Exam question 3 · Russian Folk-Tales, Marya Morevna, part 21: Ivan is slain…

What condition did Prince Ivan fulfil in order to receive the heroic steed from the Baba Yaga?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: condition, Prince Ivan · What happens: do, fulfil, receive · To what, where: order, heroic steed, Baba Yaga

This is exam question 3 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	What	what	DET	PronType=Int	2 condition	det
2	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	nsubj
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Ivan	compound
5	Ivan	Ivan	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 fulfil	nsubj
6	fulfil	fulfil	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 did	ccomp
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 order	case
8	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fulfil	obl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 receive	mark
10	receive	receive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 fulfil	advcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 steed	det
12	heroic	heroic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 steed	amod
13	steed	steed	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 receive	obj
14	from	from	ADP	_	17 Yaga	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 Yaga	det
16	Baba	Baba	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 Yaga	compound
17	Yaga	Yaga	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 steed	nmod
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	do	past	what condition			tree rules
2	fulfil	present	Prince Ivan		order	tree rules
3	receive	to-infinitive	Prince Ivan not said here	the heroic steed	the Baba Yaga	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent steed=Theme from yaga=Source

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 agreed to guard her mares for a week

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	2 agreed	nsubj
2	agreed	agree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 guard	mark
4	guard	guard	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 agreed	xcomp
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 mares	nmod:poss
6	mares	mare	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 guard	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 week	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 week	det
9	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 guard	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	agree speech: agree	past	He						vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	guard not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here		her mares		week		vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mare=Beneficiary

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He undertook to tend her mares for three days

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	2 undertook	nsubj
2	undertook	undertake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 tend	mark
4	tend	tend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 undertook	xcomp
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 mares	nmod:poss
6	mares	mare	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 tend	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 days	case
8	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 days	nummod
9	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 tend	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	undertake	past	He						vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	tend	to-infinitive	He not said here	her mares			day		vn caring-75.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mare=Theme

Option 3

He undertook to tend her mares for three days and bring back the lion cub safely

The tree, 16 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	2 undertook	nsubj
2	undertook	undertake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 tend	mark
4	tend	tend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 undertook	xcomp
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 mares	nmod:poss
6	mares	mare	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 tend	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 days	case
8	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 days	nummod
9	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 tend	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 bring	cc
11	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 tend	conj
12	back	back	ADV	_	11 bring	advmod
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 cub	det
14	lion	lion	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 cub	compound
15	cub	cub	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 bring	obj
16	safely	safely	ADV	_	11 bring	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	undertake	past	He				vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	tend	to-infinitive	He not said here	her mares	day		vn caring-75.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mare=Theme
3	bring back	infinitive	He not said here	the lion cub		safely property	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent cub=Theme

Option 4

He undertook to tend her mares for three days and three nights without rest

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	2 undertook	nsubj
2	undertook	undertake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 tend	mark
4	tend	tend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 undertook	xcomp
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 mares	nmod:poss
6	mares	mare	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 tend	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 days	case
8	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 days	nummod
9	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 tend	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 nights	cc
11	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 nights	nummod
12	nights	night	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 days	conj
13	without	without	ADP	_	14 rest	case
14	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tend	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	undertake	past	He						vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	tend	to-infinitive	He not said here	her mares			day	without rest	vn caring-75.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mare=Theme

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