Exam question 4 · Russian Folk-Tales, Katoma, part 56: the heroes trap the B…

What was the ultimate fate of the Baba Yaga, as determined by the heroes after their deliberation?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: heroes · What happens: be, determine, deliberate · To what, where: ultimate fate

This is exam question 4 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	5 fate	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 fate	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 fate	det
4	ultimate	ultimate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 fate	amod
5	fate	fate	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 Yaga	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Yaga	det
8	Baba	Baba	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Yaga	compound
9	Yaga	Yaga	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 fate	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 determined	punct
11	as	as	SCONJ	_	12 determined	mark
12	determined	determine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 fate	conj
13	by	by	ADP	_	15 heroes	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 heroes	det
15	heroes	hero	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 determined	obl
16	after	after	ADP	_	18 deliberation	case
17	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 deliberation	nmod:poss
18	deliberation	deliberation	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 determined	obl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 fate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the ultimate fate		of the Baba Yaga	tree rules
2	determine	participle			after heroes's deliberation	by the heroes	vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	deliberate		heroes = hero				nom deliberation «communication transitive»: 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 · ← Mova's choice

She was sent to the king as a prisoner

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 sent	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sent	aux:pass
3	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 king	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 king	det
6	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sent	obl
7	as	as	ADP	_	9 prisoner	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 prisoner	det
9	prisoner	prisoner	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sent	obl:agent

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	past · passive	a prisoner	She	the king				vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Theme to king=Destination

Option 2

She was tied up, dragged into the forest, and cast into the fire pit to perish

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 tied	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 tied	aux:pass
3	tied	tie	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	up	up	ADP	_	3 tied	compound:prt
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 dragged	punct
6	dragged	drag	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 tied	conj
7	into	into	ADP	_	9 forest	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 forest	det
9	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dragged	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 cast	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 cast	cc
12	cast	cast	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 tied	conj
13	into	into	ADP	_	16 pit	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 pit	det
15	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 pit	compound
16	pit	pit	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 cast	obl
17	to	to	PART	_	18 perish	mark
18	perish	perish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 cast	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	roles by
1	tie up	past · passive	She		vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	drag	participle		the forest	vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent
3	cast	participle		the fire pit	vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent into pit=Product
4	perish	to-infinitive			vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

She was cast into the fiery fount and perished

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 cast	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 cast	aux:pass
3	cast	cast	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	into	into	ADP	_	7 fount	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 fount	det
6	fiery	fiery	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 fount	amod
7	fount	fount	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cast	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 perished	cc
9	perished	perish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 cast	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cast	past · passive		She		the fiery fount			vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: subject=Material into fount=Product
2	perish	participle							vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 4

She was buried in the cold forest soil

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 buried	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 buried	aux:pass
3	buried	bury	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	8 soil	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 soil	det
6	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 soil	amod
7	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 soil	compound
8	soil	soil	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 buried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bury	past · passive		She		the cold forest soil			vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in soil=Destination

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