Exam question 2 · Russian Fairy Tales, The Golden Mermaid: the Prince catche…

By what means were the designs of the Prince's brothers ultimately frustrated?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: mean, be · To what, where: designs

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1935 «Russian Fairy Tales, The Golden Mermaid: the Prince catches the mermaid, but his jealous brothers kill him and the wolf brings him back to life» 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	6 designs	obl
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 designs	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 designs	det
6	designs	design	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	11 brothers	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Prince	det
9	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 brothers	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 Prince	case
11	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 designs	nmod
12	ultimately	ultimately	ADV	_	13 frustrated	advmod
13	frustrated	frustrated	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 brothers	amod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 designs	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present							vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past		the designs				of the Prince's brothers	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 wolf dug up the Prince's body and then breathed over him near the flowery grave until he woke

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 wolf	det
2	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dug	nsubj
3	dug	dig	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	up	up	ADP	_	3 dug	compound:prt
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Prince	det
6	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 body	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Prince	case
8	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dug	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 breathed	cc
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 breathed	advmod
11	breathed	breathe	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 dug	conj
12	over	over	ADP	_	13 him	case
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 breathed	obl
14	near	near	ADP	_	17 grave	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 grave	det
16	flowery	flowery	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 grave	amod
17	grave	grave	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 breathed	obl
18	until	until	SCONJ	_	20 woke	mark
19	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 woke	nsubj
20	woke	wake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 breathed	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dig up	participle	the wolf	the Prince's body				vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent body=Theme
2	breathe	past	the wolf not said here		the flowery grave	then	over wolf	vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	wake	past	wolf					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 2

The brothers were punished by the Emperor

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 brothers	det
2	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 punished	nsubj:pass
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 punished	aux:pass
4	punished	punish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 Emperor	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Emperor	det
7	Emperor	Emperor	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 punished	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	punish	past · passive	the Emperor	the brothers					vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The wolf restored the Prince to life by breathing upon him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 wolf	det
2	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 restored	nsubj
3	restored	restore	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Prince	det
5	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 restored	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 life	case
7	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 restored	obl
8	by	by	SCONJ	_	9 breathing	mark
9	breathing	breathe	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 restored	advcl
10	upon	upon	ADP	_	11 him	case
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 breathing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	restore	past	the wolf	the Prince	life				vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent prince=Theme to life=Recipient
2	breathe	gerund	the wolf not said here					upon wolf	vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

The mermaid kissed the wounds until he woke

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 mermaid	det
2	mermaid	mermaid	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 kissed	nsubj
3	kissed	kiss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 wounds	det
5	wounds	wound	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 kissed	obj
6	until	until	SCONJ	_	8 woke	mark
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 woke	nsubj
8	woke	wake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 kissed	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kiss	past	the mermaid	the wounds					vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wound=Co-Agent
2	wake	past	mermaid						vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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