Exam question 1 · Russian Folk-Tales, Marko the Rich: a stingy merchant trie…

Which of the following best explains why the moujik was unable to recover his copeck from Marko the Rich?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: moujik · What happens: follow, explain, be, recover · To what, where: copeck, Marko · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 1 of lesson 419 «Russian Folk-Tales, Marko the Rich: a stingy merchant tries to dodge paying one copeck and gets tricked» 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	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 explains	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 explains	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 explains	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 explains	csubj
5	best	well	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 following	advmod
6	explains	explain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	11 unable	advmod
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 moujik	det
9	moujik	moujik	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 unable	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 unable	cop
11	unable	unable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 explains	ccomp
12	to	to	PART	_	13 recover	mark
13	recover	recover	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 unable	xcomp
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 copeck	nmod:poss
15	copeck	copeck	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 recover	obj
16	from	from	ADP	_	17 Marko	case
17	Marko	Marko	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 recover	obl
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 Rich	det
19	Rich	Rich	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 Marko	appos
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 explains	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				well property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	explain speech: assert	present					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is	past	the moujik			unable property	tree rules
4	recover	to-infinitive	the moujik not said here	his copeck	Marko		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent copeck=Theme from marko=Source

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

Marko pretended to be dead, which made it impossible for the moujik to collect the money from him

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Marko	Marko	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 pretended	nsubj
2	pretended	pretend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	5 dead	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 dead	cop
5	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 pretended	advcl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 made	punct
7	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 made	nsubj
8	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 pretended	conj
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 made	obj
10	impossible	impossible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 made	xcomp
11	for	for	ADP	_	13 moujik	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 moujik	det
13	moujik	moujik	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pretended	obl
14	to	to	PART	_	15 collect	mark
15	collect	collect	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 pretended	advcl
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 money	det
17	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 collect	obj
18	from	from	ADP	_	19 him	case
19	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 collect	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	pretend	past	Marko		for the moujik	tree rules
2	is	to-infinitive	Marko not said here		dead property	tree rules
3	make	past		it	impossible property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product
4	collect	to-infinitive	Marko not said here	the money	from Marko	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent money=Theme from he=Source

Option 2

The moujik had lost the receipt for the loan

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 moujik	det
2	moujik	moujik	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lost	nsubj:pass
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 lost	aux
4	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 receipt	det
6	receipt	receipt	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lost	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 loan	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 loan	det
9	loan	loan	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lost	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	past · perfect · passive		the moujik				for the loan	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Marko feigned death and thereby evaded repayment

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Marko	Marko	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 feigned	nsubj
2	feigned	feign	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 feigned	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 evaded	cc
5	thereby	thereby	ADV	_	6 evaded	advmod
6	evaded	evade	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 feigned	conj
7	repayment	repayment	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 evaded	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feign	past	Marko	death					vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent death=Patient
2	evade	past	Marko not said here	repayment				thereby property	vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent repayment=Location

Option 4

Marko ignored the moujik and kept his money safely

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Marko	Marko	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 ignored	nsubj
2	ignored	ignore	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 moujik	det
4	moujik	moujik	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ignored	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 kept	cc
6	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 ignored	conj
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 money	nmod:poss
8	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 kept	obj
9	safely	safely	ADV	_	6 kept	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ignore	past	Marko	the moujik					vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent moujik=Theme
2	keep	past	Marko not said here	Marko's money				safely property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme

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