Exam question 4 · Russian Folk-Tales, Vasilissa the Wise: the Prince forgets…

What was the final condition of the couple after these events?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: be · To what, where: final condition

This is exam question 4 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 condition	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 condition	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 condition	det
4	final	final	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 condition	amod
5	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 couple	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 couple	det
8	couple	couple	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 condition	nmod
9	after	after	ADP	_	11 events	case
10	these	this	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	11 events	det
11	events	event	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 couple	nmod
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 condition	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the final condition				of the couple after this events	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

They lived in all happiness and prosperity

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 lived	nsubj
2	lived	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 happiness	case
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 happiness	det
5	happiness	happiness	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lived	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 prosperity	cc
7	prosperity	prosperity	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 happiness	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	past	They			all happiness and prosperity			vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in happiness=Location

Option 2

They lived in the palace, rich and famous, and the old woman came to visit them every single year

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 lived	nsubj
2	lived	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 palace	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 palace	det
5	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lived	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 rich	punct
7	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 palace	amod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 famous	cc
9	famous	famous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 rich	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 came	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 came	cc
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 woman	det
13	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 woman	amod
14	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 came	nsubj
15	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 lived	conj
16	to	to	PART	_	17 visit	mark
17	visit	visit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 came	xcomp
18	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 visit	obj
19	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	21 year	det
20	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 year	amod
21	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 visit	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	live	past	They		the palace		vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in palace=Location
2	come	past	the old woman				tree rules
3	visit	to-infinitive	the old woman not said here	them = they		year	vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Co-Agent

Option 3

They ruled the realm in joy and plenty

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 ruled	nsubj
2	ruled	rule	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 realm	det
4	realm	realm	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ruled	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 joy	case
6	joy	joy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ruled	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 plenty	cc
8	plenty	plenty	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 joy	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rule	past	They	the realm		joy and plenty			vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent realm=Theme

Option 4

They lived out their days in peace and wealth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 lived	nsubj
2	lived	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	out	out	ADP	_	2 lived	compound:prt
4	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 days	nmod:poss
5	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 lived	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 peace	case
7	peace	peace	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lived	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 wealth	cc
9	wealth	wealth	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 peace	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live out	past	They			peace and wealth	day		vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in peace=Location

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