Exam question 3 · Russian Folk-Tales, Woe the Woeful, part 44: the rich brot…
With reference to the Viatka variant, explain the significance of the moujik's discovery of the gold at the roadside.
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, moujik · What happens: explain, discover · To what, where: significance, roadside, gold
This is exam question 3 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 | With | with | ADP | _ | 2 reference | case |
| 2 | reference | reference | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 explain | obl |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 variant | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 variant | det |
| 5 | Viatka | Viatka | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 variant | compound |
| 6 | variant | variant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 reference | nmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 reference | punct |
| 8 | explain | explain | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 significance | det |
| 10 | significance | significance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 explain | obj |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 discovery | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 moujik | det |
| 13 | moujik | moujik | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 discovery | nmod:poss |
| 14 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 13 moujik | case |
| 15 | discovery | discovery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 significance | nmod |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 gold | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 gold | det |
| 18 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 discovery | nmod |
| 19 | at | at | ADP | _ | 21 roadside | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 roadside | det |
| 21 | roadside | roadside | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 explain | obl |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 explain | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | explain speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | the significance of the moujik's discovery of the gold | the roadside | with reference to the Viatka variant | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent significance=Topic | ||
| 2 | discover | the moujik | the gold | nom discovery «act transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |
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
It rewarded him for following Need's advice, and it is the basis of his later fortune
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 rewarded | nsubj |
| 2 | rewarded | reward | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 rewarded | obj |
| 4 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 5 following | mark |
| 5 | following | follow | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 rewarded | advcl |
| 6 | Need | Need | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 advice | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 Need | case |
| 8 | advice | advice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 following | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 basis | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 basis | cc |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 basis | nsubj |
| 12 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 basis | cop |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 basis | det |
| 14 | basis | basis | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 rewarded | obl |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 fortune | case |
| 16 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 fortune | nmod:poss |
| 17 | later | late | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 18 fortune | amod |
| 18 | fortune | fortune | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 basis | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reward | past | It | him = he | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | follow | gerund | Need's advice | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent advice=Theme | |||||
| 3 | is a | present | advice | the basis | of Need's later fortune | tree rules |
Option 2
It rewarded him for following Need's advice, and it is the basis of his later fortune and of the rich brother's envy
The tree, 24 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 rewarded | nsubj |
| 2 | rewarded | reward | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 rewarded | obj |
| 4 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 5 following | mark |
| 5 | following | follow | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 rewarded | advcl |
| 6 | Need | Need | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 advice | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 Need | case |
| 8 | advice | advice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 following | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 basis | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 basis | cc |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 basis | nsubj |
| 12 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 basis | cop |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 basis | det |
| 14 | basis | basis | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 rewarded | obl |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 fortune | case |
| 16 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 fortune | nmod:poss |
| 17 | later | late | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 18 fortune | amod |
| 18 | fortune | fortune | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 basis | nmod |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 envy | cc |
| 20 | of | of | ADP | _ | 25 envy | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 brother | det |
| 22 | rich | rich | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 brother | amod |
| 23 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 envy | nmod:poss |
| 24 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 23 brother | case |
| 25 | envy | envy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 fortune | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reward | past | It | him = he | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | follow | gerund | Need's advice | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent advice=Theme | |||||
| 3 | is a | present | advice | the basis | of Need's later fortune and the rich brother's envy | tree rules | |||
| 4 | envy | the rich brother | nom envy «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
It shows the gold was stolen from a rich merchant who lived near the road
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 shows | nsubj |
| 2 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 gold | det |
| 4 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 stolen | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 stolen | aux:pass |
| 6 | stolen | steal | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 shows | ccomp |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 10 merchant | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 merchant | det |
| 9 | rich | rich | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 merchant | amod |
| 10 | merchant | merchant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 stolen | obl |
| 11 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 lived | nsubj |
| 12 | lived | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 merchant | acl:relcl |
| 13 | near | near | ADP | _ | 15 road | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 road | det |
| 15 | road | road | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 lived | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present | It | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | steal | past · passive | the gold | a rich merchant | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from merchant=Source | ||||
| 3 | live | past | a rich merchant | the road | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near road=Location |
Option 4
It proves that Need helped the poor and that the horse was a gift
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 proves | nsubj |
| 2 | proves | prove | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 5 helped | mark |
| 4 | Need | Need | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 helped | nsubj |
| 5 | helped | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 proves | ccomp |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 poor | det |
| 7 | poor | poor | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 helped | obj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 gift | cc |
| 9 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 14 gift | mark |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 horse | det |
| 11 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 gift | nsubj |
| 12 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 gift | cop |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 gift | det |
| 14 | gift | gift | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 helped | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | prove | present | It | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | help | past | Need | the poor | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent poor=Beneficiary | ||||
| 3 | is a | past | the horse | a gift | tree rules |
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