Exam question 2 · Russian Fairy Tales, Frost, part 49: the stepmother's daug…

Which lesson concerning kindness is conveyed by Marfa's survival in the forest?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: lesson, survival, Marfa · What happens: concern, convey, survive · To what, where: kindness, lesson, forest

This is exam question 2 of lesson 457 «Russian Fairy Tales, Frost, part 49: the stepmother's daughters freeze in the forest» 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 lesson	det
2	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 conveyed	nsubj:pass
3	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 lesson	acl
4	kindness	kindness	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 concerning	obj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 conveyed	aux:pass
6	conveyed	convey	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	by	by	ADP	_	10 survival	case
8	Marfa	Marfa	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 survival	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 Marfa	case
10	survival	survival	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 conveyed	obl
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 forest	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 forest	det
13	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 survival	nmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 conveyed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	concern	gerund	which lesson not said here	kindness		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus kindness=Experiencer
2	convey	present · passive	Marfa's survival in the forest	which lesson		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent subject=Topic
3	survive		Marfa		the forest	nom survival «state transitive»: poss=agent in=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 · ← Mova's choice

That gentleness and courtesy are rewarded by the spirits of the forest, who love the humble

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 gentleness	det
2	gentleness	gentleness	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 rewarded	nsubj:pass
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 courtesy	cc
4	courtesy	courtesy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gentleness	conj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 rewarded	aux:pass
6	rewarded	reward	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 spirits	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 spirits	det
9	spirits	spirit	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 rewarded	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 forest	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 forest	det
12	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 spirits	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 love	punct
14	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 love	nsubj
15	love	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 forest	acl:relcl
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 humble	det
17	humble	humble	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 love	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reward	present · passive	the spirits of the forest	that gentleness and courtesy					vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient
2	love	present	the forest	the humble					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer humble=Stimulus

Option 2

That gentleness and courtesy are rewarded, while pride and rudeness are always punished in the end

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 gentleness	det
2	gentleness	gentleness	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 rewarded	nsubj:pass
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 courtesy	cc
4	courtesy	courtesy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gentleness	conj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 rewarded	aux:pass
6	rewarded	reward	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 punished	punct
8	while	while	SCONJ	_	14 punished	mark
9	pride	pride	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 punished	nsubj:pass
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 rudeness	cc
11	rudeness	rudeness	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 pride	conj
12	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 punished	aux:pass
13	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	14 punished	advmod
14	punished	punish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 rewarded	conj
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 end	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 end	det
17	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 punished	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reward	present · passive		that gentleness and courtesy					vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient
2	punish	present · passive		pride and rudeness			in the end	always property	vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 3

That cruelty is punished by the winter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 cruelty	det
2	cruelty	cruelty	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 punished	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 punished	aux:pass
4	punished	punish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 winter	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 winter	det
7	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 punished	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	punish	present · passive		that cruelty			winter		vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

That gentleness and courtesy are rewarded

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 gentleness	det
2	gentleness	gentleness	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 rewarded	nsubj:pass
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 courtesy	cc
4	courtesy	courtesy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gentleness	conj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 rewarded	aux:pass
6	rewarded	reward	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reward	present · passive		that gentleness and courtesy					vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient

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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