Exam question 2 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Fire-Bird, part 64: the Princess s…

Which statement correctly identifies the Fire-Bird's habitat as described in the text?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: statement · What happens: identify, describe · To what, where: habitat, text

This is exam question 2 of lesson 472 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Fire-Bird, part 64: the Princess saves the Prince and the Fire-Bird is described» 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	DET	PronType=Int	2 statement	det
2	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 identifies	nsubj
3	correctly	correctly	ADV	_	4 identifies	advmod
4	identifies	identify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Bird	det
6	Fire	Fire	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Bird	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 Fire	punct
8	Bird	Bird	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 habitat	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 Bird	case
10	habitat	habitat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 identifies	obj
11	as	as	SCONJ	_	12 described	mark
12	described	describe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 identifies	advcl
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 text	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 text	det
15	text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 described	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 identifies	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	present	which statement	the Fire Bird's habitat				correctly property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent habitat=Theme
2	describe	participle	which statement not said here			the text			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=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

It roosts on a silver perch

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 roosts	nsubj
2	roosts	roost	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	6 perch	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 perch	det
5	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 perch	compound
6	perch	perch	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 roosts	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	roost	present	It			a silver perch			vn spatial_configuration-47.6 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on perch=Location

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It dwells in a golden cage

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 dwells	nsubj
2	dwells	dwell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	6 cage	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 cage	det
5	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 cage	amod
6	cage	cage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dwells	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dwell	present	It			a golden cage			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cage=Location

Option 3

It roams open forests

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 roams	nsubj
2	roams	roam	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 forests	amod
4	forests	forest	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 roams	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	roam	present	It	open forests					vn run-51.3.2-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location forest=Theme

Option 4

It dwells in a golden cage kept under the palace roof

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 dwells	nsubj
2	dwells	dwell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	6 cage	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 cage	det
5	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 cage	amod
6	cage	cage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dwells	obl
7	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 cage	acl
8	under	under	ADP	_	11 roof	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 roof	det
10	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 roof	compound
11	roof	roof	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 kept	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dwell	present	It			a golden cage			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cage=Location
2	keep	participle		a golden cage not said here		the palace roof			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent under roof=Location

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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