Exam question 3 · Russian Folk-Tales, Woe and the Peasant, part 43: the peas…

Which of the following correctly identifies the means by which the peasant secures Woe?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: following, peasant · What happens: follow, identify, mean, secure · To what, where: Woe

This is exam question 3 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	8 means	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 identifies	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 identifies	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 identifies	csubj
5	correctly	correctly	ADV	_	4 following	advmod
6	identifies	identify	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 secures	obl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 peasant	det
12	peasant	peasant	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 secures	nsubj
13	secures	secure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 means	parataxis
14	Woe	Woe	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 secures	obj
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			correctly property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	identify	present	following			vn empathize-88.2 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	mean	present				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
4	secure	present	the peasant	Woe		vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition woe=Theme

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 closes the pit with the stone upon Woe.

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 closes	nsubj
2	closes	close	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 pit	det
4	pit	pit	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 closes	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 stone	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 stone	det
7	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pit	nmod
8	upon	upon	ADP	_	9 Woe	case
9	Woe	Woe	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 stone	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 closes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	close	present	He	the pit				with the stone upon Woe	vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent pit=Destination with stone=Theme

Option 2

He covers the pit with a wooden board.

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 covers	nsubj
2	covers	cover	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 pit	det
4	pit	pit	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 covers	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 board	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 board	det
7	wooden	wooden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 board	amod
8	board	board	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pit	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 covers	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cover	present	He	the pit				with a wooden board	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent pit=Destination with board=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

He lures Woe into the pit with a bottle of wine and then ties Woe down with a long rope.

The tree, 20 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 lures	nsubj
2	lures	lure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Woe	Woe	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 lures	obj
4	into	into	ADP	_	6 pit	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 pit	det
6	pit	pit	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lures	obl
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 bottle	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 bottle	det
9	bottle	bottle	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pit	nmod
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 wine	case
11	wine	wine	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 bottle	nmod
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 ties	cc
13	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	14 ties	advmod
14	ties	tie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 lures	conj
15	Woe	Woe	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 ties	obj
16	down	down	ADV	_	14 ties	advmod
17	with	with	ADP	_	20 rope	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 rope	det
19	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 rope	amod
20	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 ties	obl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 lures	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lure	present	He	Woe				into the pit with a bottle of wine result	vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent woe=Patient into pit=Result
2	tie down	present	He not said here	Woe			then	with a long rope; down property	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent woe=Patient with rope=Co-Patient

Option 4

He uses a rope.

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 uses	nsubj
2	uses	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 rope	det
4	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 uses	obj
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 uses	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present	He	a rope					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rope=Patient

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