Exam question 2 · Russian Folk-Tales, Mother Friday, part 45: Ivan tricks th…
What is the principal purpose of Fate's advice to the poor brother?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: principal purpose, advice · What happens: be, purpose
This is exam question 2 of lesson 453 «Russian Folk-Tales, Mother Friday, part 45: Ivan tricks the Zluidni into the river, and Friday punishes a spinner» 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 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 purpose | det |
| 4 | principal | principal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 purpose | amod |
| 5 | purpose | purpose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 advice | case |
| 7 | Fate | Fate | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 advice | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 Fate | case |
| 9 | advice | advice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 purpose | nmod |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 13 brother | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 brother | det |
| 12 | poor | poor | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 brother | amod |
| 13 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 advice | nmod |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the principal purpose of Fate's advice to the poor brother | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | purpose | Fate's advice to the poor brother | nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=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 · ✓ the right answer
To secure the fortune of his niece Militsa
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 secure | mark |
| 2 | secure | secure | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 fortune | det |
| 4 | fortune | fortune | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 secure | obj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 niece | case |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 niece | nmod:poss |
| 7 | niece | niece | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 fortune | nmod |
| 8 | Militsa | Militsa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 secure | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | secure | to-infinitive | the fortune of his niece | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Precondition fortune=Beneficiary militsa=Theme |
Option 2
To teach the poor brother to spin golden thread for the king
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 teach | mark |
| 2 | teach | teach | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 brother | det |
| 4 | poor | poor | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 brother | amod |
| 5 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 teach | obj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 spin | mark |
| 7 | spin | spin | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 teach | advcl |
| 8 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 thread | amod |
| 9 | thread | thread | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 spin | obj |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 king | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 king | det |
| 12 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 spin | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | teach speech: other | to-infinitive | the poor brother | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent brother=Recipient | |||||
| 2 | spin | to-infinitive | golden thread | for the king | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent thread=Result for king=Beneficiary |
Option 3
To protect the fortune of his brother
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 protect | mark |
| 2 | protect | protect | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 fortune | det |
| 4 | fortune | fortune | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 protect | obj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 brother | case |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 brother | nmod:poss |
| 7 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 fortune | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | protect | to-infinitive | the fortune of his brother | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fortune=Beneficiary |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
To help the poor brother escape from his debts and misery
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 help | mark |
| 2 | help | help | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 brother | det |
| 4 | poor | poor | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 brother | amod |
| 5 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 help | obj |
| 6 | escape | escape | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 help | xcomp |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 debts | case |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 debts | nmod:poss |
| 9 | debts | debt | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 escape | obl |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 misery | cc |
| 11 | misery | misery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 debts | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | to-infinitive | the poor brother | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent brother=Beneficiary clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | escape | infinitive | the poor brother not said here | his debts and misery | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from debt=Initial_Location |
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