Exam question 2 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Smith and the Demon: the Smith bur…

State the sequence of events by which the Smith's attempt at rejuvenation results in the seigneur's death.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, Smith, seigneur · What happens: state, attempt, die · To what, where: sequence, rejuvenation results

This is exam question 2 of lesson 422 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Smith and the Demon: the Smith burns the seigneur, then the Demon saves him» 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	State	state	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 sequence	det
3	sequence	sequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 events	case
5	events	event	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 sequence	nmod
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 which	case
7	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 attempt	obl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Smith	det
9	Smith	Smith	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 attempt	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 Smith	case
11	attempt	attempt	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 events	nmod
12	at	at	ADP	_	14 results	case
13	rejuvenation	rejuvenation	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 results	compound
14	results	result	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 attempt	nmod
15	in	in	ADP	_	19 death	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 seigneur	det
17	seigneur	seigneur	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 death	nmod:poss
18	's	's	PART	_	17 seigneur	case
19	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 results	nmod
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 State	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	state speech: other	imperative	you not said here	the sequence of events the Smith's attempt at rejuvenation results in the seigneur's death		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent sequence=Topic
2	attempt		the Smith		rejuvenation results in the seigneur's death	nom attempt «act transitive»: poss=agent at=place
3	die		the seigneur			nom death «event intransitive»: poss=agent

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 melts the seigneur in the furnace and dumps the lady's gold into the stream

The tree, 16 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 melts	nsubj
2	melts	melt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 seigneur	det
4	seigneur	seigneur	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 melts	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 furnace	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 furnace	det
7	furnace	furnace	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 melts	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 dumps	cc
9	dumps	dump	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 melts	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 lady	det
11	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 gold	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 lady	case
13	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 dumps	obj
14	into	into	ADP	_	16 stream	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 stream	det
16	stream	stream	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 dumps	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	melt	present	He	the seigneur		the furnace			vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient seigneur=Result
2	dump	present	He not said here	the lady's gold		the stream			vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent gold=Theme into stream=Destination

Option 2

He cooks the seigneur in the furnace, scatters the ash over the fields, and then fetches the lady's servants to hang him

The tree, 23 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 cooks	nsubj
2	cooks	cook	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 seigneur	det
4	seigneur	seigneur	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cooks	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 furnace	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 furnace	det
7	furnace	furnace	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 seigneur	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 scatters	punct
9	scatters	scatter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 cooks	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 ash	det
11	ash	ash	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 scatters	obj
12	over	over	ADP	_	14 fields	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 fields	det
14	fields	field	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 ash	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 fetches	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 fetches	cc
17	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	18 fetches	advmod
18	fetches	fetch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 cooks	conj
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 lady	det
20	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 servants	nmod:poss
21	's	's	PART	_	20 lady	case
22	servants	servant	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 fetches	obj
23	to	to	PART	_	24 hang	mark
24	hang	hang	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 fetches	advcl
25	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 hang	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cook	present	He	the seigneur			in the furnace	vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent seigneur=Patient in furnace=Instrument
2	scatter	present	He not said here	the ash	the fields			vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent ash=Theme over field=Destination
3	fetch	present	He not said here	the lady's servants		then		vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent servant=Theme
4	hang	to-infinitive	He not said here	him = he				vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He burns the seigneur in the furnace and tosses the remains into the milk

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 burns	nsubj
2	burns	burn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 seigneur	det
4	seigneur	seigneur	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 burns	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 furnace	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 furnace	det
7	furnace	furnace	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 burns	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 tosses	cc
9	tosses	toss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 burns	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 remains	det
11	remains	remains	NOUN	Number=Ptan	9 tosses	obj
12	into	into	ADP	_	14 milk	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 milk	det
14	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 tosses	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	burn	present	He	the seigneur		the furnace			vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent seigneur=Theme
2	toss	present	He not said here	the remains		the milk			vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent remains=Patient into milk=Recipient

Option 4

He roasts the seigneur in the forge and throws the ash into the well water

The tree, 15 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 roasts	nsubj
2	roasts	roast	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 seigneur	det
4	seigneur	seigneur	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 roasts	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 forge	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 forge	det
7	forge	forge	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 roasts	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 throws	cc
9	throws	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 roasts	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 ash	det
11	ash	ash	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 throws	obj
12	into	into	ADP	_	15 water	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 water	det
14	well	well	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 water	amod
15	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 throws	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	roast	present	He	the seigneur				in the forge	vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent seigneur=Patient in forge=Instrument
2	throw	present	He not said here	the ash				into the well water result	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer ash=Theme into water=Result

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