Exam question 1 · Russian Folk Tales, The Awful Drunkard, part 8: Petrusha v…

What, in the view of the narrator, is the principal cause of the Devil's gratitude toward Petrusha?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · What happens: be, view · To what, where: principal cause, narrator

This is exam question 1 of lesson 416 «Russian Folk Tales, The Awful Drunkard, part 8: Petrusha visits the Devil's palace and finds his drowned father there as a horse» 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	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 view	punct
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 view	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 view	det
5	view	view	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 narrator	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 narrator	det
8	narrator	narrator	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 view	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 cause	punct
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 cause	cop
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 cause	det
12	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 cause	amod
13	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 view	conj
14	of	of	ADP	_	18 gratitude	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 Devil	det
16	Devil	Devil	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 gratitude	nmod:poss
17	's	's	PART	_	16 Devil	case
18	gratitude	gratitude	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 cause	nmod
19	toward	toward	ADP	_	20 Petrusha	case
20	Petrusha	Petrusha	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 gratitude	nmod
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		the principal cause				of the Devil's gratitude toward Petrusha	tree rules
2	view			the narrator					nom view «cognition 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

The gold that Petrusha offered the Devil

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 gold	det
2	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 offered	obj
4	Petrusha	Petrusha	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 offered	nsubj
5	offered	offer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 gold	acl:relcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Devil	det
7	Devil	Devil	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 offered	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	offer	past	Petrusha	the gold					vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent that=Goal devil=Theme

Option 2

The sin that Petrusha confessed to him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sin	det
2	sin	sin	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 confessed	mark
4	Petrusha	Petrusha	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 confessed	nsubj
5	confessed	confess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 sin	acl
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 him	case
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 confessed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	confess	past	Petrusha	the sin not said here	him = he				vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent sin=Topic to he=Recipient

Option 3

The good word that Petrusha spoke on his behalf before the court of hell

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 word	det
2	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 word	amod
3	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 spoke	obj
5	Petrusha	Petrusha	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 spoke	nsubj
6	spoke	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 word	acl:relcl
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 behalf	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 behalf	nmod:poss
9	behalf	behalf	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 spoke	obl
10	before	before	ADP	_	12 court	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 court	det
12	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 spoke	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 hell	case
14	hell	hell	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 court	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	past	Petrusha	the good word		Petrusha's behalf	before the court of hell		tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The good word that Petrusha spoke on his behalf

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 word	det
2	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 word	amod
3	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 spoke	obj
5	Petrusha	Petrusha	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 spoke	nsubj
6	spoke	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 word	acl:relcl
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 behalf	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 behalf	nmod:poss
9	behalf	behalf	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 spoke	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	past	Petrusha	the good word		Petrusha's behalf			tree rules

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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