Exam question 2 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Baba Yaga, the girl escapes with a…

In what manner did the heroine's father respond upon learning of his wife's conduct?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: wife · What happens: do, conduct · To what, where: father respond, manner

This is exam question 2 of lesson 440 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Baba Yaga, the girl escapes with a towel and a comb» 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	4 did	obl
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 heroine	det
6	heroine	heroine	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 respond	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 heroine	case
8	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 respond	compound
9	respond	respond	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
10	upon	upon	ADP	_	11 learning	case
11	learning	learning	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	16 conduct	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 wife	nmod:poss
14	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 conduct	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 wife	case
16	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 learning	nmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past		the heroine's father respond		what manner		upon learning of his wife's conduct	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent respond=Eventuality
2	conduct		his wife						nom conduct «act 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

He cried

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 cried	nsubj
2	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cry speech: express	past	He						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He shot her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 shot	nsubj
2	shot	shoot	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 shot	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shoot	past	He	her = she					vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme

Option 3

He locked her in the cellar for good

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 locked	nsubj
2	locked	lock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 locked	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 cellar	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cellar	det
6	cellar	cellar	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 locked	obl
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 good	case
8	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 locked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lock	past	He	her = she		the cellar		for good	vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient

Option 4

He tied her up and dragged her outside

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 tied	nsubj
2	tied	tie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 tied	obj
4	up	up	ADP	_	2 tied	compound:prt
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 dragged	cc
6	dragged	drag	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 tied	conj
7	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 dragged	obj
8	outside	outside	ADV	_	6 dragged	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tie up	past	He	her = she					vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient
2	drag	past	He not said here	her = she				outside property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme

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