Exam question 4 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Smith and the Demon: the Smith bur…

Describe the outcome for the seigneur and his lady following the events described in the closing passage.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, lady · What happens: describe, follow · To what, where: outcome, events, closing passage

This is exam question 4 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	Describe	describe	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 outcome	det
3	outcome	outcome	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Describe	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 seigneur	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 seigneur	det
6	seigneur	seigneur	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Describe	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 lady	cc
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 lady	nmod:poss
9	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 seigneur	conj
10	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 lady	acl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 events	det
12	events	event	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 following	obj
13	described	describe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 events	acl
14	in	in	ADP	_	17 passage	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 passage	det
16	closing	closing	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 passage	compound
17	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 described	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Describe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	describe	imperative	you not said here	the outcome		for the seigneur and his lady	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent outcome=Theme
2	follow	gerund	his lady not said here	the events			vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent event=Theme
3	describe	participle		the events not said here	the closing passage		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

They lead a prosperous life together

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 lead	nsubj
2	lead	lead	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 life	det
4	prosperous	prosperous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 life	amod
5	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lead	obj
6	together	together	ADV	_	2 lead	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lead	present	They	a prosperous life				together property	vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Theme

Option 2

They are unhappy and split apart

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	3 unhappy	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 unhappy	cop
3	unhappy	unhappy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 split	cc
5	split	split	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 unhappy	conj
6	apart	apart	ADV	_	5 split	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	They					unhappy property	tree rules
2	split	infinitive	They not said here					apart property	vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

They rule the town quite wisely

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 rule	nsubj
2	rule	rule	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 town	det
4	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rule	obj
5	quite	quite	ADV	_	6 wisely	advmod
6	wisely	wisely	ADV	_	2 rule	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rule	present	They	the town				wisely property	vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent town=Theme

Option 4

They are very poor

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	4 poor	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 poor	cop
3	very	very	ADV	_	4 poor	advmod
4	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	They					poor property	tree rules

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