Exam question 1 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Priest's Daughter and the Leshy

Which action of the hunter is recorded as the cause of the Leshy's death?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: hunter, Leshy · What happens: record, act, cause, die · To what, where: action, death

This is exam question 1 of lesson 455 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Priest's Daughter and the Leshy» 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	DET	PronType=Int	2 action	det
2	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 recorded	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 hunter	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 hunter	det
5	hunter	hunter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 action	nmod
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 recorded	aux:pass
7	recorded	record	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	as	as	ADP	_	10 cause	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 cause	det
10	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 recorded	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	15 death	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Leshy	det
13	Leshy	Leshy	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 death	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 Leshy	case
15	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 cause	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 recorded	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	record	present · passive		which action of the hunter	as the cause of the Leshy's death	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	act		the hunter			nom action «act intransitive»: of=agent
3	cause			the Leshy's death		nom cause «event transitive»: of=patient
4	die		the Leshy			nom death «event intransitive»: 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The discharge of his gun into the Leshy's abdomen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 discharge	det
2	discharge	discharge	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 gun	case
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 gun	nmod:poss
5	gun	gun	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 discharge	nmod
6	into	into	ADP	_	10 abdomen	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Leshy	det
8	Leshy	Leshy	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 abdomen	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 Leshy	case
10	abdomen	abdomen	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 discharge	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	discharge			his gun		the Leshy's abdomen			nom discharge «event transitive»: of=patient into=place

Option 2

The gunshot that struck the Leshy's chest wall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 gunshot	det
2	gunshot	gunshot	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 struck	nsubj
4	struck	strike	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 gunshot	acl:relcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Leshy	det
6	Leshy	Leshy	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 wall	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Leshy	case
8	chest	chest	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 wall	compound
9	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 struck	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strike	past	the gunshot	the Leshy's chest wall					vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wall=Patient

Option 3

The repeated firing of his rifle into the Leshy's belly and legs at close range

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 firing	det
2	repeated	repeat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 firing	amod
3	firing	firing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 rifle	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 rifle	nmod:poss
6	rifle	rifle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 firing	nmod
7	into	into	ADP	_	11 belly	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Leshy	det
9	Leshy	Leshy	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 belly	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 Leshy	case
11	belly	belly	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 firing	nmod
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 legs	cc
13	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 belly	conj
14	at	at	ADP	_	16 range	case
15	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 range	amod
16	range	range	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 firing	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	repeat	participle							vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	fire		his rifle			the Leshy's belly and legs			nom firing «act intransitive»: of=agent into=place

Option 4

The stab of his knife into the Leshy's side

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 stab	det
2	stab	stab	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 knife	case
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 knife	nmod:poss
5	knife	knife	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stab	nmod
6	into	into	ADP	_	10 side	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Leshy	det
8	Leshy	Leshy	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 side	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 Leshy	case
10	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stab	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stab			his knife		the Leshy's side			nom stab «feeling transitive»: of=patient into=place

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