Exam question 2 · Russian Folk-Tales, Marko the Rich: a stingy merchant trie…

In what manner does the wife of Marko the Rich assist her husband in the deception?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: do · To what, where: wife, manner

This is exam question 2 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 manner	case
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 does	obl
4	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 wife	det
6	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 does	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 Marko	case
8	Marko	Marko	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 wife	nmod
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 assist	det
10	Rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 assist	amod
11	assist	assist	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 does	obj
12	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 husband	nmod:poss
13	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 does	obj
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 deception	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 deception	det
16	deception	deception	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 does	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 does	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present		the wife of Marko		what manner		in the deception	tree rules

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 weeps and pretends that he has died

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 weeps	nsubj
2	weeps	weep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 pretends	cc
4	pretends	pretend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 weeps	conj
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 died	mark
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 died	nsubj
7	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 died	aux
8	died	die	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 pretends	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	weep	present	She	vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	pretend	present	She not said here	tree rules
3	die	present · perfect	he	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

Option 2

She cooks dinner

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 cooks	nsubj
2	cooks	cook	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cooks	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cook	present	She	dinner					vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent dinner=Patient

Option 3

She brings the moujik a cup of tea

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 brings	nsubj
2	brings	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 moujik	det
4	moujik	moujik	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 brings	obj
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 cup	det
6	cup	cup	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 brings	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 tea	case
8	tea	tea	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cup	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	present	She	the moujik					vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent moujik=Destination cup=Theme

Option 4

She sends the moujik away with a coin

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 sends	nsubj
2	sends	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 moujik	det
4	moujik	moujik	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sends	obj
5	away	away	ADV	_	2 sends	advmod
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 coin	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 coin	det
8	coin	coin	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sends	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send away	present	She	the moujik				with a coin; away property	vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent moujik=Theme

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