Exam question 1 · Russian Folk-Tales, Prince Ivan and the Bride: Ivan gets t…

To what extent did the monarch, following the solemnization of the nuptials, dispose of the two elder princes?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: do, follow, solemnize · To what, where: monarch, solemnization, nuptials

This is exam question 1 of lesson 433 «Russian Folk-Tales, Prince Ivan and the Bride: Ivan gets to the church first and marries the bride» 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	To	to	ADP	_	3 extent	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 extent	nsubj
3	extent	extent	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 monarch	det
6	monarch	monarch	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 following	punct
8	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 did	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 solemnization	det
10	solemnization	solemnization	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 following	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 nuptials	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 nuptials	det
13	nuptials	nuptial	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 solemnization	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 dispose	punct
15	dispose	dispose	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 nuptials	conj
16	of	of	ADP	_	20 princes	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 princes	det
18	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	20 princes	nummod
19	elder	elder	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 princes	amod
20	princes	prince	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 dispose	nmod
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	past	the monarch	to extent	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent monarch=Eventuality
2	follow	gerund	the solemnization of the nuptials and dispose of the two elder princes		vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent solemnization=Theme
3	solemnize		the nuptials and dispose of the two elder princes		nom solemnization «act 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

He forgave them publicly at the wedding feast and then gave them new lands in the north

The tree, 17 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 forgave	nsubj
2	forgave	forgive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 forgave	obj
4	publicly	publicly	ADV	_	2 forgave	advmod
5	at	at	ADP	_	8 feast	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 feast	det
7	wedding	wedding	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 feast	compound
8	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 forgave	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 gave	cc
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 gave	advmod
11	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 forgave	conj
12	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 gave	iobj
13	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 lands	amod
14	lands	land	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 gave	obj
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 north	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 north	det
17	north	north	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 gave	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forgive	past	He	them = they		the wedding feast		publicly property	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
2	give	past	He not said here	new lands	them = they	the north	then		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient land=Theme

Option 2

He jailed them

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 jailed	nsubj
2	jailed	jail	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 jailed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	jail	past	He	them = they					vn confine-92 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He banished them from the realm

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 banished	nsubj
2	banished	banish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 banished	obj
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 realm	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 realm	det
6	realm	realm	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 banished	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	banish	past	He	them = they		the realm			vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent they=Theme from realm=Source

Option 4

He exiled them

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 exiled	nsubj
2	exiled	exile	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 exiled	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exile	past	He	them = they					vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

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