Exam question 3 · Russian Folk-Tales, Vasilissa the Wise: the Prince forgets…

By what means did the Prince finally recollect his former wife?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Prince · What happens: mean, recollect · To what, where: former wife

This is exam question 3 of lesson 437 «Russian Folk-Tales, Vasilissa the Wise: the Prince forgets his bride, then the doves remind 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	By	by	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 recollect	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 recollect	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Prince	det
6	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 recollect	nsubj
7	finally	finally	ADV	_	8 recollect	advmod
8	recollect	recollect	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 wife	nmod:poss
10	former	former	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 wife	amod
11	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 recollect	obj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 recollect	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	recollect	past · do-support	the Prince	Prince's former wife				finally property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent wife=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

Through the words of his mother

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Through	through	ADP	_	3 words	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 words	det
3	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 mother	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 mother	nmod:poss
6	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 words	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	word			his mother					nom word «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

By the speech of the two doves

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	3 speech	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 speech	det
3	speech	speech	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 doves	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 doves	det
6	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 doves	nummod
7	doves	dove	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 speech	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak			the two doves					nom speech «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

When his sister whispered the name of the girl by the road

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	When	when	ADV	PronType=Int	4 whispered	advmod
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 sister	nmod:poss
3	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 whispered	nsubj
4	whispered	whisper	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 name	det
6	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 whispered	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 girl	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 girl	det
9	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 name	nmod
10	by	by	ADP	_	12 road	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 road	det
12	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 whispered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	whisper speech: assert	past	his sister	the name of the girl				by the road	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Topic
2	name			the girl					nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

By tasting the curds that the old woman had baked for him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 tasting	mark
2	tasting	taste	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 curds	det
4	curds	curd	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 tasting	obj
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 baked	obj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 woman	det
7	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 woman	amod
8	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 baked	nsubj:pass
9	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 baked	aux
10	baked	bake	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 curds	acl:relcl
11	for	for	ADP	_	12 him	case
12	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 baked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	taste	gerund		the curds					vn seem-109 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Theme curd=Attribute
2	bake	past · perfect · passive		the old woman				for him = he	vn build-26.1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: subject=Beneficiary that=Product for he=Asset

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