Exam question 1 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Chudo-Yudo, part 17: Ivan slays th…

By what means did the old witch transport Ivan beneath the earth?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: mean, do · To what, where: old witch transport · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 1 of lesson 425 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Chudo-Yudo, part 17: Ivan slays three monsters, the widows take revenge, and an Aged One sends him on» 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	By	by	SCONJ	_	3 means	mark
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 means	nsubj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 means	ccomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 transport	det
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 transport	amod
7	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 transport	compound
8	transport	transport	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
9	Ivan	Ivan	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 transport	appos
10	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	12 earth	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 earth	det
12	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present							vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	do	past		the old witch transport				beneath the earth	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent transport=Eventuality

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

Holding his offered coin

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Holding	hold	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 coin	nmod:poss
3	offered	offer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 coin	amod
4	coin	coin	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Holding	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	hold	gerund		his offered coin	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coin=Theme
2	offer	participle			vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
3	coin		his = he		nom coin «possession transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

Seizing his outstretched hand and dragging him underground

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Seizing	seize	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 hand	nmod:poss
3	outstretched	outstretched	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 hand	amod
4	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Seizing	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 dragging	cc
6	dragging	drag	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Seizing	conj
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 dragging	obj
8	underground	underground	ADV	_	6 dragging	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seize	gerund		his outstretched hand					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme
2	drag	gerund		him = he				underground property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Seizing his outstretched hand

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Seizing	seize	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 hand	nmod:poss
3	outstretched	outstretched	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 hand	amod
4	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Seizing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seize	gerund		his outstretched hand					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

By magic spells that carried him through the earth beneath

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	3 spells	case
2	magic	magic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 spells	amod
3	spells	spell	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 carried	obl
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 carried	nsubj
5	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 carried	obj
7	through	through	ADP	_	9 earth	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 earth	det
9	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 carried	obl
10	beneath	beneath	PUNCT	_	5 carried	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	past	that	him = he		the earth		by magic spells	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

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