Exam question 3 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Dead Witch: demons steal the witch…

What was done with the witch's flesh once the old demon had removed her skin?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: do, remove · To what, where: old demon

This is exam question 3 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 done	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 done	aux:pass
3	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	8 flesh	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 witch	det
6	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 flesh	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 witch	case
8	flesh	flesh	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 done	obl
9	once	once	SCONJ	_	14 removed	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 demon	det
11	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 demon	amod
12	demon	demon	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 removed	nsubj:pass
13	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 removed	aux
14	removed	remove	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 done	advcl
15	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 skin	nmod:poss
16	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 removed	obj
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 done	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past · passive						with the witch's flesh	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
2	remove	past · perfect · passive		the old demon					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

It was hidden in the chest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 hidden	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hidden	aux:pass
3	hidden	hide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 chest	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 chest	det
6	chest	chest	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hidden	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	past · passive		It		the chest			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Patient in chest=Location

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It was dragged beneath the stove

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 dragged	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 dragged	aux:pass
3	dragged	drag	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	6 stove	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 stove	det
6	stove	stove	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dragged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drag	past · passive		It				beneath the stove	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3

It was dragged out through the back door into the field

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 dragged	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 dragged	aux:pass
3	dragged	drag	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	out	out	ADP	_	3 dragged	compound:prt
5	through	through	ADP	_	8 door	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 door	det
7	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 door	compound
8	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dragged	obl
9	into	into	ADP	_	11 field	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 field	det
11	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dragged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drag out	past · passive		It		the back door		into the field	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

It was left on the bed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 left	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 left	aux:pass
3	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 bed	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bed	det
6	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 left	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	past · passive		It		the bed			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme on bed=Location

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