Exam question 2 · Russian Folk-Tales, Vasilissa the Fair, part 33: a dying m…

By what means was the stepdaughter's labour lightened, according to the narrative?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: mean, be, lighten, accord · To what, where: labour

This is exam question 2 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	By	by	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 labour	obl
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 labour	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 stepdaughter	det
6	stepdaughter	stepdaughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 labour	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 stepdaughter	case
8	labour	labour	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	lightened	lighten	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 labour	acl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 narrative	punct
11	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	14 narrative	case
12	to	to	ADP	_	11 according	fixed
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 narrative	det
14	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 labour	conj
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 labour	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	mean	present		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	the stepdaughter's labour and the narrative	tree rules
3	lighten	participle	the stepdaughter's labour and the narrative not said here	vn remedy-45.7-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
4	accord	gerund		vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice

Through the servants, who swept on the morrow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Through	through	ADP	_	3 servants	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 servants	det
3	servants	servant	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 swept	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 swept	punct
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 swept	nsubj
6	swept	sweep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 morrow	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 morrow	det
9	morrow	morrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 swept	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sweep	past				the servants		on the morrow	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through servant=Trajectory

Option 2

Through the doll, which quietly performed all her chores on the following morning

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Through	through	ADP	_	3 doll	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 doll	det
3	doll	doll	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 performed	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 performed	punct
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 performed	nsubj
6	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	7 performed	advmod
7	performed	perform	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 chores	det:predet
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 chores	nmod:poss
10	chores	chore	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 performed	obj
11	on	on	ADP	_	14 morning	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 morning	det
13	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	14 morning	amod
14	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 performed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	perform	past		her chores		the doll	morning	quietly property	vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chore=Theme
2	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Through the doll, which performed her work on the following day while she rested

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Through	through	ADP	_	3 doll	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 doll	det
3	doll	doll	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 performed	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 performed	punct
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 performed	nsubj
6	performed	perform	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 work	nmod:poss
8	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 performed	obj
9	on	on	ADP	_	12 day	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 day	det
11	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 day	amod
12	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 performed	obl
13	while	while	SCONJ	_	15 rested	mark
14	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 rested	nsubj
15	rested	rest	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 performed	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	perform	past		her work	the doll	day	vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Theme
2	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	rest	past	she				vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	work		her = she				nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Through the doll, which performed her work on the following day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Through	through	ADP	_	3 doll	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 doll	det
3	doll	doll	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 performed	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 performed	punct
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 performed	nsubj
6	performed	perform	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 work	nmod:poss
8	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 performed	obj
9	on	on	ADP	_	12 day	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 day	det
11	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 day	amod
12	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 performed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	perform	past		her work	the doll	day	vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Theme
2	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	work		her = she				nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent

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