Exam question 2 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Soldier's Midnight Watch, part 1:…

Which of the following accurately describes the means by which the witch was transformed into a mare in the Soldier's tale?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: the, Soldier · What happens: follow, describe, mean, transform, tell · To what, where: witch, tale · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 2 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	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 describes	advmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 means	nsubj
8	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 describes	ccomp
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 which	case
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 transformed	obl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 witch	det
12	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 transformed	nsubj:pass
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 transformed	aux:pass
14	transformed	transform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 means	ccomp
15	into	into	ADP	_	17 mare	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 mare	det
17	mare	mare	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 transformed	obl
18	in	in	ADP	_	22 tale	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 Soldier	det
20	Soldier	Soldier	PROPN	Number=Sing	22 tale	nmod:poss
21	's	's	PART	_	20 Soldier	case
22	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 transformed	obl
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present				accurately property	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	transform	past · passive		the witch	the Soldier's tale	into a mare result	vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: subject=Patient into mare=Result
5	tell		the Soldier				nom tale «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

She was transformed by the grandfather's bridle and the words "Stand still!"

The tree, 13 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 transformed	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 transformed	aux:pass
3	transformed	transform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	8 bridle	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 grandfather	det
6	grandfather	grandfather	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bridle	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 grandfather	case
8	bridle	bridle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 transformed	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 words	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 words	det
11	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 bridle	conj
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 Stand	punct
13	Stand	stand	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 transformed	parataxis
14	still	still	ADV	_	13 Stand	advmod
15	!	!	PUNCT	_	13 Stand	punct
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 Stand	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	transform	past · passive	the grandfather's bridle and the words	She					tree rules
2	stand in a quote	infinitive					still		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

She was transformed by the Soldier's utterance of the words "Tprru! stand still, jade!"

The tree, 15 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 transformed	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 transformed	aux:pass
3	transformed	transform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	8 utterance	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Soldier	det
6	Soldier	Soldier	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 utterance	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Soldier	case
8	utterance	utterance	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 transformed	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 words	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 words	det
11	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 utterance	nmod
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 Tprru	punct
13	Tprru	Tprru	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 words	appos
14	!	!	PUNCT	_	13 Tprru	punct
15	stand	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 transformed	xcomp
16	still	still	ADV	_	15 stand	advmod
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 jade	punct
18	jade	jade	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 stand	obl
19	!	!	PUNCT	_	3 transformed	punct
20	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 transformed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	transform	past · passive	the Soldier's utterance of the words	She		tree rules
2	stand in a quote	infinitive	the Soldier's utterance of the words not said here	jade	still	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	utter		the Soldier	the words		nom utterance «communication transitive»: poss=agent of=patient

Option 3

She was transformed by the Soldier's utterance of the words "Tprru! stand still, jade!" after the bridle was thrown over her head at midnight

The tree, 25 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 transformed	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 transformed	aux:pass
3	transformed	transform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	8 utterance	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Soldier	det
6	Soldier	Soldier	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 utterance	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Soldier	case
8	utterance	utterance	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 stand	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 words	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 words	det
11	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 utterance	nmod
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 Tprru	punct
13	Tprru	Tprru	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 stand	nsubj
14	!	!	PUNCT	_	13 Tprru	punct
15	stand	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 transformed	ccomp
16	still	still	ADV	_	15 stand	advmod
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 jade	punct
18	jade	jade	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 stand	obl
19	!	!	PUNCT	_	15 stand	punct
20	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 transformed	punct
21	after	after	ADP	_	23 bridle	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 bridle	det
23	bridle	bridle	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 thrown	obl
24	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	25 thrown	aux:pass
25	thrown	throw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 transformed	parataxis
26	over	over	ADP	_	28 head	case
27	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	28 head	nmod:poss
28	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 thrown	obl
29	at	at	ADP	_	30 midnight	case
30	midnight	midnight	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 thrown	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	transform	past · passive		She				tree rules
2	stand in a quote	infinitive	Tprru	jade		still	by the Soldier's utterance of the words	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by utterance=Location
3	throw	past · passive			Tprru's head	after the bridle; midnight		vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: over head=Destination
4	utter		the Soldier	the words				nom utterance «communication transitive»: poss=agent of=patient

Option 4

She was changed when the Soldier cried out the words "Tprru!" aloud.

The tree, 12 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 changed	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 changed	aux:pass
3	changed	change	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	7 cried	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Soldier	det
6	Soldier	Soldier	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 cried	nsubj
7	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 changed	advcl
8	out	out	ADP	_	7 cried	compound:prt
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 words	det
10	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 cried	obj
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 Tprru	punct
12	Tprru	Tprru	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 words	appos
13	!	!	PUNCT	_	12 Tprru	punct
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 Tprru	punct
15	aloud	aloud	ADV	_	7 cried	advmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 changed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	change	past · passive		She					vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	cry out speech: express	past	the Soldier	the words				aloud property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Topic

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