Exam question 4 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Simpleton: the ox sold to the Birc…

What was the response of the searchers when the Simpleton produced the goat's head?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Simpleton · What happens: be, produce · To what, where: response, head

This is exam question 4 of lesson 420 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Simpleton: the ox sold to the Birch, the gold, and the goat's head» 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 response	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 response	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 response	det
4	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 searchers	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 searchers	det
7	searchers	searcher	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 response	nmod
8	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	11 produced	advmod
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Simpleton	det
10	Simpleton	Simpleton	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 produced	nsubj
11	produced	produce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 response	advcl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 goat	det
13	goat	goat	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 head	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 goat	case
15	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 produced	obj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 response	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the response				of the searchers	tree rules
2	produce	past	the Simpleton	the goat's head					vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Result

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

They spat and walked away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 spat	nsubj
2	spat	spat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 walked	cc
4	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 spat	conj
5	away	away	ADV	_	4 walked	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spat	present	They						vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	walk away	past	They not said here					away property	vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

They dragged the Simpleton outside, spat in his face, and departed without a word

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 dragged	nsubj
2	dragged	drag	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Simpleton	det
4	Simpleton	Simpleton	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 dragged	obj
5	outside	outside	ADV	_	2 dragged	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 spat	punct
7	spat	spat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dragged	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 face	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 face	nmod:poss
10	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 spat	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 departed	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 departed	cc
13	departed	depart	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 dragged	conj
14	without	without	ADP	_	16 word	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 word	det
16	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 departed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drag	past	They	the Simpleton				spat in his face obl; outside property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent simpleton=Theme
2	depart	past	They not said here					without a word	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

They spat in his face, then departed in a hurry and never came back again

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 spat	nsubj
2	spat	spat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 face	case
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 face	nmod:poss
5	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spat	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 departed	punct
7	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 departed	advmod
8	departed	depart	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 spat	conj
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 hurry	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 hurry	det
11	hurry	hurry	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 departed	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 came	cc
13	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	14 came	advmod
14	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 spat	conj
15	back	back	ADV	_	14 came	advmod
16	again	again	ADV	_	14 came	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	roles by
1	spat	present	They	his face		vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	depart	participle	They not said here	a hurry	then	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	not come back	past	They not said here		again	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

They spat in his face and departed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 spat	nsubj
2	spat	spat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 face	case
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 face	nmod:poss
5	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spat	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 departed	cc
7	departed	depart	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 face	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spat	present	They			his face			vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	depart	participle	They not said here						vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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