grasp	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 claws	acl
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 beard	nmod:poss
5	beard	beard	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 grasping	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grasp	gerund	Two claws not said here	his beard					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer beard=Stimulus

Option 2

A cold claw

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

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

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

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Two long claws grasping his beard and dragging him under the water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 claws	nummod
2	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 claws	amod
3	claws	claw	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	grasping	grasp	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 claws	acl
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 beard	nmod:poss
6	beard	beard	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 grasping	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 dragging	cc
8	dragging	drag	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 grasping	conj
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 dragging	obj
10	under	under	ADP	_	12 water	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 water	det
12	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 dragging	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grasp	gerund	Two long claws not said here	his beard					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer beard=Stimulus
2	drag	gerund	Two long claws not said here	him = he		the water			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 4

Something pulling down his cloak

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	root	root
2	pulling	pull	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Something	acl
3	down	down	ADP	_	2 pulling	compound:prt
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 cloak	nmod:poss
5	cloak	cloak	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pulling	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pull down	gerund		his cloak					vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cloak=Theme

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