Exam question 1 · Russian Folk-Tales, Ivashko: swans and geese carry Ivashko…

Which of the following words, as used in the text, most accurately describes the means by which the youth was conveyed to his parental dwelling?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: most, the · What happens: follow, use, describe, mean, convey · To what, where: following words, text, youth, parental dwelling · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 1 of lesson 445 «Russian Folk-Tales, Ivashko: swans and geese carry Ivashko home to his parents» 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	5 words	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 words	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 words	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 words	amod
5	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 used	punct
7	as	as	SCONJ	_	8 used	mark
8	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 words	acl
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 text	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 text	det
11	text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 used	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 describes	punct
13	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	15 describes	nsubj
14	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	13 most	advmod
15	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 words	parataxis
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 means	nsubj
17	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 describes	ccomp
18	by	by	ADP	_	19 which	case
19	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	23 conveyed	obl
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 youth	det
21	youth	youth	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 conveyed	nsubj:pass
22	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 conveyed	aux:pass
23	conveyed	convey	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	17 means	ccomp
24	to	to	ADP	_	27 dwelling	case
25	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	27 dwelling	nmod:poss
26	parental	parental	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 dwelling	amod
27	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 conveyed	obl
28	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 words	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	use	participle		the following words not said here		the text	vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	describe	present	most				vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
4	mean	present	the				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
5	convey	past · passive		the youth	his parental dwelling		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to dwelling=Recipient

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

Lifted by the birds

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lifted	lift	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	by	by	ADP	_	4 birds	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 birds	det
4	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Lifted	obl:agent

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lift	participle							vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Conveyed through the air by a flock of swans and geese

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Conveyed	convey	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	through	through	ADP	_	4 air	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 air	det
4	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Conveyed	obl
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 flock	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 flock	det
7	flock	flock	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Conveyed	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 swans	case
9	swans	swan	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 flock	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 geese	cc
11	geese	goose	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 swans	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	convey	participle				the air		by a flock of swans and geese	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Ferried home by swans

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ferried	ferry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	home	home	ADV	_	1 Ferried	advmod
3	by	by	ADP	_	4 swans	case
4	swans	swan	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Ferried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ferry	participle						by swans; home property	vn vehicle-51.4.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Carried by swans and geese

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	by	by	ADP	_	3 swans	case
3	swans	swan	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Carried	obl
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 geese	cc
5	geese	goose	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 swans	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	participle						by swans and geese	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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