Exam question 3 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Fiddler in Hell, part 1: a fiddler…

Which of the following is the advice given by the moujik to the fiddler in order to ensure his safety?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, be, give, ensure · To what, where: advice, fiddler, safety

This is exam question 3 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 advice	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	7 advice	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 advice	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 advice	case
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 advice	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 advice	det
7	advice	advice	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 advice	acl
9	by	by	ADP	_	11 moujik	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 moujik	det
11	moujik	moujik	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 given	obl
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 fiddler	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 fiddler	det
14	fiddler	fiddler	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 given	obl
15	in	in	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	18 ensure	mark
16	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 in	fixed
17	to	to	PART	_	18 ensure	mark
18	ensure	ensure	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 given	advcl
19	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 safety	nmod:poss
20	safety	safety	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 ensure	obj
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 advice	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present			of the advice	tree rules
3	give	participle	the advice not said here	the fiddler	by the moujik	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to fiddler=Recipient
4	ensure	to-infinitive	his safety			vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition safety=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 · ✓ the right answer

To sit behind the chimney-pipe without eating for three years

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 sit	mark
2	sit	sit	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	behind	behind	ADP	_	7 pipe	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 pipe	det
5	chimney	chimney	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 pipe	compound
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 chimney	punct
7	pipe	pipe	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sit	obl
8	without	without	SCONJ	_	9 eating	mark
9	eating	eat	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 sit	advcl
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 years	case
11	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 years	nummod
12	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 eating	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	to-infinitive				the chimney pipe			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent behind pipe=Location
2	eat	gerund					year		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

To sit behind the chimney-pipe in silence, without eating, for three years, and then run away through the gate

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 sit	mark
2	sit	sit	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	behind	behind	ADP	_	7 pipe	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 pipe	det
5	chimney	chimney	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 pipe	compound
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 chimney	punct
7	pipe	pipe	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sit	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 silence	case
9	silence	silence	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sit	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 eating	punct
11	without	without	SCONJ	_	12 eating	mark
12	eating	eat	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 sit	advcl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 years	punct
14	for	for	ADP	_	16 years	case
15	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	16 years	nummod
16	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 eating	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 run	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 run	cc
19	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	20 run	advmod
20	run	run	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 sit	conj
21	away	away	ADV	_	20 run	advmod
22	through	through	ADP	_	24 gate	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 gate	det
24	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 run	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	to-infinitive	the chimney pipe		in silence	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent behind pipe=Location
2	eat	gerund		year		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	run away	infinitive	the gate	then	away property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through gate=Trajectory

Option 3

To crouch beside the stove without any food for three nights

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 crouch	mark
2	crouch	crouch	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	beside	beside	ADP	_	5 stove	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 stove	det
5	stove	stove	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 crouch	obl
6	without	without	ADP	_	8 food	case
7	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	8 food	det
8	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 crouch	obl
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 nights	case
10	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 nights	nummod
11	nights	night	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 crouch	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	crouch	to-infinitive				the stove	night	without any food	vn spatial_configuration-47.6 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme beside stove=Location

Option 4

To sit behind the chimney-pipe without eating anything at all for three years and never speak to anyone

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 sit	mark
2	sit	sit	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	behind	behind	ADP	_	7 pipe	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 pipe	det
5	chimney	chimney	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 pipe	compound
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 chimney	punct
7	pipe	pipe	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sit	obl
8	without	without	SCONJ	_	9 eating	mark
9	eating	eat	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 sit	advcl
10	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	9 eating	obj
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 all	case
12	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 anything	nmod
13	for	for	ADP	_	15 years	case
14	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 years	nummod
15	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 eating	obl
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 speak	cc
17	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	18 speak	advmod
18	speak	speak	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 sit	conj
19	to	to	ADP	_	20 anyone	case
20	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	18 speak	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	to-infinitive		the chimney pipe			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent behind pipe=Location
2	eat	gerund	anything	all	year		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Patient
3	not speak speech: other	infinitive				to anyone	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to anyone=Co-Agent

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