Exam question 4 · Russian Folk-Tales, Prince Ivan and the Bride: Ivan gets t…

By what means did the old woman obtain the bride's requirements, and at what remuneration?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: old woman, bride · What happens: mean, obtain, require · To what, where: requirements, remuneration

This is exam question 4 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	By	by	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 obtain	obl
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 obtain	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 woman	det
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 woman	amod
7	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 obtain	nsubj
8	obtain	obtain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 bride	det
10	bride	bride	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 requirements	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 bride	case
12	requirements	requirement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 obtain	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 remuneration	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 remuneration	cc
15	at	at	ADP	_	17 remuneration	case
16	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	17 remuneration	det
17	remuneration	remuneration	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 obtain	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 obtain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	mean	present				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	obtain	past · do-support	the old woman	the bride's requirements	what remuneration	vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent requirement=Theme
3	require		the bride			nom requirement «cognition transitive»: poss=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

Through Ivan's secret gold, which she exchanged in the market for silk and lace at great profit

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Through	through	ADP	_	5 gold	case
2	Ivan	Ivan	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 gold	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 Ivan	case
4	secret	secret	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 gold	amod
5	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 exchanged	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 exchanged	punct
7	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 exchanged	obj
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 exchanged	nsubj
9	exchanged	exchange	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 market	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 market	det
12	market	market	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 exchanged	obl
13	for	for	ADP	_	14 silk	case
14	silk	silk	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 exchanged	obl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 lace	cc
16	lace	lace	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 silk	conj
17	at	at	ADP	_	19 profit	case
18	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 profit	amod
19	profit	profit	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 exchanged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exchange	past	Ivan			Ivan's secret gold		in the market; for silk and lace; at great profit	vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP PP.co-theme»: agent=Agent which=Theme for silk=Co-Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

By Ivan's aid, at one ducat per delivery

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	4 aid	case
2	Ivan	Ivan	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 aid	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 Ivan	case
4	aid	aid	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 ducat	punct
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 ducat	case
7	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 ducat	nummod
8	ducat	ducat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 aid	appos
9	per	per	ADP	_	10 delivery	case
10	delivery	delivery	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 ducat	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

By the king's order, at one ducat each

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	5 order	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 king	det
3	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 order	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 king	case
5	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 ducat	punct
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 ducat	case
8	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 ducat	nummod
9	ducat	ducat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 order	conj
10	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	5 order	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	order		the king						nom order «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

By Ivan's help, at two ducats per delivery

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	4 help	case
2	Ivan	Ivan	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 help	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 Ivan	case
4	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 ducats	punct
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 ducats	case
7	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 ducats	nummod
8	ducats	ducat	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 help	conj
9	per	per	ADP	_	10 delivery	case
10	delivery	delivery	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 ducats	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help		Ivan						nom help «act transitive»: poss=agent

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