Exam question 1 · Russian Folk-Tales, Vasilissa the Beautiful: the skull bur…

Which of the following did the Baba Yaga demand of Vasilissa each day, as stated in the text?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, state, demand · To what, where: Baba demand, text, Vasilissa

This is exam question 1 of lesson 443 «Russian Folk-Tales, Vasilissa the Beautiful: the skull burns the stepmother, and Vasilissa becomes the king's wife» 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	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 demand	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	9 demand	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 demand	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 demand	case
5	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 demand	aux
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 demand	det
7	Baba	Baba	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 demand	compound
8	Yaga	Yaga	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Baba	flat
9	demand	demand	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 Vasilissa	case
11	Vasilissa	Vasilissa	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 demand	nmod
12	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	13 day	det
13	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 Vasilissa	appos
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 stated	punct
15	as	as	SCONJ	_	16 stated	mark
16	stated	state	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 demand	acl
17	in	in	ADP	_	19 text	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 text	det
19	text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 stated	obl
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 demand	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	state speech: other	participle	the Baba demand of Vasilissa not said here	the text	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	demand		Vasilissa		nom demand «communication transitive»: of=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 weaving of linen and the sewing of shirts

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 weaving	det
2	weaving	weaving	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 linen	case
4	linen	linen	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 weaving	nmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 sewing	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sewing	det
7	sewing	sewing	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 weaving	conj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 shirts	case
9	shirts	shirt	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 sewing	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	weave			linen					nom weaving «act transitive»: of=patient
2	sew			shirts					nom sewing «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

The sorting of wheat, the cleaning of poppy seed, and the lighting of the stove at dawn each day

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sorting	det
2	sorting	sorting	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 wheat	case
4	wheat	wheat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sorting	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 cleaning	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cleaning	det
7	cleaning	cleaning	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sorting	conj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 seed	case
9	poppy	poppy	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 seed	compound
10	seed	seed	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cleaning	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 lighting	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 lighting	cc
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 lighting	det
14	lighting	lighting	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sorting	conj
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 stove	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 stove	det
17	stove	stove	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 lighting	nmod
18	at	at	ADP	_	19 dawn	case
19	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sorting	obl
20	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	21 day	det
21	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 dawn	nmod:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sort			wheat					nom sorting «process transitive»: of=patient
2	clean		poppy seed						nom cleaning «act intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3

The spinning of flax and the grinding of grain

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 spinning	det
2	spinning	spinning	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 flax	case
4	flax	flax	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spinning	nmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 grinding	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 grinding	det
7	grinding	grinding	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spinning	conj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 grain	case
9	grain	grain	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 grinding	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spin			flax					nom spinning «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The sorting of wheat and the cleaning of poppy seed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sorting	det
2	sorting	sorting	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 wheat	case
4	wheat	wheat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sorting	nmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 cleaning	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cleaning	det
7	cleaning	cleaning	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sorting	conj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 seed	case
9	poppy	poppy	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 seed	compound
10	seed	seed	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cleaning	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sort			wheat					nom sorting «process transitive»: of=patient
2	clean		poppy seed						nom cleaning «act intransitive»: of=agent

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