Exam question 2 · Russian Fairy Tales, The King and the Eagle, part 28: the…

By what means did the King first become acquainted with the contents of the red coffer?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: King · What happens: mean, become

This is exam question 2 of lesson 436 «Russian Fairy Tales, The King and the Eagle, part 28: the King opens the coffers and his son must be given up» 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 become	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 become	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 King	det
6	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 become	nsubj
7	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	8 become	advmod
8	become	become	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	acquainted	acquainted	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 become	xcomp
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 contents	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 contents	det
12	contents	contents	NOUN	Number=Ptan	9 acquainted	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	16 coffer	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 coffer	det
15	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 coffer	amod
16	coffer	coffer	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 contents	nmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 become	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present							vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	become	past · do-support	the King					acquainted, first property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=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 · ✓ the right answer

By disobeying the Eagle's express instruction

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 disobeying	mark
2	disobeying	disobey	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Eagle	det
4	Eagle	Eagle	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 instruction	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Eagle	case
6	express	express	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 instruction	amod
7	instruction	instruction	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 disobeying	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disobey	gerund		the Eagle's express instruction					tree rules
2	instruct		the Eagle						nom instruction «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

By asking nicely

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 asking	mark
2	asking	ask	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	nicely	nicely	ADV	_	2 asking	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	gerund						nicely property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

By ignoring the Queen's advice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 ignoring	mark
2	ignoring	ignore	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Queen	det
4	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 advice	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Queen	case
6	advice	advice	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ignoring	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ignore	gerund		the Queen's advice					vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent advice=Theme

Option 4

By breaking the lock with an axe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 breaking	mark
2	breaking	break	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 lock	det
4	lock	lock	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 breaking	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 axe	case
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 axe	det
7	axe	axe	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 breaking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	gerund		the lock				with a axe	vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent lock=Patient with axe=Instrument

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