Exam question 2 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Blind Man and the Cripple, part 1:…

By what means did Prince Ivan execute the whirlwind Vikhor?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · What happens: mean, do, execute · To what, where: Prince Ivan, whirlwind · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 2 of lesson 462 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Blind Man and the Cripple, part 1: Prince Ivan defeats the whirlwind Vikhor and sets out to woo Anna the Fair» 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	7 execute	advcl
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 means	ccomp
5	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Ivan	compound
6	Ivan	Ivan	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
7	execute	execute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 whirlwind	det
9	whirlwind	whirlwind	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 execute	obj
10	Vikhor	Vikhor	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 whirlwind	appos
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 execute	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	mean	present		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	do	past	Prince Ivan	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ivan=Eventuality
3	execute	present	the whirlwind	vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whirlwind=Patient

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

By a single blow of a faulchion

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	4 blow	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 blow	det
3	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 blow	amod
4	blow	blow	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 faulchion	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 faulchion	det
7	faulchion	faulchion	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 blow	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blow		a faulchion						nom blow «act intransitive»: of=agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

By trapping him beneath a mountain and cutting him down with a long curved blade after three days

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 trapping	mark
2	trapping	trap	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 trapping	obj
4	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	6 mountain	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 mountain	det
6	mountain	mountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 trapping	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 cutting	cc
8	cutting	cut	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 trapping	conj
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 cutting	obj
10	down	down	ADP	_	8 cutting	compound:prt
11	with	with	ADP	_	15 blade	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 blade	det
13	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 blade	amod
14	curved	curve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 blade	amod
15	blade	blade	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cutting	obl
16	after	after	ADP	_	18 days	case
17	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	18 days	nummod
18	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 cutting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	trap	gerund	him = he		beneath a mountain	vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
2	cut down	gerund	him = he	day	with a long curved blade	vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient with blade=Instrument
3	curve	participle				vn knead-26.5 «NP.material V PP.product»: agent=Material

Option 3

By a single blow of an axe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	4 blow	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 blow	det
3	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 blow	amod
4	blow	blow	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 axe	case
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 axe	det
7	axe	axe	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 blow	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blow		a axe						nom blow «act intransitive»: of=agent

Option 4

By a single blow of a faulchion across the neck in front of the court

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	4 blow	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 blow	det
3	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 blow	amod
4	blow	blow	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 faulchion	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 faulchion	det
7	faulchion	faulchion	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 blow	nmod
8	across	across	ADP	_	10 neck	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 neck	det
10	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 blow	nmod
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 front	case
12	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 blow	nmod
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 court	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 court	det
15	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 front	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blow		a faulchion			the neck			nom blow «act intransitive»: of=agent across=place

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