Exam question 3 · Russian Fairy Tales, The King and the Eagle, part 28: the…

In what manner did the King's household resolve the matter of the Prince's surrender?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: household, surrender, Prince · What happens: resolve, matter, surrender · To what, where: matter, manner

This is exam question 3 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 manner	case
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 resolve	obl
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 resolve	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 King	det
6	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 household	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 King	case
8	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 resolve	nsubj
9	resolve	resolve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 matter	det
11	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 resolve	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	16 surrender	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Prince	det
14	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 surrender	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 Prince	case
16	surrender	surrender	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 matter	nmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 resolve	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	resolve	past · do-support	the King's household	the matter of the Prince's surrender	what manner	tree rules
2	matter		the Prince's surrender			nom matter «cognition intransitive»: of=agent
3	surrender		the Prince			nom surrender «feeling 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

By holding a great feast and then leaving him alone at the mouth of the river with a sword

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 holding	mark
2	holding	hold	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 feast	det
4	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 feast	amod
5	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 holding	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 leaving	cc
7	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 leaving	advmod
8	leaving	leave	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 holding	conj
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 leaving	obj
10	alone	alone	ADV	_	8 leaving	advmod
11	at	at	ADP	_	13 mouth	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 mouth	det
13	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 leaving	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 river	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 river	det
16	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 mouth	nmod
17	with	with	ADP	_	19 sword	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 sword	det
19	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 leaving	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	gerund		a great feast					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feast=Theme
2	leave	gerund		him = he		the mouth of the river	then	with a sword; alone property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme at mouth=Location

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

By giving him to the Water King

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 giving	mark
2	giving	give	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 giving	iobj
4	to	to	ADP	_	7 King	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 King	det
6	Water	Water	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 King	compound
7	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 giving	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	gerund			him = he			to the Water King	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Theme to king=Recipient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

By leaving him at the mouth of the river

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 leaving	mark
2	leaving	leave	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 leaving	obj
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 mouth	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 mouth	det
6	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 leaving	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 river	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 river	det
9	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 mouth	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	gerund		him = he		the mouth of the river			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme at mouth=Location

Option 4

By leaving him at the mouth of the river in a basket at dawn

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 leaving	mark
2	leaving	leave	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 leaving	obj
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 mouth	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 mouth	det
6	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 leaving	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 river	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 river	det
9	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 mouth	nmod
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 basket	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 basket	det
12	basket	basket	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 leaving	obl
13	at	at	ADP	_	14 dawn	case
14	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 basket	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	gerund		him = he		the mouth of the river		in a basket at dawn	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme at mouth=Location

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