Exam question 1 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Soldier's Midnight Watch, part 1:…

Which of the following accurately identifies the instruction the old woman gave the priest's son regarding the conduct of the reading, namely the prohibition against turning round?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: instruction, namely prohibition · What happens: follow, identify, give, regard, turn round, conduct · To what, where: son, reading

This is exam question 1 of lesson 469 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Soldier's Midnight Watch, part 1: a priest's son outwits a witch princess, then a soldier is warned about a merchant's daughter» 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	6 identifies	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 identifies	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 identifies	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 identifies	nsubj
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 identifies	advmod
6	identifies	identify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 instruction	det
8	instruction	instruction	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 gave	nsubj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 woman	det
10	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 woman	amod
11	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 gave	nsubj
12	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 identifies	ccomp
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 priest	det
14	priest	priest	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 son	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 priest	case
16	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 gave	obj
17	regarding	regard	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	19 conduct	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 conduct	det
19	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 gave	obl
20	of	of	ADP	_	22 reading	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 reading	det
22	reading	reading	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 conduct	nmod
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 prohibition	punct
24	namely	namely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 prohibition	amod
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 prohibition	det
26	prohibition	prohibition	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 conduct	conj
27	against	against	SCONJ	_	28 turning	mark
28	turning	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	26 prohibition	acl
29	round	round	ADV	_	28 turning	advmod
30	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 identifies	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	identify	present			accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	give	past	the instruction	the priest's son	regard the conduct of the reading and the namely prohibition	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Theme
4	regard	gerund				vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
5	turn round	gerund	the namely prohibition not said here		round property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
6	conduct			the reading		nom conduct «act transitive»: of=patient

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

He was forbidden from turning round while he read.

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	3 forbidden	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 forbidden	aux:pass
3	forbidden	forbid	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	from	from	SCONJ	_	5 turning	mark
5	turning	turn	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 forbidden	advcl
6	round	round	ADV	_	5 turning	advmod
7	while	while	SCONJ	_	9 read	mark
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 read	nsubj
9	read	read	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 turning	advcl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 forbidden	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	forbid	past · passive		He		vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	turn round	gerund			round property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
3	read	past	he			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

He was warned to keep the psalter closed at night.

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	3 warned	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 warned	aux:pass
3	warned	warn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 keep	mark
5	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 warned	advcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 psalter	det
7	psalter	psalter	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 keep	obj
8	closed	close	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 psalter	acl
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 night	case
10	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 closed	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 warned	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	when	roles by
1	warn speech: warn	past · passive	He		vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient
2	keep	to-infinitive	the psalter		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent psalter=Theme
3	close	participle	the psalter not said here	night	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He was told never to look behind him while reading.

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	3 told	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 told	aux:pass
3	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	6 look	advmod
5	to	to	PART	_	6 look	mark
6	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 told	xcomp
7	behind	behind	ADP	_	8 him	case
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 look	obl
9	while	while	SCONJ	_	10 reading	mark
10	reading	read	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 look	advcl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 told	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past · passive		He		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	not look not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here		behind him = he	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent behind he=Theme
3	read	gerund	He not said here			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

He was told to read aloud.

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	3 told	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 told	aux:pass
3	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 read	mark
5	read	read	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 told	xcomp
6	aloud	aloud	ADV	_	5 read	advmod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 told	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past · passive		He					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	read not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here					aloud property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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