Exam question 1 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Dead Witch: demons steal the witch…

Which instruction did the dying witch give her daughter concerning the washing of her body?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: instruction, daughter · What happens: die, give, concern, wash · To what, where: daughter, washing, body

This is exam question 1 of lesson 414 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Dead Witch: demons steal the witch's skin, and her body vanishes» 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 instruction	det
2	instruction	instruction	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 give	nsubj
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 give	aux
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 witch	det
5	dying	die	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 witch	amod
6	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 give	nsubj
7	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 daughter	nmod:poss
9	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 give	obj
10	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 daughter	acl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 washing	det
12	washing	washing	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 concerning	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 body	case
14	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 body	nmod:poss
15	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 washing	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 give	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	die	gerund			vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	give	past · do-support	which instruction	witch's daughter	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=Theme
3	concern	gerund	witch's daughter not said here	the washing of witch's body	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus washing=Experiencer
4	wash			witch's body	nom washing «act transitive»: of=patient

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

That it be washed gently with lukewarm water and then left untouched

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 washed	nsubj:pass
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 washed	nsubj:pass
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 washed	aux:pass
4	washed	wash	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	gently	gently	ADV	_	4 washed	advmod
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 water	case
7	lukewarm	lukewarm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 water	amod
8	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 washed	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 left	cc
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 left	advmod
11	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 washed	conj
12	untouched	untouched	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 left	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wash	infinitive · passive		That				with lukewarm water; gently property	vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with water=Instrument
2	leave	past					then	untouched property	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

That it be wrapped in clean linen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 wrapped	nsubj:pass
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 wrapped	nsubj:pass
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 wrapped	aux:pass
4	wrapped	wrap	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 linen	case
6	clean	clean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 linen	amod
7	linen	linen	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wrapped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wrap	infinitive · passive		That		clean linen			vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in linen=Destination

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

That it be scalded with the hottest boiling water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 scalded	nsubj:pass
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 scalded	nsubj:pass
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 scalded	aux:pass
4	scalded	scald	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	9 water	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 water	det
7	hottest	hot	ADJ	Degree=Sup	9 water	amod
8	boiling	boiling	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 water	compound
9	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 scalded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scald	infinitive · passive		That				with the hottest boiling water	vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with water=Instrument

Option 4

That it be carried outside and burned on the fire at dawn with herbs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 carried	nsubj:pass
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 carried	nsubj:pass
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 carried	aux:pass
4	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	outside	outside	ADV	_	4 carried	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 burned	cc
7	burned	burn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 carried	conj
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 fire	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 fire	det
10	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 burned	obl
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 dawn	case
12	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 burned	obl
13	with	with	ADP	_	14 herbs	case
14	herbs	herb	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 dawn	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	infinitive · passive		That				outside property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	burn	participle				the fire	dawn		vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on fire=Location

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