Exam question 3 · Russian Folk-Tales, Petrusha and the Devil: the horse turn…

Which statement correctly describes the father following his return to human form?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: statement, father · What happens: describe, follow, return · To what, where: father, return, human form

This is exam question 3 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 statement	det
2	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 describes	nsubj
3	correctly	correctly	ADV	_	4 describes	advmod
4	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 father	det
6	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 describes	obj
7	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 father	acl
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 return	nmod:poss
9	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 following	obj
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 form	case
11	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 form	amod
12	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 return	nmod
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	describe	present	which statement	the father		correctly property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent father=Theme
2	follow	gerund	the father not said here	statement's return	human form		vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent return=Theme to form=Trajectory
3	return		statement			to human form	nom return «communication intransitive»: poss=agent to=obl

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 ran into the woods, wept for many days, and then slowly returned to his village and his family.

The tree, 19 words

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 ran	nsubj
2	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	into	into	ADP	_	5 woods	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 woods	det
5	woods	wood	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 ran	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 wept	punct
7	wept	weep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 ran	conj
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 days	case
9	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 days	amod
10	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 wept	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 returned	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 returned	cc
13	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	15 returned	advmod
14	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	15 returned	advmod
15	returned	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 ran	conj
16	to	to	ADP	_	18 village	case
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 village	nmod:poss
18	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 returned	obl
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 family	cc
20	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 family	nmod:poss
21	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 village	conj
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 ran	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	run	past	He		into the woods result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into wood=Result
2	weep	past	He not said here	day		vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	return	past	He not said here	then	to his village and his family result; slowly property	vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to village=Result

Option 2

He remained silent for three days and thereafter abstained entirely from spirits and wine for the rest of his life.

The tree, 20 words

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 remained	nsubj
2	remained	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	silent	silent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 remained	xcomp
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 days	case
5	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 days	nummod
6	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 remained	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 abstained	cc
8	thereafter	thereafter	ADV	_	9 abstained	advmod
9	abstained	abstain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 remained	conj
10	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	9 abstained	advmod
11	from	from	ADP	_	12 spirits	case
12	spirits	spirit	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 abstained	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 wine	cc
14	wine	wine	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 spirits	conj
15	for	for	ADP	_	17 rest	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 rest	det
17	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 abstained	obl
18	of	of	ADP	_	20 life	case
19	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 life	nmod:poss
20	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 rest	nmod
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 remained	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	past	He				day	silent property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	abstain	participle	He not said here			spirits and wine		for the rest of his life; entirely, thereafter property	vn refrain-69 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent from spirit=Eventuality

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He remained silent for three days and thereafter abstained entirely from spirits.

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 remained	nsubj
2	remained	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	silent	silent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 remained	xcomp
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 days	case
5	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 days	nummod
6	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 remained	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 abstained	cc
8	thereafter	thereafter	ADV	_	9 abstained	advmod
9	abstained	abstain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 remained	conj
10	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	9 abstained	advmod
11	from	from	ADP	_	12 spirits	case
12	spirits	spirit	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 abstained	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 remained	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	past	He				day	silent property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	abstain	participle	He not said here			spirits		entirely, thereafter property	vn refrain-69 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent from spirit=Eventuality

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

He stayed silent for a week and then wandered off.

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 stayed	nsubj
2	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	silent	silent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 stayed	xcomp
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 week	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 week	det
6	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stayed	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 wandered	cc
8	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 wandered	advmod
9	wandered	wander	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 stayed	conj
10	off	off	ADP	_	9 wandered	compound:prt
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 stayed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	past	He				week	silent property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	wander off	past	He not said here				then		vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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