Exam question 3 · Russian Fairy Tales, Prince Ivan and Katoma, part 55: the…
What happened to Katoma's feet following the Princess's instruction to Prince Ivan?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Princess · What happens: happen, follow, instruct
This is exam question 3 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 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 happened | nsubj |
| 2 | happened | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 feet | case |
| 4 | Katoma | Katoma | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 feet | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 Katoma | case |
| 6 | feet | foot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 happened | obl |
| 7 | following | follow | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 11 instruction | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Princess | det |
| 9 | Princess | Princess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 instruction | nmod:poss |
| 10 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 9 Princess | case |
| 11 | instruction | instruction | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 happened | obl |
| 12 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 Ivan | case |
| 13 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 Ivan | compound |
| 14 | Ivan | Ivan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 instruction | nmod |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 happened | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | past | to Katoma's feet; follow the Princess's instruction to Prince Ivan | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | follow | gerund | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | instruct | the Princess | to Prince Ivan | nom instruction «communication transitive»: poss=agent to=obl |
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
They were cut off at the ankle by the palace guards
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 cut | nsubj |
| 2 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 cut | aux:pass |
| 3 | cut | cut | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | off | off | ADP | _ | 3 cut | compound:prt |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 ankle | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 ankle | det |
| 7 | ankle | ankle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 cut | obl |
| 8 | by | by | ADP | _ | 11 guards | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 guards | det |
| 10 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 guards | compound |
| 11 | guards | guard | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 cut | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cut off | past · passive | the palace guards | They | the ankle | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector subject=Eventuality |
Option 2
They were cut off and thrown into the nearby river by her order
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 cut | nsubj |
| 2 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 cut | aux:pass |
| 3 | cut | cut | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | off | off | ADP | _ | 3 cut | compound:prt |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 thrown | cc |
| 6 | thrown | throw | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 cut | conj |
| 7 | into | into | ADP | _ | 10 river | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 river | det |
| 9 | nearby | nearby | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 river | amod |
| 10 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 thrown | obl |
| 11 | by | by | ADP | _ | 13 order | case |
| 12 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 order | nmod:poss |
| 13 | order | order | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 thrown | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cut off | past · passive | They | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | throw | participle | into the nearby river result; by her order | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer into river=Result | |||||
| 3 | order | her = she | nom order «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3
They were kept whole
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 kept | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 kept | aux:pass |
| 3 | kept | keep | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 kept | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | past · passive | They | whole property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
They were cut off
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 cut | nsubj |
| 2 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 cut | aux:pass |
| 3 | cut | cut | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | off | off | ADP | _ | 3 cut | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cut off | past · passive | They | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality |
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