Exam question 2 · Russian Folk-Tales, Katoma, part 56: the heroes trap the B…

What was the principal purpose of the cripple's proposal concerning the merchant's daughter?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: principal purpose, proposal, cripple · What happens: be, concern, purpose, propose · To what, where: daughter

This is exam question 2 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 purpose	det
4	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 purpose	amod
5	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	of	of	ADP	_	10 proposal	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cripple	det
8	cripple	cripple	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 proposal	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 cripple	case
10	proposal	proposal	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 purpose	nmod
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 proposal	acl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 merchant	det
13	merchant	merchant	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 daughter	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 merchant	case
15	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	past	the principal purpose of the cripple's proposal		tree rules
2	concern	gerund	the cripple's proposal not said here	the merchant's daughter	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus daughter=Experiencer
3	purpose		the cripple's proposal		nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=agent
4	propose		the cripple		nom proposal «communication 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 · ✓ the right answer

He proposed that they abduct her and keep her

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 proposed	nsubj
2	proposed	propose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 abduct	mark
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 abduct	nsubj
5	abduct	abduct	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 proposed	ccomp
6	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 abduct	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 keep	cc
8	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 proposed	conj
9	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 keep	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	propose	past	He		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	abduct	present	they	her = she	vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme
3	keep	infinitive	He not said here	her = she	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme

Option 2

He proposed that they hire a wagon, disguise themselves, and carry her off to a cave

The tree, 16 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 proposed	nsubj
2	proposed	propose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 hire	mark
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 hire	nsubj
5	hire	hire	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 proposed	ccomp
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 wagon	det
7	wagon	wagon	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hire	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 disguise	punct
9	disguise	disguise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 hire	conj
10	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	9 disguise	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 carry	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 carry	cc
13	carry	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 proposed	conj
14	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 carry	obj
15	off	off	ADP	_	13 carry	compound:prt
16	to	to	ADP	_	18 cave	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 cave	det
18	cave	cave	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 carry	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	propose	past	He			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	hire	present	they	a wagon		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wagon=Theme
3	disguise	infinitive	they not said here	themselves = they		vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme themselves=Destination
4	carry off	infinitive	He not said here	her = she	a cave	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to cave=Destination

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

He proposed that they sneak into the merchant's house at night and abduct her with a cart

The tree, 18 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 proposed	nsubj
2	proposed	propose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 sneak	mark
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 sneak	nsubj
5	sneak	sneak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 proposed	ccomp
6	into	into	ADP	_	10 house	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 merchant	det
8	merchant	merchant	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 house	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 merchant	case
10	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sneak	obl
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 night	case
12	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 proposed	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 abduct	cc
14	abduct	abduct	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 proposed	conj
15	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 abduct	obj
16	with	with	ADP	_	18 cart	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 cart	det
18	cart	cart	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 abduct	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	propose	past	He			night		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	sneak	present	they		the merchant's house			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into house=Destination
3	abduct	infinitive	He not said here	her = she			with a cart	vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme

Option 4

He hoped they would rescue her from town

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 hoped	nsubj
2	hoped	hope	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 rescue	nsubj
4	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 rescue	aux
5	rescue	rescue	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 hoped	ccomp
6	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 rescue	obj
7	from	from	ADP	_	8 town	case
8	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 rescue	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hope	past	He						vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	rescue	would	they	her = she		town			vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent she=Theme from town=Source

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