Exam question 1 · Russian Folk-Tales, Woe the Woeful, part 44: the rich brot…

Which of the following best describes the outcome of the rich brother's attempt to release Woe from beneath the stone?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: rich brother · What happens: follow, describe, release, attempt · To what, where: outcome, Woe, stone

This is exam question 1 of lesson 452 «Russian Folk-Tales, Woe the Woeful, part 44: the rich brother drowns Woe, then Need, Kruchina and the Zluidni turn up in other tales» 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 outcome	det
8	outcome	outcome	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	14 attempt	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 brother	det
11	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 brother	amod
12	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 attempt	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 brother	case
14	attempt	attempt	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 outcome	nmod
15	to	to	PART	_	16 release	mark
16	release	release	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 attempt	acl
17	Woe	woe	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 release	obj
18	from	from	ADP	_	21 stone	case
19	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	21 stone	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 stone	det
21	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 release	obl
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 describes	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 outcome of the rich brother's attempt		of the best	tree rules
3	release	to-infinitive		Woe	the stone		vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer woe=Source
4	attempt		the rich brother				nom attempt «act transitive»: poss=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

He escaped unharmed and went back to his fields happily

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 escaped	nsubj
2	escaped	escape	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	unharmed	unharmed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 escaped	xcomp
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 went	cc
5	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 escaped	conj
6	back	back	ADV	_	5 went	advmod
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 fields	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 fields	nmod:poss
9	fields	field	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 went	obl
10	happily	happily	ADV	_	5 went	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	escape	past	He					unharmed property	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	go back	past	He not said here					to his fields result; happily property	vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to field=Result

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He was seized by Woe and carried home, where his misfortunes began

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 seized	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 seized	aux:pass
3	seized	seize	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 Woe	case
5	Woe	Woe	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 seized	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 carried	cc
7	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 seized	conj
8	home	home	ADV	_	7 carried	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 began	punct
10	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	13 began	advmod
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 misfortunes	nmod:poss
12	misfortunes	misfortune	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 began	nsubj
13	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 carried	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	seize	past · passive	Woe	He		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	carry	past	Woe not said here		home property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	begin	past	Woe's misfortunes			vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

He freed Woe and was rewarded with gold for his trouble

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 freed	nsubj
2	freed	free	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Woe	Woe	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 freed	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 rewarded	cc
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 rewarded	aux:pass
6	rewarded	reward	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 freed	conj
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 gold	case
8	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 rewarded	obl
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 trouble	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 trouble	nmod:poss
11	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 rewarded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	free	past	He	Woe		vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer woe=Source
2	reward	past · passive	He not said here		with gold; for Woe's trouble	vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: with gold=Theme
3	trouble		Woe			nom trouble «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

He was seized by Woe, carried home on his back, and his wealth was lost for ever

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	3 seized	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 seized	aux:pass
3	seized	seize	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 Woe	case
5	Woe	Woe	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 seized	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 carried	punct
7	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 seized	conj
8	home	home	ADV	_	7 carried	advmod
9	on	on	ADP	_	11 back	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 back	nmod:poss
11	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 carried	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 lost	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 lost	cc
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 wealth	nmod:poss
15	wealth	wealth	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 lost	nsubj:pass
16	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 lost	aux:pass
17	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 seized	conj
18	for	for	ADP	_	19 ever	case
19	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	17 lost	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	seize	past · passive	Woe	He			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	carry	past	Woe not said here		Woe's back	home property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	lose	past · passive		Woe's wealth			vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality

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