Exam question 2 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Fiddler: the fiends, a bridge and…

Which of the following accurately describes the manner in which the Fiddler's instrument was rendered unserviceable during his performance?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: his · What happens: follow, describe, render, perform · To what, where: manner, instrument

This is exam question 2 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	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 describes	advmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 manner	det
8	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 which	case
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 rendered	obl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Fiddler	det
12	Fiddler	Fiddler	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 instrument	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 Fiddler	case
14	instrument	instrument	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 rendered	nsubj:pass
15	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 rendered	aux:pass
16	rendered	render	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 manner	acl:relcl
17	unserviceable	unserviceable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 rendered	xcomp
18	during	during	ADP	_	20 performance	case
19	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 performance	nmod:poss
20	performance	performance	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 rendered	obl
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund						vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the manner			accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme
3	render	past · passive		the Fiddler's instrument	the manner	during his performance	unserviceable property	vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
4	perform		his = he					nom performance «communication 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 · ✓ the right answer

The strings snapped each time he invoked the blessing of the Lord

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 strings	det
2	strings	string	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 snapped	nsubj
3	snapped	snap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	5 time	det
5	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 snapped	obj
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 invoked	nsubj
7	invoked	invoke	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 time	acl:relcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 blessing	det
9	blessing	blessing	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 invoked	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 Lord	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Lord	det
12	Lord	Lord	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 blessing	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	snap	past	the strings		time	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	invoke	past	he	the blessing of the Lord		tree rules
3	bless			the Lord		nom blessing «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

The strings snapped each time he invoked the blessing of the Lord upon the fiends and their household

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 strings	det
2	strings	string	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 snapped	nsubj
3	snapped	snap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	5 time	det
5	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 snapped	obj
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 invoked	nsubj
7	invoked	invoke	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 time	acl:relcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 blessing	det
9	blessing	blessing	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 invoked	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 Lord	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Lord	det
12	Lord	Lord	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 blessing	nmod
13	upon	upon	ADP	_	15 fiends	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 fiends	det
15	fiends	fiend	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 snapped	obl
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 household	cc
17	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 household	nmod:poss
18	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 fiends	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	snap	past	the strings		the fiends and strings's household	time	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon fiend=Location
2	invoke	past	he	the blessing of the Lord			tree rules
3	bless			the Lord			nom blessing «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

The fiddle cracked each time the fiends began their dancing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fiddle	det
2	fiddle	fiddle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cracked	nsubj
3	cracked	crack	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	5 time	det
5	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cracked	obj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 fiends	det
7	fiends	fiend	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 began	nsubj
8	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 cracked	parataxis
9	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 dancing	nmod:poss
10	dancing	dancing	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 began	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	crack	past	the fiddle		time	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	begin	past	the fiends	fiends's dancing		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dancing=Eventuality
3	dance		fiends = fiend			nom dancing «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

The bow hairs frayed whenever he played a dance tune loudly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 hairs	det
2	bow	bow	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hairs	compound
3	hairs	hair	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 frayed	nsubj
4	frayed	fray	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	whenever	whenever	ADV	PronType=Rel	7 played	advmod
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 played	nsubj
7	played	play	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 frayed	advcl
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 tune	det
9	dance	dance	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 tune	compound
10	tune	tune	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 played	obj
11	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	7 played	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fray	past	the bow hairs						vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	play	past	he	a dance tune				loudly, whenever property	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tune=Theme

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