Exam question 2 · Russian Folk-Tales, Petrusha and the Devil: the horse turn…

Upon the instruction of the fair maiden, what action did Petrusha perform in the vicinity of his village?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: action · What happens: perform, instruct · To what, where: vicinity, fair maiden

This is exam question 2 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	Upon	upon	ADP	_	3 instruction	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 instruction	det
3	instruction	instruction	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 perform	obl
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 maiden	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 maiden	det
6	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 maiden	amod
7	maiden	maiden	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 instruction	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 perform	punct
9	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	13 perform	obj
10	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 perform	nsubj
11	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 perform	aux
12	Petrusha	Petrusha	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 perform	nsubj
13	perform	perform	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 vicinity	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 vicinity	det
16	vicinity	vicinity	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 perform	obl
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 village	case
18	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 village	nmod:poss
19	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 vicinity	nmod
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	13 perform	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	perform	past · do-support	action			the vicinity of Petrusha's village		upon the instruction of the fair maiden	vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme
2	instruct			the fair maiden					nom instruction «communication 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

He prayed at the gate.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 prayed	nsubj
2	prayed	pray	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 gate	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 gate	det
5	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 prayed	obl
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 prayed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pray	past	He			the gate			vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot

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

He removed his copper cross and traced a circle three times.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 removed	nsubj
2	removed	remove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 cross	nmod:poss
4	copper	copper	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cross	compound
5	cross	cross	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 removed	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 traced	cc
7	traced	trace	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 removed	conj
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 circle	det
9	circle	circle	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 traced	obj
10	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 times	nummod
11	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 traced	obl:unmarked
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 removed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remove	past	He	his copper cross					vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cross=Theme
2	trace	past	He not said here	a circle			time		vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent circle=Theme

Option 3

He tore off his coat and bowed three times.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 tore	nsubj
2	tore	tore	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	off	off	ADP	_	2 tore	compound:prt
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 coat	nmod:poss
5	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tore	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 bowed	cc
7	bowed	bow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 tore	conj
8	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 times	nummod
9	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 bowed	obl:unmarked
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 tore	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tore off	past	He	his coat					tree rules
2	bow	past	He not said here				time		vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

He lit a fire near the church door.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 lit	nsubj
2	lit	light	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 fire	det
4	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lit	obj
5	near	near	ADP	_	8 door	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 door	det
7	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 door	compound
8	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lit	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 lit	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	light	past	He	a fire		the church door			vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Product

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