Exam question 3 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Blind Man and the Cripple, part 1:…
What condition did the Prince's parents impose upon their son before their death?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: condition, parents · What happens: do, impose, die
This is exam question 3 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 | What | what | DET | PronType=Int | 2 condition | det |
| 2 | condition | condition | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 did | nsubj |
| 3 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Prince | det |
| 5 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 parents | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 Prince | case |
| 7 | parents | parent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 impose | nsubj |
| 8 | impose | impose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 did | parataxis |
| 9 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 11 son | case |
| 10 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 son | nmod:poss |
| 11 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 impose | obl |
| 12 | before | before | ADP | _ | 14 death | case |
| 13 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 death | nmod:poss |
| 14 | death | death | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 impose | obl |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | what condition | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | impose | present | the Prince's parents | before parents's death | upon parents's son | vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||
| 3 | die | parents = parent | 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
Obedience to his tutor Katoma and a promise to rule the kingdom with mercy and justice
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Obedience | obedience | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | to | to | ADP | _ | 4 tutor | case |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 tutor | nmod:poss |
| 4 | tutor | tutor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Obedience | nmod |
| 5 | Katoma | Katoma | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 tutor | appos |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 promise | cc |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 promise | det |
| 8 | promise | promise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Obedience | conj |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 rule | mark |
| 10 | rule | rule | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 promise | acl |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 kingdom | det |
| 12 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 rule | obj |
| 13 | with | with | ADP | _ | 14 mercy | case |
| 14 | mercy | mercy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 rule | obl |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 justice | cc |
| 16 | justice | justice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 mercy | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rule | to-infinitive | the kingdom | with mercy and justice | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kingdom=Theme |
Option 2
Obedience to his tutor Katoma until he came of age
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Obedience | obedience | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 came | nsubj |
| 2 | to | to | ADP | _ | 4 tutor | case |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 tutor | nmod:poss |
| 4 | tutor | tutor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Obedience | nmod |
| 5 | Katoma | Katoma | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 tutor | appos |
| 6 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 8 came | mark |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 came | nsubj |
| 8 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 age | case |
| 10 | age | age | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 came | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | Obedience to Obedience's tutor | of age | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme of age=Initial_Location |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Obedience to his tutor Katoma
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Obedience | obedience | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | to | to | ADP | _ | 4 tutor | case |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 tutor | nmod:poss |
| 4 | tutor | tutor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Obedience | nmod |
| 5 | Katoma | Katoma | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 tutor | appos |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Loyalty to his guard Katoma
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Loyalty | loyalty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 Katoma | compound |
| 2 | to | to | ADP | _ | 4 guard | case |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 guard | nmod:poss |
| 4 | guard | guard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Loyalty | nmod |
| 5 | Katoma | Katoma | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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