Exam question 3 · Russian Folk-Tales, Ivashko, part 36: the witch tricks Iva…

By what means does the witch first attempt to lure Ivashko from the bank?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: mean, do, lure · To what, where: witch first attempt, Ivashko, bank · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 3 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	By	by	SCONJ	_	3 means	mark
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 means	nsubj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 means	ccomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 attempt	det
6	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 attempt	compound
7	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	8 attempt	amod
8	attempt	attempt	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 does	obj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 lure	mark
10	lure	lure	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 attempt	acl
11	Ivashko	Ivashko	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 lure	obj
12	from	from	ADP	_	14 bank	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 bank	det
14	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 lure	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	roles by
1	mean	present			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	do	present	the witch first attempt		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent attempt=Eventuality
3	lure	to-infinitive	Ivashko	the bank	vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ivashko=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

By pretending to be the smith and calling out from a boat on the river

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 pretending	mark
2	pretending	pretend	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	6 smith	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 smith	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 smith	det
6	smith	smith	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pretending	xcomp
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 calling	cc
8	calling	call	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 pretending	conj
9	out	out	ADP	_	8 calling	compound:prt
10	from	from	ADP	_	12 boat	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 boat	det
12	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 calling	obl
13	on	on	ADP	_	15 river	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 river	det
15	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 calling	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	pretend	gerund				tree rules
2	is a	to-infinitive	the smith			tree rules
3	call out speech: assert	gerund		a boat	on the river	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from boat=Source

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

By employing a voice imitating his mother's

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 employing	mark
2	employing	employ	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 voice	det
4	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 employing	obj
5	imitating	imitate	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 voice	acl
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 mother	nmod:poss
7	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 imitating	obj
8	's	's	PART	_	7 mother	case

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	employ	gerund		a voice					vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent voice=Theme
2	imitate	gerund	a voice not said here	his mother					vn patent-101 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mother=Theme

Option 3

By employing a voice imitating his mother's, shouting from the bank in the dark

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 employing	mark
2	employing	employ	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 voice	det
4	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 employing	obj
5	imitating	imitate	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 voice	acl
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 mother	nmod:poss
7	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 imitating	obj
8	's	's	PART	_	7 mother	case
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 shouting	punct
10	shouting	shout	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 employing	conj
11	from	from	ADP	_	13 bank	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 bank	det
13	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 shouting	obl
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 dark	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 dark	det
16	dark	dark	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 shouting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	employ	gerund		a voice			vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent voice=Theme
2	imitate	gerund	a voice not said here	his mother			vn patent-101 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mother=Theme
3	shout speech: express	gerund			the bank	in the dark	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

By calling with a mimicked mother's tone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 calling	mark
2	calling	call	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	8 tone	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 mother	det
5	mimicked	mimic	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 mother	amod
6	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 tone	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 mother	case
8	tone	tone	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 calling	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	call	gerund		with a mimicked mother's tone	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	mimic	participle			tree rules
3	intonate		a mimicked mother		nom tone «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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