Exam question 2 · Russian Folk-Tales, Ivashko: swans and geese carry Ivashko…
In what manner did the mother express her desire to behold her son?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mother · What happens: express, behold, desire · To what, where: desire, manner, son
This is exam question 2 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 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 manner | case |
| 2 | what | what | DET | PronType=Int | 3 manner | det |
| 3 | manner | manner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 express | obl |
| 4 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 express | aux |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 mother | det |
| 6 | mother | mother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 express | nsubj |
| 7 | express | express | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 desire | nmod:poss |
| 9 | desire | desire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 express | obj |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 behold | mark |
| 11 | behold | behold | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 express | advcl |
| 12 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 son | nmod:poss |
| 13 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 behold | obj |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 express | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | express | past · do-support | the mother | mother's desire | what manner | vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent desire=Theme | |||
| 2 | behold | to-infinitive | the mother not said here | mother's son | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer son=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | desire | mother | nom desire «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |
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 · ✓ the right answer
She wished to see him in a dream
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 wished | nsubj |
| 2 | wished | wish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 see | mark |
| 4 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 wished | xcomp |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 see | obj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 dream | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 dream | det |
| 8 | dream | dream | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 see | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wish | past | She | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | see not said to happen | to-infinitive | She not said here | him = he | a dream | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |
Option 2
She hoped to find him in sleep
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 hoped | nsubj |
| 2 | hoped | hope | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 find | mark |
| 4 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 hoped | xcomp |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 find | obj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 sleep | case |
| 7 | sleep | sleep | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 find | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hope | past | She | vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | find not said to happen | to-infinitive | She not said here | him = he | sleep | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Topic |
Option 3
She expressed her wish with great sorrow and longing in her heart that she might see him
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 expressed | nsubj |
| 2 | expressed | express | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 wish | nmod:poss |
| 4 | wish | wish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 expressed | obj |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 sorrow | case |
| 6 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 sorrow | amod |
| 7 | sorrow | sorrow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 expressed | obl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 longing | cc |
| 9 | longing | longing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sorrow | conj |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 heart | case |
| 11 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 heart | nmod:poss |
| 12 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 expressed | obl |
| 13 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 16 see | mark |
| 14 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 see | nsubj |
| 15 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 16 see | aux |
| 16 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 expressed | advcl |
| 17 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 see | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | express | past | She | her wish | her heart | with great sorrow and longing | vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wish=Theme | ||
| 2 | see | might | she | him = he | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | wish | her = she | nom wish «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
She prayed to meet him in sleep
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 prayed | nsubj |
| 2 | prayed | pray | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 meet | mark |
| 4 | meet | meet | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 prayed | xcomp |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 meet | obj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 sleep | case |
| 7 | sleep | sleep | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 meet | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pray | past | She | vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | meet | to-infinitive | She not said here | him = he | sleep | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent |
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