Exam question 4 · Russian Folk-Tales, Ivashko: swans and geese carry Ivashko…

What did the witch do upon perceiving that her intended victim had escaped to another tree?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: witch · What happens: do, perceive, intend, escape · To what, where: victim

This is exam question 4 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 did	nsubj
2	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 witch	det
4	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 do	nsubj
5	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 did	parataxis
6	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	7 perceiving	mark
7	perceiving	perceive	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 do	advcl
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 intended	mark
9	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 intended	nsubj
10	intended	intend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 perceiving	ccomp
11	victim	victim	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 escaped	nsubj:pass
12	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 escaped	aux
13	escaped	escape	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 intended	ccomp
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 tree	case
15	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	16 tree	det
16	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 escaped	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	past				vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	do	present	the witch			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	perceive	gerund	the witch not said here			vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
4	intend	past	witch			vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
5	escape	past · perfect · passive		victim	to another tree	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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

She shook her head and laughed

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 shook	nsubj
2	shook	shake	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 head	nmod:poss
4	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shook	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 laughed	cc
6	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 shook	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shake	past	She	her head					vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent head=Patient
2	laugh	past	She not said here						vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

She screamed at the smith and gnashed her teeth furiously for a long while

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 screamed	nsubj
2	screamed	scream	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 smith	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 smith	det
5	smith	smith	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 screamed	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 gnashed	cc
7	gnashed	gnash	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 screamed	conj
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 teeth	nmod:poss
9	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 gnashed	obj
10	furiously	furiously	ADV	_	7 gnashed	advmod
11	for	for	ADP	_	14 while	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 while	det
13	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 while	amod
14	while	while	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 gnashed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scream speech: express	past	She			the smith			vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at smith=Location
2	gnash	past	She not said here	her teeth			while	furiously property	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

She gnashed her teeth with spite

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 gnashed	nsubj
2	gnashed	gnash	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 teeth	nmod:poss
4	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 gnashed	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 spite	case
6	spite	spite	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gnashed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	gnash	past	She	her teeth				with spite	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=Patient

Option 4

She tried to climb the oak herself but fell down in a rage and wept

The tree, 15 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 tried	nsubj
2	tried	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 climb	mark
4	climb	climb	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 tried	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 oak	det
6	oak	oak	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 climb	obj
7	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	4 climb	obl
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 fell	cc
9	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 tried	conj
10	down	down	ADP	_	9 fell	compound:prt
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 rage	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 rage	det
13	rage	rage	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 fell	obl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 wept	cc
15	wept	weep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 tried	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	try	past	She				vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	climb not said to happen	to-infinitive	She not said here	the oak		herself = she obl	vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location oak=Theme
3	fall down	past	She not said here		a rage		vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in rage=Location
4	weep	past	She not said here				vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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