Exam question 1 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Water King and Vasilissa the Wise,…

Which of the following describes the manner in which the Eaglet first petitions the King?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, describe, petition · To what, where: manner

This is exam question 1 of lesson 435 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Water King and Vasilissa the Wise, part 27: a wife's curse on her children, then a King and an Eagle» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 describes	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 describes	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 describes	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 describes	nsubj
5	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 manner	det
7	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 describes	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 which	case
9	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 petitions	nsubj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 petitions	det
11	Eaglet	Eaglet	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 petitions	compound
12	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	13 petitions	amod
13	petitions	petition	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 describes	obj
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 King	det
15	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 petitions	appos
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	follow	gerund		vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present	the manner	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme
3	petition			tree rules

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

by entreating him three times not to shoot

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	SCONJ	_	2 entreating	mark
2	entreating	entreat	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 shoot	csubj
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 entreating	obj
4	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 times	nummod
5	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 entreating	obl:unmarked
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 shoot	advmod
7	to	to	PART	_	8 shoot	mark
8	shoot	shoot	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	entreat	gerund			him = he		time		vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
2	not shoot	to-infinitive	entreating						vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

by entreating him three separate times not to shoot him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	SCONJ	_	2 entreating	mark
2	entreating	entreat	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 shoot	csubj
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 entreating	obj
4	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 times	nummod
5	separate	separate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 times	amod
6	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 entreating	obl:unmarked
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 shoot	advmod
8	to	to	PART	_	9 shoot	mark
9	shoot	shoot	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 shoot	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	entreat	gerund			him = he		time		vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
2	not shoot	to-infinitive	entreating	him = he					vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 3

by singing a song to the King

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	SCONJ	_	2 singing	mark
2	singing	sing	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 song	det
4	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 singing	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 King	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 King	det
7	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 singing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sing speech: express	gerund		a song	the King				vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent song=Topic to king=Recipient

Option 4

by warning the King of the danger

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	SCONJ	_	2 warning	mark
2	warning	warn	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 King	det
4	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 warning	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 danger	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 danger	det
7	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 King	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	warn speech: warn	gerund			the King of the danger				vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent king=Recipient

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