Exam question 1 · Russian Folk-Tales, Ivashko, part 36: the witch tricks Iva…

Which action does Ivashko take in order to escape from the witch's house?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: action · What happens: take in, escape · To what, where: order, house

This is exam question 1 of lesson 444 «Russian Folk-Tales, Ivashko, part 36: the witch tricks Ivashko's voice, but he tricks Alenka and escapes up an oak» 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 action	det
2	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 take	nsubj
3	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 take	aux
4	Ivashko	Ivashko	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 take	nsubj
5	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	5 take	compound:prt
7	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 take	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 escape	mark
9	escape	escape	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 take	advcl
10	from	from	ADP	_	14 house	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 witch	det
12	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 house	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 witch	case
14	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 escape	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 take	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take in	present · do-support	which action	order					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent order=Theme
2	escape	to-infinitive	which action not said here			the witch's house			vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from house=Initial_Location

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

He hides beneath the hut floor and stays very quiet there

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 hides	nsubj
2	hides	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	6 floor	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 floor	det
5	hut	hut	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 floor	compound
6	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hides	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 stays	cc
8	stays	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 hides	conj
9	very	very	ADV	_	10 quiet	advmod
10	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 stays	xcomp
11	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 stays	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	present	He			the hut floor			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent beneath floor=Location
2	stay	present	He not said here			there		quiet property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

He runs to the river and jumps into the canoe again

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 runs	nsubj
2	runs	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 river	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 river	det
5	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 runs	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 jumps	cc
7	jumps	jump	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 runs	conj
8	into	into	ADP	_	10 canoe	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 canoe	det
10	canoe	canoe	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 jumps	obl
11	again	again	ADV	_	7 jumps	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	present	He					to the river result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to river=Result
2	jump	present	He not said here			the canoe	again		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into canoe=Destination

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He climbs an oak-tree and remains concealed in its branches

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 climbs	nsubj
2	climbs	climb	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 tree	det
4	oak	oak	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tree	compound
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 oak	punct
6	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 climbs	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 remains	cc
8	remains	remains	NOUN	Number=Ptan	6 tree	conj
9	concealed	conceal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 remains	acl
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 branches	case
11	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 branches	nmod:poss
12	branches	branch	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 concealed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	climb	present	He	a oak tree and remains					vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location tree=Theme
2	conceal	participle		remains not said here		its branches			vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in branch=Location

Option 4

He climbs an oak-tree

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 climbs	nsubj
2	climbs	climb	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 tree	det
4	oak	oak	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tree	compound
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 oak	punct
6	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 climbs	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	climb	present	He	a oak tree					vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location tree=Theme

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