Exam question 2 · Russian Fairy Tales, Prince Ivan and Katoma, part 55: the…

In what manner did Katoma ride or break in the heroic steed during the events of this passage?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Katoma · What happens: ride, break · To what, where: manner, heroic steed

This is exam question 2 of lesson 463 «Russian Fairy Tales, Prince Ivan and Katoma, part 55: the Princess ties Prince Ivan to her carriage and Katoma is left on a stump» 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 manner	case
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ride	obl
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 ride	aux
5	Katoma	Katoma	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 ride	nsubj
6	ride	ride	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 break	cc
8	break	break	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 ride	conj
9	in	in	ADP	_	12 steed	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 steed	det
11	heroic	heroic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 steed	amod
12	steed	steed	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 break	obl
13	during	during	ADP	_	15 events	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 events	det
15	events	event	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 break	obl
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 passage	case
17	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	18 passage	det
18	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 events	nmod
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 ride	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ride	past · do-support	Katoma			what manner			vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent
2	break	infinitive	Katoma not said here			the heroic steed	during the events of this passage		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in steed=Location

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

By feeding it oats

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 feeding	mark
2	feeding	feed	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 oats	advcl
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 feeding	obj
4	oats	oat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feed	gerund		it					vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	oat	present							tree rules

Option 2

By striking it with iron chunks and starving it for many days

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 striking	mark
2	striking	strike	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 striking	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 chunks	case
5	iron	iron	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 chunks	compound
6	chunks	chunk	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 striking	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 starving	cc
8	starving	starve	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 striking	conj
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 starving	obj
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 days	case
11	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 days	amod
12	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 starving	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strike	gerund		it				with iron chunks	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with chunk=Instrument
2	starve	gerund		it			day		tree rules

Option 3

By whipping it with leather straps

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 whipping	mark
2	whipping	whip	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 whipping	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 straps	case
5	leather	leather	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 straps	compound
6	straps	strap	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 whipping	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	whip	gerund		it				with leather straps	vn shake-22.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient with strap=Co-Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

By striking it with iron chunks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 striking	mark
2	striking	strike	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 striking	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 chunks	case
5	iron	iron	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 chunks	compound
6	chunks	chunk	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 striking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strike	gerund		it				with iron chunks	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with chunk=Instrument

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