Exam question 1 · Russian Folk-Tales, Katoma, part 56: the heroes trap the B…

Which means did the blind hero employ in order to procure his daily sustenance?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · What happens: mean, do, procure · To what, where: blind hero employ, daily sustenance · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 1 of lesson 464 «Russian Folk-Tales, Katoma, part 56: the heroes trap the Baba Yaga and are healed» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 means	ccomp
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 employ	det
5	blind	blind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 employ	amod
6	hero	hero	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 employ	compound
7	employ	employ	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obj
8	in	in	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	11 procure	mark
9	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 in	fixed
10	to	to	PART	_	11 procure	mark
11	procure	procure	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 employ	acl
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 sustenance	nmod:poss
13	daily	daily	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 sustenance	amod
14	sustenance	sustenance	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 procure	obj
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 means	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	the blind hero employ	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent employ=Eventuality
3	procure	to-infinitive	his daily sustenance	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sustenance=Theme

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

He followed the sound of animals in the trees

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 followed	nsubj
2	followed	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 sound	det
4	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 followed	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 animals	case
6	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 sound	nmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 trees	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 trees	det
9	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 animals	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	past	He	the sound of animals in the trees					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sound=Theme

Option 2

He used a long spear to kill animals that wandered close to his hut

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 used	nsubj
2	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 spear	det
4	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 spear	amod
5	spear	spear	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 used	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 kill	mark
7	kill	kill	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 used	advcl
8	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 kill	obj
9	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 wandered	nsubj
10	wandered	wander	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 animals	acl:relcl
11	close	close	ADV	Degree=Pos	10 wandered	advmod
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 hut	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 hut	nmod:poss
14	hut	hut	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 wandered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	use	past	He	a long spear			vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spear=Patient
2	kill	to-infinitive	He not said here	animals			vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Theme
3	wander	past	animals		his hut	close property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to hut=Destination

Option 3

He waited quietly each morning until animals walked past and then caught them by hand

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 waited	nsubj
2	waited	wait	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	2 waited	advmod
4	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	5 morning	det
5	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 waited	obl:unmarked
6	until	until	SCONJ	_	8 walked	mark
7	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 walked	nsubj
8	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 waited	advcl
9	past	past	ADV	_	8 walked	advmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 caught	cc
11	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 caught	advmod
12	caught	catch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 waited	conj
13	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 caught	obj
14	by	by	ADP	_	15 hand	case
15	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 caught	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	wait	past	He		morning	quietly property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	walk	past	animals			past property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	catch	past	He not said here	animals = animal	then	by hand	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He detected by smell the animals passing near him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 detected	nsubj
2	detected	detect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
3	by	by	ADP	_	4 smell	case
4	smell	smell	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 detected	obl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 animals	det
6	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 smell	conj
7	passing	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 animals	acl
8	near	near	ADP	_	9 him	case
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 passing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	detect	participle	He					by smell and the animals	vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	pass	gerund	the animals not said here					near him = he	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme near he=Location

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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