Exam question 1 · Russian Folk-Tales, Vasilissa the Fair, part 33: a dying m…

Which object did the dying mother bequeath to her daughter?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: object · What happens: do, die · To what, where: dying mother bequeath

This is exam question 1 of lesson 441 «Russian Folk-Tales, Vasilissa the Fair, part 33: a dying mother leaves a doll, and a stepmother makes Vasilissa work» 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	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 object	det
2	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	nsubj
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bequeath	det
5	dying	die	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 bequeath	amod
6	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bequeath	compound
7	bequeath	bequeath	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obj
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 daughter	case
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 daughter	nmod:poss
10	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	which object	the dying mother bequeath				to object's daughter	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bequeath=Eventuality
2	die	gerund							vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

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

A doll taken from under the bed-clothes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 doll	det
2	doll	doll	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 doll	acl
4	from	from	ADP	_	9 clothes	case
5	under	under	ADP	_	9 clothes	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 clothes	det
7	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 clothes	compound
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 bed	punct
9	clothes	clothes	NOUN	Number=Ptan	3 taken	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	participle		a doll not said here		the bed clothes			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent from clothes=Initial_Location

Option 2

A doll taken from under the bed-clothes, wrapped in a cloth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 doll	det
2	doll	doll	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 doll	acl
4	from	from	ADP	_	9 clothes	case
5	under	under	ADP	_	9 clothes	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 clothes	det
7	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 clothes	compound
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 bed	punct
9	clothes	clothes	NOUN	Number=Ptan	3 taken	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 wrapped	punct
11	wrapped	wrap	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 doll	acl
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 cloth	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 cloth	det
14	cloth	cloth	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 wrapped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	participle		a doll not said here		the bed clothes			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent from clothes=Initial_Location
2	wrap	participle		a doll not said here		a cloth			vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme in cloth=Destination

Option 3

A doll left on the windowsill

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 doll	det
2	doll	doll	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 doll	acl
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 windowsill	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 windowsill	det
6	windowsill	windowsill	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 left	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	participle		a doll not said here		the windowsill			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent on windowsill=Location

Option 4

A small doll the mother hid under the bed-clothes before she died

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 doll	det
2	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 doll	amod
3	doll	doll	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hid	nsubj
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 mother	det
5	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hid	nsubj
6	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	under	under	ADP	_	11 clothes	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 clothes	det
9	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 clothes	compound
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 bed	punct
11	clothes	clothes	NOUN	Number=Ptan	6 hid	obl
12	before	before	SCONJ	_	14 died	mark
13	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 died	nsubj
14	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 hid	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	past	a small doll			the bed clothes			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under clothes=Location
2	die	past	mother						vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

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