Exam question 3 · Russian Folk-Tales, Norka: the brothers are punished and t…
What punishment did the King inflict upon his sons, as recorded in the passage?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: punishment, King · What happens: do, inflict, record · To what, where: sons, passage
This is exam question 3 of lesson 427 «Russian Folk-Tales, Norka: the brothers are punished and three weddings are held» 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 | 3 did | obj |
| 2 | punishment | punishment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 did | nsubj |
| 3 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 King | det |
| 5 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 inflict | nsubj |
| 6 | inflict | inflict | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 did | parataxis |
| 7 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 9 sons | case |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 sons | nmod:poss |
| 9 | sons | son | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 inflict | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 recorded | punct |
| 11 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 12 recorded | mark |
| 12 | recorded | record | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 sons | acl |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 passage | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 passage | det |
| 15 | passage | passage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 recorded | obl |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | punishment | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | inflict | present | the King | upon King's sons | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | record | participle | King's sons not said here | the passage | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in passage=Destination |
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
Punishment as he thought best
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Punishment | punishment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 best | nsubj |
| 2 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 4 thought | mark |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 thought | nsubj |
| 4 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Punishment | acl |
| 5 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | past | Punishment | Punishment not said here | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot punishment=Theme |
Option 2
Punishment as he thought best, after a long trial
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Punishment | punishment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 thought | nsubj |
| 2 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 4 thought | mark |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 thought | nsubj |
| 4 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 4 thought | ccomp |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 best | punct |
| 7 | after | after | ADP | _ | 10 trial | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 trial | det |
| 9 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 trial | amod |
| 10 | trial | trial | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 thought | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | past | Punishment | after a long trial | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Punishment as he thought best, and banishment from the court forever
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Punishment | punishment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 thought | nsubj |
| 2 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 4 thought | mark |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 thought | nsubj |
| 4 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 4 thought | ccomp |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 banishment | punct |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 banishment | cc |
| 8 | banishment | banishment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 thought | xcomp |
| 9 | from | from | ADP | _ | 11 court | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 court | det |
| 11 | court | court | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 banishment | nmod |
| 12 | forever | forever | ADV | _ | 8 banishment | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | past | Punishment | banishment from the court | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Forgiveness as he chose to give
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Forgiveness | forgiveness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 chose | nsubj |
| 2 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 4 chose | mark |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 chose | nsubj |
| 4 | chose | choose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 give | mark |
| 6 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 chose | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | choose | past | Forgiveness | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | give | to-infinitive | Forgiveness not said here | vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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