Exam question 4 · Russian Folk-Tales, Woe and the Peasant, part 43: the peas…

Which of the following accurately describes the rich brother's conduct at the name-day gathering?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: rich brother · What happens: follow, describe, conduct · To what, where: conduct, day gathering

This is exam question 4 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	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 brother	det
8	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 brother	amod
9	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 conduct	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 brother	case
11	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
12	at	at	ADP	_	17 gathering	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 gathering	det
14	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 day	compound
15	-	-	PUNCT	_	14 name	punct
16	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 gathering	compound
17	gathering	gathering	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 conduct	nmod
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the rich brother's conduct	the day gathering	accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent conduct=Theme
3	conduct		the rich brother		the day gathering		nom conduct «act transitive»: poss=agent at=place

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

He is generous to everyone.

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	3 generous	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 generous	cop
3	generous	generous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 everyone	case
5	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	3 generous	obl
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 generous	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					to everyone; generous property	tree rules

Option 2

He serves rich food but ignores his brother.

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 serves	nsubj
2	serves	serve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 food	amod
4	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 serves	obj
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	6 ignores	cc
6	ignores	ignore	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 serves	conj
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 brother	nmod:poss
8	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ignores	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 serves	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	serve	present	He	rich food					vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Attribute
2	ignore	present	He not said here	his brother					vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brother=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He feasts his guests but offers nothing to his poor brother.

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 feasts	nsubj
2	feasts	feast	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 guests	nmod:poss
4	guests	guest	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 feasts	obj
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	6 offers	cc
6	offers	offer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 feasts	conj
7	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	6 offers	obj
8	to	to	ADP	_	11 brother	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 brother	nmod:poss
10	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 brother	amod
11	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 offers	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 feasts	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feast	present	He	his guests					tree rules
2	offer	present	He not said here	nothing	his poor brother				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent nothing=Theme to brother=Goal

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

He hosts the guests and gives his brother only bread.

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 hosts	nsubj
2	hosts	host	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 guests	det
4	guests	guest	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 hosts	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 gives	cc
6	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 hosts	conj
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 brother	nmod:poss
8	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gives	iobj
9	only	only	ADV	_	10 bread	advmod
10	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gives	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 hosts	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	host	present	He		the guests				vn captain-29.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent guest=Beneficiary
2	give	present	He not said here	bread	his brother				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brother=Theme

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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