Exam question 4 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Fire-Bird, part 64: the Princess s…
Which option most precisely reports the outcome of Prince Ivan's attempt to carry off the cage?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: option, Prince Ivan · What happens: report, carry off, attempt · To what, where: outcome, cage
This is exam question 4 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 option | det |
| 2 | option | option | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 reports | nsubj |
| 3 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 4 precisely | advmod |
| 4 | precisely | precisely | ADV | _ | 5 reports | advmod |
| 5 | reports | report | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 outcome | det |
| 7 | outcome | outcome | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 reports | obj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 attempt | case |
| 9 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 Ivan | compound |
| 10 | Ivan | Ivan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 attempt | nmod:poss |
| 11 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 10 Ivan | case |
| 12 | attempt | attempt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 outcome | nmod |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 carry | mark |
| 14 | carry | carry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 attempt | acl |
| 15 | off | off | ADP | _ | 14 carry | compound:prt |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 cage | det |
| 17 | cage | cage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 carry | obj |
| 18 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 reports | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | report | present | which option | the outcome of Prince Ivan's attempt | precisely property | vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent outcome=Patient | |||
| 2 | carry off | to-infinitive | which option not said here | the cage | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cage=Theme | ||||
| 3 | attempt | Prince Ivan | nom attempt «act transitive»: 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 · ← Mova's choice
He escapes safely after the guards are fooled
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 | 2 escapes | nsubj |
| 2 | escapes | escape | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | safely | safely | ADV | _ | 2 escapes | advmod |
| 4 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 8 fooled | mark |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 guards | det |
| 6 | guards | guard | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 fooled | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 fooled | aux:pass |
| 8 | fooled | fool | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 escapes | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | escape | present | He | safely property | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | fool | present · passive | the guards | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
He is taken prisoner after an alarm is sounded
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 taken | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 taken | aux:pass |
| 3 | taken | take | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | prisoner | prisoner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 taken | xcomp |
| 5 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 9 sounded | mark |
| 6 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 alarm | det |
| 7 | alarm | alarm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 sounded | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 sounded | aux:pass |
| 9 | sounded | sound | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 taken | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | present · passive | He | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Destination | |||||
| 2 | sound | present · passive | a alarm | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 3
He is taken prisoner after an alarm is sounded by the guards at the gate
The tree, 15 words
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 taken | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 taken | aux:pass |
| 3 | taken | take | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | prisoner | prisoner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 taken | xcomp |
| 5 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 9 sounded | mark |
| 6 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 alarm | det |
| 7 | alarm | alarm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 sounded | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 sounded | aux:pass |
| 9 | sounded | sound | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 taken | advcl |
| 10 | by | by | ADP | _ | 12 guards | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 guards | det |
| 12 | guards | guard | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 sounded | obl |
| 13 | at | at | ADP | _ | 15 gate | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 gate | det |
| 15 | gate | gate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 sounded | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | present · passive | He | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Destination | |||||
| 2 | sound | present · passive | the guards | a alarm | the gate | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location subject=Theme |
Option 4
He returns home with the bird unharmed
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 | 2 returns | nsubj |
| 2 | returns | return | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | home | home | ADV | _ | 2 returns | advmod |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 bird | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 bird | det |
| 6 | bird | bird | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 returns | obl |
| 7 | unharmed | unharmed | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 returns | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | return | present | He | with the bird; home, unharmed property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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