Exam question 1 · Russian Fairy Tales, Katoma, Prince Ivan and the cows: Kat…

Identify the action by which Katoma obtains the hide of the final cow, and state the precise manner in which the Princess responds to this action.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, Katoma, Princess · What happens: identify, obtain, state, respond · To what, where: action, hide, precise manner

This is exam question 1 of lesson 465 «Russian Fairy Tales, Katoma, Prince Ivan and the cows: Katoma swaps clothes with Prince Ivan and tears off a cow's hide» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 action	det
3	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 obtains	obl
6	Katoma	Katoma	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 obtains	nsubj
7	obtains	obtain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 action	acl:relcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 hide	det
9	hide	hide	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 obtains	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 cow	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 cow	det
12	final	final	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 cow	amod
13	cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 hide	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 state	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 state	cc
16	state	state	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Identify	parataxis
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 manner	det
18	precise	precise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 manner	amod
19	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 state	obj
20	in	in	ADP	_	21 which	case
21	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	24 responds	obl
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 Princess	det
23	Princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 responds	nsubj
24	responds	respond	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 manner	parataxis
25	to	to	ADP	_	27 action	case
26	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	27 action	det
27	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 responds	obl
28	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the action			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent action=Theme
2	obtain	present	Katoma	the hide of the final cow		by the action	vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hide=Theme
3	state speech: other	infinitive		the precise manner			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent manner=Topic
4	respond speech: other	present	the Princess		the precise manner	to this action	vn respond-113 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to action=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

Katoma seizes the cow by its tail and tears off its hide in one pull, whereupon the Princess cries out from the balcony, orders him seized at once, and sends her guards to the courtyard gate.

The tree, 36 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Katoma	Katoma	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 seizes	nsubj
2	seizes	seize	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 cow	det
4	cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 seizes	obj
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 tail	case
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 tail	nmod:poss
7	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 seizes	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 tears	cc
9	tears	tear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 seizes	conj
10	off	off	ADP	_	9 tears	compound:prt
11	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 hide	nmod:poss
12	hide	hide	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 tears	obj
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 pull	case
14	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 pull	nummod
15	pull	pull	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 tears	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 cries	punct
17	whereupon	whereupon	ADV	PronType=Int	20 cries	advmod
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 Princess	det
19	Princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 cries	nsubj
20	cries	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 seizes	conj
21	out	out	ADP	_	20 cries	compound:prt
22	from	from	ADP	_	24 balcony	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 balcony	det
24	balcony	balcony	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 cries	obl
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 orders	punct
26	orders	order	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 seizes	parataxis
27	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	26 orders	obj
28	seized	seize	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	26 orders	xcomp
29	at	at	ADP	_	30 once	case
30	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	28 seized	obl
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	33 sends	punct
32	and	and	CCONJ	_	33 sends	cc
33	sends	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	26 orders	conj
34	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	35 guards	nmod:poss
35	guards	guard	NOUN	Number=Plur	33 sends	obj
36	to	to	ADP	_	39 gate	case
37	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	39 gate	det
38	courtyard	courtyard	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 gate	compound
39	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 sends	obl
40	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 seizes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	seize	present	Katoma	the cow			by its tail	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cow=Theme
2	tear off	present	Katoma not said here	tail's hide		one pull		vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location hide=Theme
3	cry out speech: express	present	the Princess			the balcony	whereupon property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	order	present			Katoma			vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
5	seize not said to happen	participle						vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
6	send	present		Princess's guards		the courtyard gate		vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent guard=Theme to gate=Destination

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Katoma seizes the cow by its tail and tears off its hide, whereupon the Princess cries out and orders him seized.

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Katoma	Katoma	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 seizes	nsubj
2	seizes	seize	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 cow	det
4	cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 seizes	obj
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 tail	case
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 tail	nmod:poss
7	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 seizes	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 tears	cc
9	tears	tear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 seizes	conj
10	off	off	ADP	_	9 tears	compound:prt
11	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 hide	nmod:poss
12	hide	hide	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 tears	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 cries	punct
14	whereupon	whereupon	ADV	PronType=Int	17 cries	advmod
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 Princess	det
16	Princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 cries	nsubj
17	cries	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 seizes	parataxis
18	out	out	ADP	_	17 cries	compound:prt
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 orders	cc
20	orders	order	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 cries	conj
21	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 orders	obj
22	seized	seize	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	20 orders	xcomp
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 seizes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	seize	present	Katoma	the cow		by its tail	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cow=Theme
2	tear off	present	Katoma not said here	tail's hide			vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location hide=Theme
3	cry out speech: express	present	the Princess			whereupon property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	order	present	the Princess not said here		Katoma		vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
5	seize not said to happen	participle	the Princess not said here				vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Katoma seizes the cow by its hind leg and tears off its hide, whereupon the merchant cries out and orders the gate closed.

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Katoma	Katoma	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 seizes	nsubj
2	seizes	seize	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 cow	det
4	cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 seizes	obj
5	by	by	ADP	_	8 leg	case
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 leg	nmod:poss
7	hind	hind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 leg	amod
8	leg	leg	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 seizes	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 tears	cc
10	tears	tear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 seizes	conj
11	off	off	ADP	_	10 tears	compound:prt
12	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 hide	nmod:poss
13	hide	hide	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 tears	obj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 cries	punct
15	whereupon	whereupon	ADV	PronType=Int	18 cries	advmod
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 merchant	det
17	merchant	merchant	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 cries	nsubj
18	cries	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 seizes	parataxis
19	out	out	ADP	_	18 cries	compound:prt
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 orders	cc
21	orders	order	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 cries	conj
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 gate	det
23	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 orders	obj
24	closed	close	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	23 gate	acl
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 seizes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	seize	present	Katoma	the cow	by its hind leg	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cow=Theme
2	tear off	present	Katoma not said here	leg's hide		vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location hide=Theme
3	cry out speech: express	present	the merchant		whereupon property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	order	present	the merchant not said here	the gate		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gate=Theme
5	close	participle		the gate not said here		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4

Katoma seizes the cow by its ear and tears off its skin, whereupon the Princess laughs and orders him released.

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Katoma	Katoma	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 seizes	nsubj
2	seizes	seize	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 cow	det
4	cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 seizes	obj
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 ear	case
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 ear	nmod:poss
7	ear	ear	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 seizes	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 tears	cc
9	tears	tear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 seizes	conj
10	off	off	ADP	_	9 tears	compound:prt
11	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 skin	nmod:poss
12	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 tears	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 laughs	punct
14	whereupon	whereupon	ADV	PronType=Int	17 laughs	advmod
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 Princess	det
16	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 laughs	nsubj
17	laughs	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 seizes	parataxis
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 orders	cc
19	orders	order	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 laughs	conj
20	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 orders	obj
21	released	release	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	19 orders	xcomp
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 seizes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	seize	present	Katoma	the cow		by its ear	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cow=Theme
2	tear off	present	Katoma not said here	ear's skin			vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location skin=Theme
3	laugh	present	the Princess			whereupon property	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	order	present	the Princess not said here		Katoma		vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
5	release not said to happen	participle	the Princess not said here				vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer

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