Exam question 4 · Russian Folk-Tales, Prince Ivan and the Witch-Snake: Princ…

Which of the following accurately describes the term terem as used in the notes?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, describe, use · To what, where: term terem, notes

This is exam question 4 of lesson 446 «Russian Folk-Tales, Prince Ivan and the Witch-Snake: Prince Ivan escapes his sister and is weighed against her» 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	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 describes	advmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 terem	det
8	term	term	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 terem	compound
9	terem	terem	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
10	as	as	SCONJ	_	11 used	mark
11	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 terem	acl
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 notes	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 notes	det
14	notes	note	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 used	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present	the term terem		accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent terem=Theme
3	use	participle	the term terem not said here	the notes		vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice

A low cellar used for storing grain and wine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 cellar	det
2	low	low	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 cellar	amod
3	cellar	cellar	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 cellar	acl
5	for	for	SCONJ	_	6 storing	mark
6	storing	store	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 used	advcl
7	grain	grain	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 storing	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 wine	cc
9	wine	wine	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 grain	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	participle		a low cellar not said here					vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	store	gerund		grain and wine					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grain=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

A lofty habitation or upper part of a lord's house

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 habitation	det
2	lofty	lofty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 habitation	amod
3	habitation	habitation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 part	cc
5	upper	upper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 part	amod
6	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 habitation	conj
7	of	of	ADP	_	11 house	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 lord	det
9	lord	lord	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 house	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 lord	case
11	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 part	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

A small stable

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 stable	det
2	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 stable	amod
3	stable	stable	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

A wooden gate built in the outer wall of a farm

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 gate	det
2	wooden	wooden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 gate	amod
3	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	built	build	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 gate	acl
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 wall	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 wall	det
7	outer	outer	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 wall	amod
8	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 built	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 farm	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 farm	det
11	farm	farm	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 wall	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	build	participle		a wooden gate not said here				in the outer wall of a farm	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in wall=Attribute

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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