Exam question 3 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Fire-Bird, part 64: the Princess s…

Which of the following accurately records the function of the golden apples in the Fire-Bird's diet?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, record · To what, where: function

This is exam question 3 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	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 records	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 records	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 records	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 records	nsubj
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 records	advmod
6	records	record	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 function	det
8	function	function	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 records	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 apples	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 apples	det
11	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 apples	amod
12	apples	apple	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 function	nmod
13	in	in	ADP	_	19 diet	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 Bird	det
15	Fire	Fire	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 Bird	compound
16	-	-	PUNCT	_	15 Fire	punct
17	Bird	Bird	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 diet	nmod:poss
18	's	's	PART	_	17 Bird	case
19	diet	diet	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 apples	nmod
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 records	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	record	present		the function of the golden apples in the Fire Bird's diet				accurately property	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent function=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 · ← Mova's choice

They feed the bird

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 feed	nsubj
2	feed	feed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bird	det
4	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 feed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feed	present	They		the bird				vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bird=Recipient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

They confer youth and beauty

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 confer	nsubj
2	confer	confer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	youth	youth	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 confer	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 beauty	cc
5	beauty	beauty	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 youth	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	confer	present	They	youth and beauty					tree rules

Option 3

They restore its golden colour

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 restore	nsubj
2	restore	restore	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 colour	nmod:poss
4	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 colour	amod
5	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 restore	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	restore	present	They	its golden colour					vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent colour=Theme

Option 4

They grant long life to all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 grant	nsubj
2	grant	grant	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 life	amod
4	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 grant	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 all	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 grant	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grant	present	They	long life				to all goal	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent life=Theme to all=Goal

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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