Exam question 4 · Russian Folk-Tales, Marya Morevna, part 21: Ivan is slain…

What was the purpose of the handkerchief presented to Prince Ivan by Marya Morevna?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: purpose, handkerchief · What happens: be, present, purpose · To what, where: handkerchief

This is exam question 4 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	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 purpose	det
4	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 handkerchief	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 handkerchief	det
7	handkerchief	handkerchief	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 purpose	nmod
8	presented	present	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 handkerchief	acl
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 Prince	case
10	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 presented	obl:agent
11	Ivan	Ivan	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 Prince	flat
12	by	by	ADP	_	13 Marya	case
13	Marya	Marya	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 presented	obl
14	Morevna	Morevna	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 Marya	flat
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the purpose of the handkerchief			tree rules
2	present	participle		the handkerchief not said here	by Marya	vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	purpose		the handkerchief			nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=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

It raised a lofty bridge over the fiery river when waved three times

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 raised	nsubj
2	raised	raise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 bridge	det
4	lofty	lofty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 bridge	amod
5	bridge	bridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 raised	obj
6	over	over	ADP	_	9 river	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 river	det
8	fiery	fiery	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 river	amod
9	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 raised	obl
10	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	11 waved	advmod
11	waved	wave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 raised	conj
12	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 times	nummod
13	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 waved	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	raise	past	It	a lofty bridge		the fiery river			vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent bridge=Theme over river=Destination
2	wave	participle					time		vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

It lifted a bridge over the water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 lifted	nsubj
2	lifted	lift	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 bridge	det
4	bridge	bridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lifted	obj
5	over	over	ADP	_	7 water	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 water	det
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lifted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lift	past	It	a bridge		the water			vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent bridge=Theme over water=Destination

Option 3

It raised a lofty bridge over the fiery river and guarded him from the flames

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 raised	nsubj
2	raised	raise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 bridge	det
4	lofty	lofty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 bridge	amod
5	bridge	bridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 raised	obj
6	over	over	ADP	_	9 river	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 river	det
8	fiery	fiery	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 river	amod
9	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 raised	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 guarded	cc
11	guarded	guard	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 raised	conj
12	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 guarded	obj
13	from	from	ADP	_	15 flames	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 flames	det
15	flames	flame	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 guarded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	raise	past	It	a lofty bridge		the fiery river			vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent bridge=Theme over river=Destination
2	guard	past			him = he			from the flames	vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary from flame=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It raised a lofty bridge over the fiery river

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 raised	nsubj
2	raised	raise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 bridge	det
4	lofty	lofty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 bridge	amod
5	bridge	bridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 raised	obj
6	over	over	ADP	_	9 river	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 river	det
8	fiery	fiery	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 river	amod
9	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 raised	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	raise	past	It	a lofty bridge		the fiery river			vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent bridge=Theme over river=Destination

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