Exam question 4 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Fiddler: the fiends, a bridge and…

Which of the following occasioned the release of the rich moujik from the depths of hell?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: occasion · To what, where: release

This is exam question 4 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	5 occasioned	nsubj:pass
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 occasioned	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 occasioned	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 occasioned	aux:pass
5	occasioned	occasion	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 release	det
7	release	release	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 occasioned	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	11 moujik	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 moujik	det
10	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 moujik	amod
11	moujik	moujik	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 release	nmod
12	from	from	ADP	_	14 depths	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 depths	det
14	depths	depth	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 moujik	nmod
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 hell	case
16	hell	hell	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 depths	nmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 occasioned	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	occasion	gerund · passive		the release of the rich moujik from the depths of hell					tree rules

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 prayer of a child born to a maid who had neither eaten nor drunk for three years while the Fiddler played

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 prayer	det
2	prayer	prayer	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 played	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 child	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 child	det
5	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 prayer	nmod
6	born	bear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 prayer	acl
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 maid	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 maid	det
9	maid	maid	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 born	obl
10	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 eaten	nsubj
11	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 eaten	aux
12	neither	neither	ADV	_	13 eaten	advmod
13	eaten	eat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	9 maid	acl:relcl
14	nor	nor	CCONJ	Polarity=Neg	15 drunk	cc
15	drunk	drink	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	13 eaten	conj
16	for	for	ADP	_	18 years	case
17	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	18 years	nummod
18	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 eaten	obl
19	while	while	SCONJ	_	21 Fiddler	mark
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 Fiddler	det
21	Fiddler	Fiddler	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 eaten	obl
22	played	play	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	bear	participle		the prayer of a child not said here		to a maid	vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
2	eat	past · perfect	a maid	the Fiddler	year	neither property	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	drink	participle	a maid not said here				vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	play	past	the prayer of a child				vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	pray		a child				nom prayer «act intransitive»: of=agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The prayer of a child who had neither eaten nor drunk for three years

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 prayer	det
2	prayer	prayer	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 child	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 child	det
5	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 prayer	nmod
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 eaten	nsubj
7	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 eaten	aux
8	neither	neither	ADV	_	9 eaten	advmod
9	eaten	eat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 child	acl:relcl
10	nor	nor	CCONJ	Polarity=Neg	11 drunk	cc
11	drunk	drink	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	9 eaten	conj
12	for	for	ADP	_	14 years	case
13	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 years	nummod
14	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 eaten	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	eat	past · perfect	a child	year	neither property	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	drink	participle	a child not said here			vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	pray		a child			nom prayer «act intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3

The prayer of a monk who had fasted for seven long years in prayer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 prayer	det
2	prayer	prayer	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 monk	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 monk	det
5	monk	monk	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 prayer	nmod
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 fasted	nsubj
7	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 fasted	aux
8	fasted	fast	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 monk	acl:relcl
9	for	for	ADP	_	12 years	case
10	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 years	nummod
11	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 years	amod
12	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 fasted	obl
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 prayer	case
14	prayer	prayer	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 fasted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fast	past · perfect	a monk			prayer	year		tree rules
2	pray		a monk						nom prayer «act intransitive»: of=agent

Option 4

The prayer of a child who had neither eaten nor drunk for three years and who was born to a maid in the village

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 prayer	det
2	prayer	prayer	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 child	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 child	det
5	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 prayer	nmod
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 eaten	nsubj
7	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 eaten	aux
8	neither	neither	ADV	_	9 eaten	advmod
9	eaten	eat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 child	acl:relcl
10	nor	nor	CCONJ	Polarity=Neg	11 drunk	cc
11	drunk	drink	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	9 eaten	conj
12	for	for	ADP	_	14 years	case
13	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 years	nummod
14	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 eaten	obl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 born	cc
16	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	18 born	nsubj:pass
17	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 born	aux:pass
18	born	bear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 eaten	conj
19	to	to	ADP	_	21 maid	case
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 maid	det
21	maid	maid	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 born	obl
22	in	in	ADP	_	24 village	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 village	det
24	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 born	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	past · perfect	a child		year	neither property	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	drink	participle	a child not said here				vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	bear	past · passive		the village		to a maid	vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
4	pray		a child				nom prayer «act intransitive»: of=agent

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