Exam question 3 · Russian Folk-Tales, Marusia, the flower maiden
By what means did the grandmother's remedies restore the husband and son to life after the Fiend's malice?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: remedies, grandmother · What happens: mean, do, restore, remedy · To what, where: husband, life
This is exam question 3 of lesson 413 «Russian Folk-Tales, Marusia, the flower maiden» 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=Int | 4 did | obj |
| 3 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 what | acl:relcl |
| 4 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 grandmother | det |
| 6 | grandmother | grandmother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 remedies | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 grandmother | case |
| 8 | remedies | remedy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 restore | nsubj |
| 9 | restore | restore | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 did | parataxis |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 husband | det |
| 11 | husband | husband | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 restore | obj |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 son | cc |
| 13 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 husband | conj |
| 14 | to | to | ADP | _ | 15 life | case |
| 15 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 restore | obl |
| 16 | after | after | ADP | _ | 20 malice | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 Fiend | det |
| 18 | Fiend | Fiend | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 malice | nmod:poss |
| 19 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 18 Fiend | case |
| 20 | malice | malice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 restore | obl |
| 21 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 did | 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 | do | past | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | ||||||
| 3 | restore | present | the grandmother's remedies | the husband and son | life | after the Fiend's malice | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent husband=Theme to life=Recipient | ||
| 4 | remedy | the grandmother | nom remedy «act transitive»: poss=agent |
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
sprinkling with the water of life
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sprinkling | sprinkle | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | with | with | ADP | _ | 4 water | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 water | det |
| 4 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 sprinkling | obl |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 life | case |
| 6 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 water | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sprinkle | gerund | with the water of life | vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme»: with water=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
by holy water
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | by | by | ADP | _ | 3 water | case |
| 2 | holy | holy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 water | amod |
| 3 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
by rubbing them with oil and warm wine
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | by | by | SCONJ | _ | 2 rubbing | mark |
| 2 | rubbing | rub | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 3 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 rubbing | obj |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 oil | case |
| 5 | oil | oil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 rubbing | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 wine | cc |
| 7 | warm | warm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 wine | amod |
| 8 | wine | wine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 oil | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rub | gerund | them = they | with oil and warm wine | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent they=Destination with oil=Theme |
Option 4
with a herb
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | with | with | ADP | _ | 3 herb | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 herb | det |
| 3 | herb | herb | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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