Exam question 1 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Smith and Likho: a smith tricks an…

Which of the following best describes the means by which the smith escapes the cottage in the morning?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: the, smith · What happens: follow, describe, mean, escape · To what, where: cottage · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 1 of lesson 450 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Smith and Likho: a smith tricks an old woman, loses his hand, and runs home» 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	6 describes	obj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 best	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 best	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 best	case
5	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 describes	nmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 means	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 means	nsubj
8	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 which	case
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 escapes	obl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 smith	det
12	smith	smith	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 escapes	nsubj
13	escapes	escape	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 means	ccomp
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 cottage	det
15	cottage	cottage	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 escapes	obj
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 morning	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 morning	det
18	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 escapes	obl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present	the not said here			of the best	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent which=Theme
3	mean	present	the				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	escape	present	the smith	the cottage	morning		vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme cottage=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 · ✓ the right answer

He conceals himself within a sheep-skin garment, reversing its wool outward

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 conceals	nsubj
2	conceals	conceal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 conceals	obj
4	within	within	ADP	_	9 garment	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 garment	det
6	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 skin	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 sheep	punct
8	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 garment	compound
9	garment	garment	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 conceals	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 reversing	punct
11	reversing	reverse	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 conceals	advcl
12	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 wool	nmod:poss
13	wool	wool	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 reversing	obj
14	outward	outward	ADV	_	11 reversing	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conceal	present	He	himself = he				within a skin garment	vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Patient
2	reverse	gerund	He not said here	garment's wool				outward property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent wool=Patient

Option 2

He disguises himself as a sheep in the field, facing outward

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 disguises	nsubj
2	disguises	disguise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 disguises	obj
4	as	as	ADP	_	6 sheep	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 sheep	det
6	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 disguises	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 field	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 field	det
9	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sheep	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 facing	punct
11	facing	face	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 disguises	conj
12	outward	outward	ADV	_	11 facing	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disguise	present	He	himself = he				as a sheep in the field	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent himself=Destination
2	face	gerund	He not said here					outward property	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme

Option 3

He disguises himself

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 disguises	nsubj
2	disguises	disguise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 disguises	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disguise	present	He	himself = he					vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent himself=Destination

Option 4

He wraps himself in a cloak of straw and walks out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wraps	nsubj
2	wraps	wrap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 wraps	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 cloak	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 cloak	det
6	cloak	cloak	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wraps	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 straw	case
8	straw	straw	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cloak	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 walks	cc
10	walks	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 wraps	conj
11	out	out	ADP	_	10 walks	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wrap	present	He	himself = he		a cloak of straw			vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent himself=Theme in cloak=Destination
2	walk out	present	He not said here						vn resign-10.11 «NP V»: agent=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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