Exam question 4 · Russian Folk-Tales, Vasilissa the Fair, part 33: a dying m…

What was the outcome for the appearance of the stepmother and stepdaughters?

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

This is exam question 4 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 outcome	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 outcome	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 outcome	det
4	outcome	outcome	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 appearance	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 appearance	det
7	appearance	appearance	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 outcome	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 stepmother	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 stepmother	det
10	stepmother	stepmother	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 appearance	nmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 stepdaughters	cc
12	stepdaughters	stepdaughter	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 stepmother	conj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 outcome	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the outcome				for the appearance of the stepmother and stepdaughters	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 lost flesh and declined in appearance

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 lost	nsubj
2	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	flesh	flesh	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lost	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 declined	cc
5	declined	decline	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 lost	conj
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 appearance	case
7	appearance	appearance	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 declined	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	past	They	flesh					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flesh=Eventuality
2	decline	participle	They not said here					in appearance	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in appearance=Attribute

Option 2

They lost flesh and declined in appearance, and their faces grew sour and pale over time

The tree, 16 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 lost	nsubj
2	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	flesh	flesh	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lost	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 declined	cc
5	declined	decline	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 lost	conj
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 appearance	case
7	appearance	appearance	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 declined	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 grew	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 grew	cc
10	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 faces	nmod:poss
11	faces	face	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 grew	nsubj
12	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 lost	conj
13	sour	sour	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 grew	xcomp
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 pale	cc
15	pale	pale	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 sour	conj
16	over	over	ADP	_	17 time	case
17	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 grew	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	lose	past	They	flesh			vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flesh=Eventuality
2	decline	participle	They not said here			in appearance	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in appearance=Attribute
3	grow	past	their faces		time	sour property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

They lost flesh and declined in appearance, becoming gaunt and sallow

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 lost	nsubj
2	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	flesh	flesh	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lost	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 declined	cc
5	declined	decline	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 lost	conj
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 appearance	case
7	appearance	appearance	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 declined	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 becoming	punct
9	becoming	become	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 declined	advcl
10	gaunt	gaunt	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 becoming	xcomp
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 sallow	cc
12	sallow	sallow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 gaunt	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	lose	past	They	flesh		vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flesh=Eventuality
2	decline	participle	They not said here		in appearance	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in appearance=Attribute
3	become	gerund	They not said here		gaunt property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

Option 4

They gained weight and grew worse

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 gained	nsubj
2	gained	gain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	weight	weight	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gained	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 grew	cc
5	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 gained	conj
6	worse	bad	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 grew	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	gain	past	They	weight					vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent weight=Theme
2	grow	past	They not said here					bad property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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