Exam question 3 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Water King and Vasilissa the Wise,…

Which of the following accurately states the punishment the daughter gives her two children?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: daughter · What happens: follow, state, give · To what, where: punishment, two children, her

This is exam question 3 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	6 states	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 states	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 states	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 states	nsubj
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 states	advmod
6	states	state	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 punishment	det
8	punishment	punishment	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 states	obj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 daughter	det
10	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 gives	nsubj
11	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 states	parataxis
12	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 gives	iobj
13	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 children	nummod
14	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 gives	obj
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 states	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	state speech: other	present		the punishment		accurately property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent punishment=Topic
3	give	present	the daughter	two children	her = she		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient child=Theme

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

she transforms the girl into a wren and the boy into a nightingale after the drowning

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 transforms	nsubj
2	transforms	transform	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 girl	det
4	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 transforms	obj
5	into	into	ADP	_	7 wren	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 wren	det
7	wren	wren	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 transforms	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 boy	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 boy	det
10	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wren	conj
11	into	into	ADP	_	13 nightingale	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 nightingale	det
13	nightingale	nightingale	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 transforms	obl
14	after	after	ADP	_	16 drowning	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 drowning	det
16	drowning	drowning	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 transforms	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	transform	present	she	the girl			after the drowning	into a wren and the boy result; into a nightingale	vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: agent=Agent girl=Patient into wren=Result

Option 2

she changes them to a wren and cuckoo

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 changes	nsubj
2	changes	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 changes	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 wren	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 wren	det
6	wren	wren	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 changes	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 cuckoo	cc
8	cuckoo	cuckoo	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wren	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	change	present	she	them = they				to a wren and cuckoo	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient

Option 3

she transforms them into a wren and a nightingale and herself into a cuckoo

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 transforms	nsubj
2	transforms	transform	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 transforms	obj
4	into	into	ADP	_	6 wren	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 wren	det
6	wren	wren	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 transforms	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 nightingale	cc
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 nightingale	det
9	nightingale	nightingale	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wren	conj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 herself	cc
11	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	9 nightingale	conj
12	into	into	ADP	_	14 cuckoo	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 cuckoo	det
14	cuckoo	cuckoo	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 transforms	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	transform	present	she	them = they				into a wren and a nightingale result; into a cuckoo	vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: agent=Agent they=Patient into wren=Result

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

she transforms them into a wren and a nightingale

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 transforms	nsubj
2	transforms	transform	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 transforms	obj
4	into	into	ADP	_	6 wren	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 wren	det
6	wren	wren	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 transforms	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 nightingale	cc
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 nightingale	det
9	nightingale	nightingale	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wren	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	transform	present	she	them = they				into a wren and a nightingale result	vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: agent=Agent they=Patient into wren=Result

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