Exam question 4 · Russian Tales, The Water Snake: a girl promises to marry a…

What mode of summons did the daughter employ to recall her husband from the water?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: mode · What happens: employ, recall · To what, where: husband, water

This is exam question 4 of lesson 434 «Russian Tales, The Water Snake: a girl promises to marry a snake, and her mother kills him» 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	DET	PronType=Int	2 mode	det
2	mode	mode	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 employ	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 summons	case
4	summons	summon	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 mode	nmod
5	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 employ	aux
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 daughter	det
7	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 employ	nsubj
8	employ	employ	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	to	to	PART	_	10 recall	mark
10	recall	recall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 employ	xcomp
11	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 husband	nmod:poss
12	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 recall	obj
13	from	from	ADP	_	15 water	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 water	det
15	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 recall	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 employ	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	employ	past · do-support	what mode of summons						vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent clause=Attribute
2	recall	to-infinitive	what mode of summons not said here	daughter's husband		the water			vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent husband=Theme from water=Source

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

A repeated call of "Osip, Osip, come here," at the water's edge

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 call	det
2	repeated	repeat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 call	amod
3	call	call	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 come	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 Osip	case
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 Osip	punct
6	Osip	Osip	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 call	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 Osip	punct
8	Osip	Osip	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Osip	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 come	punct
10	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
11	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 come	advmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 edge	punct
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	18 edge	punct
14	at	at	ADP	_	18 edge	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 water	det
16	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 edge	nmod:poss
17	's	's	PART	_	16 water	case
18	edge	edge	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 come	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	repeat	participle				vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	come in a quote	infinitive	a repeated call of Osip and Osip		the water's edge; here	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at edge=Location
3	call			Osip and Osip		nom call «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

A loud call of "Osip, Osip, come here!" across the water

The tree, 11 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 call	det
2	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 call	amod
3	call	call	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 come	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 Osip	case
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 Osip	punct
6	Osip	Osip	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 call	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 Osip	punct
8	Osip	Osip	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Osip	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 come	punct
10	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
11	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 come	advmod
12	!	!	PUNCT	_	10 come	punct
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 come	punct
14	across	across	ADP	_	16 water	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 water	det
16	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 come	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come in a quote	infinitive	a loud call of Osip and Osip			the water; here			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme across water=Initial_Location
2	call			Osip and Osip					nom call «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

A song of "Osip, Osip, come home!"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 song	det
2	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 come	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 Osip	case
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 Osip	punct
5	Osip	Osip	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 song	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 Osip	punct
7	Osip	Osip	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Osip	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 come	punct
9	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	home	home	ADV	_	9 come	advmod
11	!	!	PUNCT	_	9 come	punct
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 come	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come in a quote	infinitive	a song of Osip and Osip					home property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	sing		Osip and Osip						nom song «communication intransitive»: of=agent

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

A call of "Osip, Osip, come here!"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 call	det
2	call	call	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 come	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 Osip	case
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 Osip	punct
5	Osip	Osip	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 call	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 Osip	punct
7	Osip	Osip	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Osip	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 come	punct
9	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 come	advmod
11	!	!	PUNCT	_	9 come	punct
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 come	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come in a quote	infinitive	a call of Osip and Osip			here			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	call			Osip and Osip					nom call «communication transitive»: of=patient

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