Exam question 1 · Russian Folk-Tales, Marya Morevna, part 21: Ivan is slain…

Which of the following statements most accurately describes the fate of Prince Ivan following his third capture by Koshchei the Deathless?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: fate, Koshchei · What happens: follow, describe, fate, capture · To what, where: fate, third capture, Prince Ivan, Ivan

This is exam question 1 of lesson 429 «Russian Folk-Tales, Marya Morevna, part 21: Ivan is slain and revived, then tricks the Baba Yaga's mares and is helped by the creatures he spared» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 describes	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 describes	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 describes	advmod
8	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 fate	det
10	fate	fate	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 describes	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 Ivan	case
12	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 Ivan	compound
13	Ivan	Ivan	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 fate	nmod
14	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 fate	acl
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 capture	nmod:poss
16	third	third	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	17 capture	amod
17	capture	capture	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 following	obj
18	by	by	ADP	_	19 Koshchei	case
19	Koshchei	Koshchei	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 capture	nmod
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 Deathless	det
21	Deathless	Deathless	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 Koshchei	appos
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the fate of Prince Ivan	of the following statements; accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent fate=Theme
3	follow	gerund	the fate of Prince Ivan not said here	Ivan's third capture	by Koshchei	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent capture=Theme by koshchei=Trajectory
4	fate			Prince Ivan		nom fate «event transitive»: of=patient
5	capture		Koshchei	Ivan		nom capture «act transitive»: poss=patient by=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 was chopped apart and hidden in a cave

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	3 chopped	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 chopped	aux:pass
3	chopped	chop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	apart	apart	ADV	_	3 chopped	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 hidden	cc
6	hidden	hide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 chopped	conj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 cave	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 cave	det
9	cave	cave	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hidden	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chop	past · passive		He				apart property	vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	hide	participle				a cave			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in cave=Location

Option 2

He was beheaded and buried by the shore

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	3 beheaded	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 beheaded	aux:pass
3	beheaded	behead	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 buried	cc
5	buried	bury	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 beheaded	conj
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 shore	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 shore	det
8	shore	shore	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 buried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	behead	past · passive		He					vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	bury	participle						by the shore	vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by shore=Destination

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

He was dismembered, sealed within a barrel, and cast into the sea

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	3 dismembered	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 dismembered	aux:pass
3	dismembered	dismember	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 sealed	punct
5	sealed	seal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 dismembered	conj
6	within	within	ADP	_	8 barrel	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 barrel	det
8	barrel	barrel	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sealed	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 cast	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 cast	cc
11	cast	cast	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 dismembered	conj
12	into	into	ADP	_	14 sea	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 sea	det
14	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 cast	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	dismember	past · passive	He			tree rules
2	seal	participle			within a barrel	vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
3	cast	participle		the sea		vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent into sea=Product

Option 4

He was dismembered, sealed within a pitch-smeared barrel, and cast into the deep blue sea beyond the shore

The tree, 19 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	3 dismembered	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 dismembered	aux:pass
3	dismembered	dismember	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 sealed	punct
5	sealed	seal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 dismembered	conj
6	within	within	ADP	_	11 barrel	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 barrel	det
8	pitch	pitch	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 smeared	compound
9	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 pitch	punct
10	smeared	smear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 barrel	amod
11	barrel	barrel	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sealed	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 cast	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 cast	cc
14	cast	cast	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 dismembered	conj
15	into	into	ADP	_	19 sea	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 sea	det
17	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 sea	amod
18	blue	blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 sea	amod
19	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 cast	obl
20	beyond	beyond	ADP	_	22 shore	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 shore	det
22	shore	shore	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 cast	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	dismember	past · passive	He			tree rules
2	seal	participle			within a smeared barrel	vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
3	smear	participle				vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme
4	cast	participle		the deep blue sea	beyond the shore	vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent into sea=Product

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