Exam question 2 · Russian Wonder Tales, Prince Ivan and the Beast Norka, par…

With reference to the text, what action does the youngest bride take in order to identify the Prince?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: action · What happens: do, take in, identify · To what, where: youngest bride, order, Prince

This is exam question 2 of lesson 426 «Russian Wonder Tales, Prince Ivan and the Beast Norka, part 18: the Prince sews magic robes and the brides recognise 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	With	with	ADP	_	2 reference	case
2	reference	reference	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 take	obl
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 text	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 text	det
5	text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reference	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 does	punct
7	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	9 does	obj
8	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 does	nsubj
9	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 take	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 bride	det
11	youngest	young	ADJ	Degree=Sup	12 bride	amod
12	bride	bride	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 does	obj
13	take	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	in	in	ADP	_	13 take	compound:prt
15	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 take	obj
16	to	to	PART	_	17 identify	mark
17	identify	identify	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 take	advcl
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 Prince	det
19	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 identify	obj
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	13 take	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	present	action	the youngest bride		tree rules
2	take in	present		order	with reference to the text	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent order=Theme
3	identify	to-infinitive		the Prince		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent prince=Theme

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

She sends her sisters to search every single house

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	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 sisters	nmod:poss
4	sisters	sister	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sends	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 search	mark
6	search	search	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 sends	advcl
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	9 house	det
8	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 house	amod
9	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 search	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	present	She	her sisters					vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sister=Theme
2	search	to-infinitive	She not said here	every single house					vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent house=Location

Option 2

She examines the beggars closely and notices a ring, then sends a servant to fetch the Prince from the tailor

The tree, 20 words

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 examines	nsubj
2	examines	examine	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 beggars	det
4	beggars	beggar	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 examines	obj
5	closely	closely	ADV	_	2 examines	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 notices	cc
7	notices	notice	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 examines	conj
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 ring	det
9	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 notices	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 sends	punct
11	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 sends	advmod
12	sends	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 examines	conj
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 servant	det
14	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 sends	obj
15	to	to	PART	_	16 fetch	mark
16	fetch	fetch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 sends	advcl
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 Prince	det
18	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 fetch	obj
19	from	from	ADP	_	21 tailor	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 tailor	det
21	tailor	tailor	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 fetch	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	examine	present	She	the beggars		closely property	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beggar=Theme
2	notice	present	She not said here	a ring			vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer ring=Stimulus
3	send	present	She not said here	a servant	then		vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent servant=Theme
4	fetch	to-infinitive	She not said here	the Prince		from the tailor	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent prince=Theme from tailor=Source

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

She examines the beggars closely and notices a ring

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 examines	nsubj
2	examines	examine	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 beggars	det
4	beggars	beggar	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 examines	obj
5	closely	closely	ADV	_	2 examines	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 notices	cc
7	notices	notice	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 examines	conj
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 ring	det
9	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 notices	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	examine	present	She	the beggars				closely property	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beggar=Theme
2	notice	present	She not said here	a ring					vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer ring=Stimulus

Option 4

She has the beggars all brought to the palace hall

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 has	nsubj
2	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 beggars	det
4	beggars	beggar	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 brought	nsubj
5	all	all	ADV	_	6 brought	advmod
6	brought	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 has	parataxis
7	to	to	ADP	_	10 hall	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 hall	det
9	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 hall	compound
10	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 brought	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	She						vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	bring	past	the beggars			the palace hall		all property	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to hall=Destination

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