Exam question 4 · Russian Folk-Tales, Marya Morevna: Ivan outwits the Baba Y…

What is the final fate of Koshchei the Deathless?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: final fate · What happens: be, fate · To what, where: Koshchei

This is exam question 4 of lesson 430 «Russian Folk-Tales, Marya Morevna: Ivan outwits the Baba Yaga, rescues Marya, and burns Koshchei» 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	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 fate	det
4	final	final	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 fate	amod
5	fate	fate	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 Koshchei	case
7	Koshchei	Koshchei	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 fate	nmod
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Deathless	det
9	Deathless	Deathless	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Koshchei	appos
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the final fate of Koshchei						tree rules
2	fate			Koshchei					nom fate «event transitive»: of=patient

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

his ashes are scattered across the blue sea by the wind

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 ashes	nmod:poss
2	ashes	ash	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 scattered	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 scattered	aux:pass
4	scattered	scatter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	across	across	ADP	_	8 sea	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sea	det
7	blue	blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 sea	amod
8	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 scattered	obl
9	by	by	ADP	_	11 wind	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 wind	det
11	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 scattered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scatter	present · passive	the wind	his ashes		the blue sea			vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

his ashes are scattered to the wind

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 ashes	nmod:poss
2	ashes	ash	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 scattered	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 scattered	aux:pass
4	scattered	scatter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 wind	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 wind	det
7	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 scattered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scatter	present · passive		his ashes				to the wind	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme

Option 3

his bones are left in the river

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 bones	nmod:poss
2	bones	bone	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 left	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 left	aux:pass
4	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 river	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 river	det
7	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 left	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	present · passive		his bones		the river			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in river=Location

Option 4

his bones are buried deep under the oak tree in the forest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 bones	nmod:poss
2	bones	bone	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 buried	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 buried	aux:pass
4	buried	bury	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	deep	deep	ADV	_	4 buried	advmod
6	under	under	ADP	_	9 tree	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 tree	det
8	oak	oak	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 tree	compound
9	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 buried	obl
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 forest	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 forest	det
12	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 buried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bury	present · passive		his bones		the oak tree		in the forest; deep property	vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme under tree=Destination

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