Exam question 1 · Russian Folk-Tales, Petrusha and the Devil: the horse turn…

Which object did Petrusha request from the Devil as his sole reward?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: object · What happens: do, reward · To what, where: Petrusha request

This is exam question 1 of lesson 417 «Russian Folk-Tales, Petrusha and the Devil: the horse turns out to be his father» 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 object	det
2	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	nsubj
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	Petrusha	Petrusha	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 request	compound
5	request	request	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obj
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 Devil	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Devil	det
8	Devil	Devil	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 request	nmod
9	as	as	ADP	_	12 reward	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 reward	nmod:poss
11	sole	sole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 reward	amod
12	reward	reward	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	which object	Petrusha request				from the Devil; as object's sole reward	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent request=Eventuality
2	reward		object						nom reward «event transitive»: 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

That sorry jade which was used for carrying wood and water in the yard.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 jade	det
2	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 jade	amod
3	jade	jade	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 used	nsubj:pass
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 used	aux:pass
6	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 jade	acl:relcl
7	for	for	SCONJ	_	8 carrying	mark
8	carrying	carry	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 used	advcl
9	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 carrying	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 water	cc
11	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 wood	conj
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 yard	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 yard	det
14	yard	yard	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 carrying	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 jade	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	past · passive		that sorry jade					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	carry	gerund		wood and water				in the yard	vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent wood=Value in yard=Location

Option 2

That old horse which his father once used to carry heavy loads of wood up the hill.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 horse	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 horse	amod
3	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 used	obj
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 used	obj
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 father	nmod:poss
6	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 used	nsubj
7	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	8 used	advmod
8	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	to	to	PART	_	10 carry	mark
10	carry	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 used	xcomp
11	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 loads	amod
12	loads	load	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 carry	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 wood	case
14	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 loads	nmod
15	up	up	ADP	_	17 hill	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 hill	det
17	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 carry	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 used	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	past	horse's father	that old horse				once property	tree rules
2	carry	to-infinitive	horse's father not said here	heavy loads of wood				up the hill	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent load=Theme

Option 3

That fine horse which was kept for riding out.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 horse	det
2	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 horse	amod
3	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 kept	nsubj:pass
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 kept	aux:pass
6	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 horse	acl:relcl
7	for	for	SCONJ	_	8 riding	mark
8	riding	ride	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 kept	advcl
9	out	out	ADP	_	8 riding	compound:prt
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 horse	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past · passive		that fine horse					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	ride out	gerund							vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

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

That sorry jade which was used for carrying wood and water.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 jade	det
2	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 jade	amod
3	jade	jade	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 used	nsubj:pass
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 used	aux:pass
6	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 jade	acl:relcl
7	for	for	SCONJ	_	8 carrying	mark
8	carrying	carry	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 used	advcl
9	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 carrying	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 water	cc
11	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 wood	conj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 jade	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	past · passive		that sorry jade					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	carry	gerund		wood and water					vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wood=Theme

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