Exam question 1 · Russian Folk-Tales, Woe and the Peasant, part 43: the peas…

Which of the following best describes the peasant's final action with regard to the gold?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: peasant · What happens: follow, describe, act · To what, where: final action

This is exam question 1 of lesson 451 «Russian Folk-Tales, Woe and the Peasant, part 43: the peasant buries Woe under a stone» 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	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 peasant	det
8	peasant	peasant	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 action	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 peasant	case
10	final	final	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 action	amod
11	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
12	with	with	ADP	_	13 regard	case
13	regard	regard	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 action	nmod
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 gold	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 gold	det
16	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 regard	nmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the peasant's final action	of the best; with regard to the gold	tree rules
3	act		the peasant		with regard to the gold	nom action «act intransitive»: poss=agent with=obl

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

He shovelled the gold into his cellar.

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 shovelled	nsubj
2	shovelled	shovell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 gold	det
4	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shovelled	obj
5	into	into	ADP	_	7 cellar	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 cellar	nmod:poss
7	cellar	cellar	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shovelled	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 shovelled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shovell	past	He	the gold		his cellar			tree rules

Option 2

He spent the gold at the pot-house.

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 spent	nsubj
2	spent	spend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 gold	det
4	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spent	obj
5	at	at	ADP	_	9 house	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 house	det
7	pot	pot	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 house	compound
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 pot	punct
9	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spent	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 spent	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spend	past	He	the gold		the pot house			vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gold=Asset

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

He carried the gold to the town and gave it all to his rich brother for safekeeping.

The tree, 17 words

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 carried	nsubj
2	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 gold	det
4	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 carried	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 town	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 town	det
7	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 carried	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 gave	cc
9	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 carried	conj
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 gave	obj
11	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 it	det
12	to	to	ADP	_	15 brother	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 brother	nmod:poss
14	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 brother	amod
15	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 gave	obl
16	for	for	ADP	_	17 safekeeping	case
17	safekeeping	safekeeping	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 brother	nmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 carried	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	past	He	the gold		the town			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent gold=Theme to town=Destination
2	give	past	He not said here	gold	his rich brother for safekeeping				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to brother=Recipient

Option 4

He buried the gold under the barn.

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 buried	nsubj
2	buried	bury	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 gold	det
4	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 buried	obj
5	under	under	ADP	_	7 barn	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 barn	det
7	barn	barn	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 buried	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 buried	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bury	past	He	the gold		the barn			vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent gold=Theme under barn=Destination

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