Exam question 1 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Fiddler: the fiends, a bridge and…

Which of the following was the instruction given by the rich moujik to his offspring regarding the buried monies?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: offspring · What happens: follow, be, give, regard, bury · To what, where: instruction, buried monies

This is exam question 1 of lesson 476 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Fiddler: the fiends, a bridge and a rich moujik's release» 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 instruction	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	7 instruction	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 instruction	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 instruction	case
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 instruction	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 instruction	det
7	instruction	instruction	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 instruction	acl
9	by	by	ADP	_	12 moujik	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 moujik	det
11	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 moujik	amod
12	moujik	moujik	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 given	obl
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 offspring	case
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 offspring	nmod:poss
15	offspring	offspring	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 moujik	nmod
16	regarding	regard	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	15 offspring	acl
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 monies	det
18	buried	bury	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	19 monies	amod
19	monies	money	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 regarding	obj
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 instruction	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	past			of the instruction	tree rules
3	give	participle		the instruction not said here	by the rich moujik to his offspring	vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
4	regard	gerund	his offspring not said here	the buried monies		vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme
5	bury	participle				vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: 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

That the monies be exhumed, counted carefully, and then distributed among the indigent by the eldest son alone

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 the	nsubj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 monies	det
3	monies	money	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 exhumed	nsubj:pass
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 exhumed	aux:pass
5	exhumed	exhume	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 counted	punct
7	counted	count	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 exhumed	conj
8	carefully	carefully	ADV	_	7 counted	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 distributed	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 distributed	cc
11	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 distributed	advmod
12	distributed	distribute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 exhumed	conj
13	among	among	ADP	_	15 indigent	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 indigent	det
15	indigent	indigent	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 distributed	obl
16	by	by	ADP	_	19 son	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 son	det
18	eldest	eld	ADJ	Degree=Sup	19 son	amod
19	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 distributed	obl
20	alone	alone	ADV	_	12 distributed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	exhume	infinitive · passive	the monies			vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient
2	count	participle			carefully property	vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus
3	distribute	past		then	among the indigent; by the eldest son; alone property	vn contribute-13.2-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent among indigent=Recipient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

That the monies be exhumed and distributed among the indigent

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 exhumed	nsubj:pass
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 monies	det
3	monies	money	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 exhumed	nsubj:pass
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 exhumed	aux:pass
5	exhumed	exhume	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 distributed	cc
7	distributed	distribute	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 exhumed	conj
8	among	among	ADP	_	10 indigent	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 indigent	det
10	indigent	indigent	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 distributed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exhume	infinitive · passive		That					vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient
2	distribute	participle						among the indigent	vn contribute-13.2-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent among indigent=Recipient

Option 3

That the monies be spent on the church and the monastery

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 spent	nsubj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 monies	det
3	monies	money	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 spent	nsubj
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 spent	aux:pass
5	spent	spend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 church	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 church	det
8	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 spent	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 monastery	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 monastery	det
11	monastery	monastery	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 church	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spend	infinitive · passive		That				on the church and the monastery goal	vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Asset on church=Goal

Option 4

That the monies be exhumed at once and distributed among the indigent and the sick of every village in the province

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 exhumed	nsubj:pass
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 monies	det
3	monies	money	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 exhumed	nsubj:pass
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 exhumed	aux:pass
5	exhumed	exhume	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 once	case
7	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	5 exhumed	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 distributed	cc
9	distributed	distribute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 exhumed	conj
10	among	among	ADP	_	12 indigent	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 indigent	det
12	indigent	indigent	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 distributed	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 sick	cc
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 sick	det
15	sick	sick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 indigent	conj
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 village	case
17	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	18 village	det
18	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 sick	obl
19	in	in	ADP	_	21 province	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 province	det
21	province	province	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 distributed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exhume	infinitive · passive		That					vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient
2	distribute	past				the province		among the indigent	vn contribute-13.2-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent among indigent=Recipient

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