Exam question 2 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Fiddler in Hell, part 1: a fiddler…

Which of the following is the reason given by the fiends for tormenting the rich moujik?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, be, give, torment · To what, where: reason, rich moujik

This is exam question 2 of lesson 475 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Fiddler in Hell, part 1: a fiddler sinks into hell and finds a tormented rich moujik» 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	7 reason	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	7 reason	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 reason	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 reason	case
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 reason	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 reason	det
7	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 reason	acl
9	by	by	ADP	_	11 fiends	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 fiends	det
11	fiends	fiend	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 given	obl
12	for	for	SCONJ	_	13 tormenting	mark
13	tormenting	torment	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 given	advcl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 moujik	det
15	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 moujik	amod
16	moujik	moujik	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 tormenting	obj
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 reason	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present		of the reason	tree rules
3	give	participle	the reason not said here	by the fiends	vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
4	torment	gerund	the rich moujik		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus moujik=Experiencer

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 · ✓ the right answer

Because he buried his money where no one could watch it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	3 buried	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 buried	nsubj
3	buried	bury	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 money	nmod:poss
5	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 buried	obj
6	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	10 watch	advmod
7	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	8 one	det
8	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 watch	nsubj
9	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 watch	aux
10	watch	watch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 money	acl:relcl
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 watch	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bury	past	he	his money					vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme
2	watch	could	no one	money					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 2

Because he cheated his sons out of their share

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	3 cheated	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 cheated	nsubj
3	cheated	cheat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 sons	nmod:poss
5	sons	son	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 cheated	obj
6	out	out	ADP	_	9 share	case
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 share	case
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 share	nmod:poss
9	share	share	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cheated	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cheat	past	he	his sons		sons's share			vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Source
2	share		sons = son						nom share «possession transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

Because he lied to the priest about his gold

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	3 lied	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 lied	nsubj
3	lied	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 priest	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 priest	det
6	priest	priest	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lied	obl
7	about	about	ADP	_	9 gold	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 gold	nmod:poss
9	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lied	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie	past	he					to the priest; about his gold	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent about gold=Location

Option 4

He stole from the Barin

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 stole	nsubj
2	stole	steal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 Barin	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Barin	det
5	Barin	Barin	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 stole	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	steal	past	He			the Barin			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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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