Exam question 3 · Russian Folk-Tales, Prince Vasily and the Whirlwind: the y…

Where, according to the text, was the queen concealed from her captor?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: text · What happens: accord, be, conceal · To what, where: queen, captor

This is exam question 3 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	Where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	6 text	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 text	punct
3	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 text	case
4	to	to	ADP	_	3 according	fixed
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 text	det
6	text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 queen	nsubj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 text	punct
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 queen	cop
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 queen	det
10	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
11	concealed	conceal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 queen	acl
12	from	from	ADP	_	14 captor	case
13	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 captor	nmod:poss
14	captor	captor	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concealed	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 queen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	accord	gerund				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	the text	the queen		tree rules
3	conceal	participle		the queen not said here	her captor	vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent from captor=Beneficiary

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

Hidden under the bed, behind a large number of pillows and quilts

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hidden	hide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	under	under	ADP	_	4 bed	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bed	det
4	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hidden	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 number	punct
6	behind	behind	ADP	_	9 number	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 number	det
8	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 number	amod
9	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hidden	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 pillows	case
11	pillows	pillow	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 number	nmod
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 quilts	cc
13	quilts	quilt	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 pillows	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	participle				the bed		behind a large number of pillows and quilts	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under bed=Location

Option 2

Inside a large wooden chest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Inside	inside	ADP	_	5 chest	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 chest	det
3	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 chest	amod
4	wooden	wooden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 chest	amod
5	chest	chest	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Behind a number of cushions

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Behind	behind	ADP	_	3 number	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 number	det
3	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 cushions	case
5	cushions	cushion	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 number	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

Behind a row of cushions in the far corner of the great hall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Behind	behind	ADP	_	3 row	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 row	det
3	row	row	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 cushions	case
5	cushions	cushion	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 row	nmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 corner	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 corner	det
8	far	far	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 corner	amod
9	corner	corner	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cushions	nmod
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 hall	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 hall	det
12	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 hall	amod
13	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 corner	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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