Exam question 2 · Russian Folk-Tales, Prince Vasily and the Whirlwind: the y…

By what means did Prince Vasily finally overcome the abductor?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: mean, do, overcome · To what, where: Prince, abductor · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 2 of lesson 459 «Russian Folk-Tales, Prince Vasily and the Whirlwind: the youngest prince tricks Vikhor and frees his mother» 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	By	by	SCONJ	_	3 means	mark
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 means	nsubj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 means	ccomp
5	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
6	Vasily	vasily	ADV	_	8 overcome	advmod
7	finally	finally	ADV	_	8 overcome	advmod
8	overcome	overcome	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 abductor	det
10	abductor	abductor	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 overcome	obj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mean	present			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	do	past	Prince		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prince=Eventuality
3	overcome	present	the abductor	finally, vasily property	vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot abductor=Theme

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

By fighting Vikhor with his wooden sword

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 fighting	mark
2	fighting	fight	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	Vikhor	Vikhor	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 fighting	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	7 sword	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 sword	nmod:poss
6	wooden	wooden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 sword	amod
7	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fighting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fight	gerund		Vikhor				with Vikhor's wooden sword	vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vikhor=Co-Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

By seizing the little finger of his right hand

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 seizing	mark
2	seizing	seize	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 finger	det
4	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 finger	amod
5	finger	finger	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 seizing	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 hand	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 hand	nmod:poss
8	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 hand	amod
9	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 finger	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seize	gerund		the little finger of his right hand					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent finger=Theme

Option 3

By hiding in the stove

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 hiding	mark
2	hiding	hide	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 stove	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 stove	det
5	stove	stove	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hiding	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	gerund				the stove			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in stove=Location

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

By calling his brothers for help at the door

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 calling	mark
2	calling	call	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 brothers	nmod:poss
4	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 calling	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 help	case
6	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 calling	obl
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 door	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 door	det
9	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 calling	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	gerund		his brothers		the door		for help	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent brother=Theme for help=Beneficiary

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.

This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/459-pg22373-part51/e2/