Exam question 1 · Russian Fairy Tales, Vasilissa the Beautiful, part 34: Vas…

With reference to the passage, which rider's appearance coincides with the onset of daylight?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: coincide

This is exam question 1 of lesson 442 «Russian Fairy Tales, Vasilissa the Beautiful, part 34: Vasilissa goes to Baba Yaga's for a light and gets through an impossible task» 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	With	with	ADP	_	2 reference	case
2	reference	reference	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 coincides	obl
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 passage	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 passage	det
5	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reference	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 appearance	punct
7	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	8 rider	det
8	rider	rider	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 appearance	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 rider	case
10	appearance	appearance	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 passage	conj
11	coincides	coincide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	with	with	ADP	_	14 onset	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 onset	det
14	onset	onset	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 coincides	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 daylight	case
16	daylight	daylight	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 onset	nmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	11 coincides	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	coincide	present						with reference to the passage and which rider's appearance; with the onset of daylight	vn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Patient with reference=Co-Patient

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 rider in red who galloped to the gate last of all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 rider	det
2	rider	rider	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 galloped	nsubj:pass
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 red	case
4	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 rider	nmod
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 galloped	nsubj
6	galloped	gallop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	to	to	ADP	_	10 last	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 last	det
9	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 last	compound
10	last	last	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 galloped	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 all	case
12	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 last	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	gallop	past · passive		the rider in red		the gate last of all			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme to last=Trajectory

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The white horseman

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 horseman	det
2	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 horseman	amod
3	horseman	horseman	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

The rider in black

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 rider	det
2	rider	rider	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 black	case
4	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 rider	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

The black horseman who vanished through the gate at midnight

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 horseman	det
2	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 horseman	amod
3	horseman	horseman	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 vanished	nsubj
5	vanished	vanish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 horseman	acl:relcl
6	through	through	ADP	_	8 gate	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 gate	det
8	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 vanished	obl
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 midnight	case
10	midnight	midnight	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 vanished	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	vanish	past	the black horseman			the gate	midnight		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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