Exam question 2 · Russian Folk Tales, The Awful Drunkard, part 8: Petrusha v…

Describe the condition in which the father was left and the manner of his death, as stated in the narrative.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, father · What happens: describe, leave, state, die · To what, where: condition, father, narrative

This is exam question 2 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	Describe	describe	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 condition	det
3	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Describe	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 left	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 father	det
7	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 left	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 left	aux:pass
9	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 condition	acl:relcl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 manner	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 manner	det
12	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 left	conj
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 death	case
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 death	nmod:poss
15	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 manner	nmod
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 stated	punct
17	as	as	SCONJ	_	18 stated	mark
18	stated	state	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 left	advcl
19	in	in	ADP	_	21 narrative	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 narrative	det
21	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 stated	obl
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Describe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	describe	imperative	you not said here	the condition		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent condition=Theme
2	leave	past · passive		the father	the condition	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in which=Location
3	state speech: other	participle			the narrative	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4	die		father			nom death «event intransitive»: 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

Blind drunk, he fell off a bridge and died

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Blind	blind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 drunk	amod
2	drunk	drunk	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 fell	advcl
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 fell	punct
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 fell	nsubj
5	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	off	off	ADP	_	5 fell	compound:prt
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 bridge	det
8	bridge	bridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fell	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 died	cc
10	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 fell	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall off	past	he	a bridge					vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	die	past	he not said here						vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Blind drunk, he walked into a river and drowned

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Blind	blind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 drunk	amod
2	drunk	drunk	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 walked	advcl
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 walked	punct
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 walked	nsubj
5	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	into	into	ADP	_	8 river	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 river	det
8	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 walked	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 drowned	cc
10	drowned	drown	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 river	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	past	he					into a river result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into river=Result
2	drown	participle	he not said here						vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Blind drunk after the tavern, he walked into a river at night, and was never found again

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Blind	blind	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	drunk	drink	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Blind	xcomp
3	after	after	ADP	_	5 tavern	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 tavern	det
5	tavern	tavern	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 drunk	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 walked	punct
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 walked	nsubj
8	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Blind	parataxis
9	into	into	ADP	_	11 river	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 river	det
11	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 walked	obl
12	at	at	ADP	_	13 night	case
13	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 walked	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 found	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 found	cc
16	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 found	aux:pass
17	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	18 found	advmod
18	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Blind	parataxis
19	again	again	ADV	_	1 Blind	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	blind	imperative	you not said here	again		tree rules
2	drink	participle	you not said here	after the tavern		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	walk	past	he	night	into a river result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into river=Result
4	not find	past · passive				vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»

Option 4

Blind drunk, he walked into a river with his boots round his neck and drowned

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Blind	blind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 drunk	amod
2	drunk	drunk	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 walked	punct
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 walked	nsubj
5	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 drunk	conj
6	into	into	ADP	_	8 river	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 river	det
8	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 walked	obl
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 boots	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 boots	nmod:poss
11	boots	boot	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 walked	obl
12	round	round	ADP	_	14 neck	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 neck	nmod:poss
14	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 boots	nmod
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 drowned	cc
16	drowned	drown	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 drunk	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	past	he					into a river result; with his boots round his neck	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into river=Result
2	drown	participle							vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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