Exam question 1 · Russian Folk-Tales, Emilian the Fool, part 59: the fool's…

Which of the following describes the means by which the fool's sledge was propelled towards the forest?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: the · What happens: follow, describe, mean, propel · To what, where: sledge · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 1 of lesson 467 «Russian Folk-Tales, Emilian the Fool, part 59: the fool's pike-magic pails, sledge and cudgel make the town angry, so they plan a trick» 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	5 describes	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 describes	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 describes	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 describes	nsubj
5	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 means	nsubj
7	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 describes	ccomp
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 which	case
9	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 propelled	obl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 fool	det
11	fool	fool	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 sledge	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 fool	case
13	sledge	sledge	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 propelled	nsubj:pass
14	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 propelled	aux:pass
15	propelled	propel	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 means	ccomp
16	towards	towards	ADP	_	18 forest	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 forest	det
18	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 propelled	obl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present				vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	mean	present	the			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	propel	past · passive		the fool's sledge	towards the forest	tree rules

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

The sledge proceeded without a harnessed horse, at the fool's spoken command

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sledge	det
2	sledge	sledge	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 proceeded	nsubj
3	proceeded	proceed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	without	without	ADP	_	7 horse	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 horse	det
6	harnessed	harness	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 horse	amod
7	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 proceeded	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 command	punct
9	at	at	ADP	_	14 command	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 fool	det
11	fool	fool	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 command	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 fool	case
13	spoken	speak	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 command	amod
14	command	command	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 proceeded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	proceed	past	the sledge	the fool's spoken command	without a harnessed horse	vn begin-55.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent
2	harness	participle				vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
3	speak speech: other	participle				vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	command		the fool			nom command «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

By the fool's word alone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	5 word	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 fool	det
3	fool	fool	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 word	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 fool	case
5	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	alone	alone	ADV	_	5 word	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	word		the fool						nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

The sledge moved with a horse, by whip

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sledge	det
2	sledge	sledge	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 moved	nsubj
3	moved	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 horse	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 horse	det
6	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 moved	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 whip	punct
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 whip	case
9	whip	whip	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 moved	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move	past	the sledge					with a horse; by whip	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme by whip=Trajectory

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

The sledge ran with a harnessed horse driven along the road by the fool's own hand

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sledge	det
2	sledge	sledge	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ran	nsubj
3	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	7 horse	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 horse	det
6	harnessed	harness	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 horse	amod
7	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ran	obl
8	driven	drive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 horse	acl
9	along	along	ADP	_	11 road	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 road	det
11	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 driven	obl
12	by	by	ADP	_	17 hand	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 fool	det
14	fool	fool	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 hand	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 fool	case
16	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 hand	amod
17	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 driven	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	run	past	the sledge			with a harnessed horse	vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent with horse=Material
2	harness	participle					vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
3	drive	participle		a harnessed horse not said here	the road	by the fool's own hand	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent along road=Trajectory

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