Exam question 2 · Russian Folk-Tales, Koshchei the Deathless, part 23: Ivan…
What reply did Prince Ivan make when his father feared the loss of a further son?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Prince Ivan, father · What happens: reply, make, fear · To what, where: loss · Speech: someone speaks here
This is exam question 2 of lesson 431 «Russian Folk-Tales, Koshchei the Deathless, part 23: Ivan finds a horse, flings a rock, and reaches his mother» 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 | 2 reply | nsubj |
| 2 | reply | reply | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 Ivan | aux |
| 4 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 Ivan | compound |
| 5 | Ivan | Ivan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 make | nsubj |
| 6 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 reply | ccomp |
| 7 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 10 feared | advmod |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 father | nmod:poss |
| 9 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 feared | nsubj |
| 10 | feared | fear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 make | advcl |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 loss | det |
| 12 | loss | loss | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 feared | obj |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 son | case |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 son | det |
| 15 | further | further | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 son | amod |
| 16 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 loss | nmod |
| 17 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 reply | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reply speech: assert | present | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 2 | make | present | Prince Ivan | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | fear | past | Ivan's father | the loss of a further son | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer loss=Stimulus |
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
"if you do not bless me I shall go"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 bless | punct |
| 2 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 6 bless | mark |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 bless | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 bless | aux |
| 5 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 bless | advmod |
| 6 | bless | bless | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 bless | obj |
| 8 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 10 go | nsubj |
| 9 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 go | aux |
| 10 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 bless | parataxis |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 bless | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not bless in a quote | present · do-support | you | me | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | ||||
| 2 | go in a quote | shall | I | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
"I will not stay here if you refuse me this blessing"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 stay | punct |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 stay | nsubj |
| 3 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 stay | aux |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 stay | advmod |
| 5 | stay | stay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 stay | advmod |
| 7 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 9 refuse | mark |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 9 refuse | nsubj |
| 9 | refuse | refuse | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 stay | advcl |
| 10 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 9 refuse | obj |
| 11 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 12 blessing | det |
| 12 | blessing | blessing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 refuse | obj |
| 13 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 stay | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not stay in a quote | future | I | here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | refuse a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | present | you | me | tree rules |
Option 3
"You may keep your fear, for I am leaving at dawn tomorrow"
The tree, 12 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 keep | punct |
| 2 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 keep | nsubj |
| 3 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 keep | aux |
| 4 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 fear | nmod:poss |
| 6 | fear | fear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 keep | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 leaving | punct |
| 8 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 11 leaving | mark |
| 9 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 11 leaving | nsubj |
| 10 | am | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 leaving | aux |
| 11 | leaving | leave | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 keep | advcl |
| 12 | at | at | ADP | _ | 13 dawn | case |
| 13 | dawn | dawn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 leaving | obl |
| 14 | tomorrow | tomorrow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 leaving | obl:unmarked |
| 15 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 keep | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep in a quote | may | You | your fear | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fear=Theme | ||||
| 2 | leave in a quote | present · progressive | I | dawn; tomorrow | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | fear in a quote | your | nom fear «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4
"Bless me or I will ride away now"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Bless | punct |
| 2 | Bless | bless | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 2 Bless | obj |
| 4 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 7 ride | cc |
| 5 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 7 ride | nsubj |
| 6 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 ride | aux |
| 7 | ride | ride | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 Bless | conj |
| 8 | away | away | ADV | _ | 7 ride | advmod |
| 9 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 7 ride | advmod |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Bless | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bless in a quote | imperative | you not said here | me | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | ||||
| 2 | ride away in a quote | future | I | now | away property | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |
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