Exam question 3 · Russian Folk Tales, The Awful Drunkard, part 8: Petrusha v…

Identify the function of the maiden in the palace with respect to the protagonist.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify · To what, where: function

This is exam question 3 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 function	det
3	function	function	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 maiden	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 maiden	det
6	maiden	maiden	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 function	nmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 palace	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 palace	det
9	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 maiden	nmod
10	with	with	ADP	_	11 respect	case
11	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 palace	nmod
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 protagonist	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 protagonist	det
14	protagonist	protagonist	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 respect	nmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the function of the maiden in the palace with respect to the protagonist					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent function=Theme

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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

She warns him and advises him how to secure his father's release

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 warns	nsubj
2	warns	warn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 warns	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 advises	cc
5	advises	advise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 warns	conj
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 advises	obj
7	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	9 secure	advmod
8	to	to	PART	_	9 secure	mark
9	secure	secure	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 advises	xcomp
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 father	nmod:poss
11	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 release	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 father	case
13	release	release	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 secure	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	warn speech: warn	present	She		him = he	vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
2	advise speech: other	present	She not said here	him = he		vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP how S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
3	secure not said to happen	to-infinitive	him = he not said here	his father's release		vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition release=Theme

Option 2

She guides him toward the Devil's gold

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 guides	nsubj
2	guides	guide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 guides	obj
4	toward	toward	ADP	_	8 gold	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Devil	det
6	Devil	Devil	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 gold	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Devil	case
8	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 guides	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	guide	present	She	him = he		the Devil's gold			vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme toward gold=Destination

Option 3

She warns him of the devils and advises him how to secure his father's release from the forest work

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 warns	nsubj
2	warns	warn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 warns	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 devils	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 devils	det
6	devils	devil	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 warns	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 advises	cc
8	advises	advise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 warns	conj
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 advises	obj
10	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	12 secure	advmod
11	to	to	PART	_	12 secure	mark
12	secure	secure	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 advises	xcomp
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 father	nmod:poss
14	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 release	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 father	case
16	release	release	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 secure	obj
17	from	from	ADP	_	20 work	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 work	det
19	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 work	compound
20	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 secure	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	warn speech: warn	present	She		him = he		of the devils	vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP PP.topic»: agent=Agent he=Recipient of devil=Topic
2	advise speech: other	present	She not said here	him = he				vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP how S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
3	secure not said to happen	to-infinitive	him = he not said here	his father's release		the forest work		vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent release=Theme from work=Source

Option 4

She advises him to flee and gives him a horse to ride home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 advises	nsubj
2	advises	advise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 advises	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 flee	mark
5	flee	flee	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 advises	xcomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 gives	cc
7	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 advises	conj
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 gives	iobj
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 horse	det
10	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 gives	obj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 ride	mark
12	ride	ride	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 gives	advcl
13	home	home	ADV	_	12 ride	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	advise speech: other	present	She	him = he			vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP how S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
2	flee not said to happen	to-infinitive	him = he not said here				vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	give	present	She not said here	a horse	him = he		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient horse=Theme
4	ride	to-infinitive	She not said here			home property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

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