Exam question 2 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Smith and Likho: a smith tricks an…

Upon what object does the smith's hand become immovably affixed in the forest, according to the narrative?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: object · What happens: do, affix, accord · To what, where: hand, forest

This is exam question 2 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	Upon	upon	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 affixed	obl
3	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 does	nsubj
4	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 smith	det
6	smith	smith	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 hand	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 smith	case
8	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 does	obj
9	become	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 affixed	aux
10	immovably	immovably	ADV	_	11 affixed	advmod
11	affixed	affix	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 forest	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 forest	det
14	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 affixed	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 narrative	punct
16	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	19 narrative	case
17	to	to	ADP	_	16 according	fixed
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 narrative	det
19	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 affixed	obl
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	11 affixed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	do	present	object	the smith's hand			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Eventuality
2	affix	present			the forest	accord the narrative; immovably property	vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
3	accord	gerund					vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: 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 golden-handled knife, nailed to a log

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 knife	det
2	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 knife	amod
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 golden	punct
4	handled	handle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 knife	amod
5	knife	knife	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 nailed	punct
7	nailed	nail	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 knife	acl
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 log	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 log	det
10	log	log	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 nailed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	handle	participle							vn hold-15.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	nail	participle		a golden handled knife not said here				to a log	vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle PP»: agent=Patient to log=Co-Patient

Option 2

A golden-handled hatchet wedged into the bark of an old oak tree in the forest clearing

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 hatchet	det
2	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 handled	compound
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 golden	punct
4	handled	handle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 hatchet	amod
5	hatchet	hatchet	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	wedged	wedge	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 hatchet	acl
7	into	into	ADP	_	9 bark	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 bark	det
9	bark	bark	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wedged	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	14 tree	case
11	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 tree	det
12	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 tree	amod
13	oak	oak	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 tree	compound
14	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 bark	nmod
15	in	in	ADP	_	18 clearing	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 clearing	det
17	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 clearing	compound
18	clearing	clearing	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wedged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	handle	participle							vn hold-15.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	wedge	participle		a handled hatchet not said here		the bark of a old oak tree		in the forest clearing	vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into bark=Destination

Option 3

A golden-handled hatchet, lodged deep in the trunk of a birch tree near the path

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 hatchet	det
2	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 handled	compound
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 golden	punct
4	handled	handle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 hatchet	amod
5	hatchet	hatchet	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 lodged	punct
7	lodged	lodge	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 hatchet	acl
8	deep	deep	ADV	_	7 lodged	advmod
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 trunk	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 trunk	det
11	trunk	trunk	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lodged	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	15 tree	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 tree	det
14	birch	birch	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 tree	compound
15	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 trunk	nmod
16	near	near	ADP	_	18 path	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 path	det
18	path	path	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 tree	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	handle	participle							vn hold-15.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	lodge	participle		a handled hatchet not said here		the trunk of a birch tree near the path		deep property	vn odge-46-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in trunk=Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

A golden-handled hatchet, lodged in a tree

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 hatchet	det
2	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 handled	compound
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 golden	punct
4	handled	handle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 hatchet	amod
5	hatchet	hatchet	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 lodged	punct
7	lodged	lodge	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 hatchet	acl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 tree	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 tree	det
10	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lodged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	handle	participle							vn hold-15.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	lodge	participle		a handled hatchet not said here		a tree			vn odge-46-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in tree=Location

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