Exam question 2 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Two Friends: a groom drinks with a…

Which phrase best describes the condition of the graveyard upon the bridegroom's return?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: phrase, bridegroom · What happens: describe, condition, return · To what, where: condition, graveyard

This is exam question 2 of lesson 477 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Two Friends: a groom drinks with a dead man and wakes three hundred years late» 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	DET	PronType=Int	2 phrase	det
2	phrase	phrase	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 describes	nsubj
3	best	well	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 describes	advmod
4	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 condition	det
6	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 describes	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 graveyard	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 graveyard	det
9	graveyard	graveyard	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 condition	nmod
10	upon	upon	ADP	_	14 return	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 bridegroom	det
12	bridegroom	bridegroom	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 return	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 bridegroom	case
14	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 graveyard	nmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	describe	present	which phrase	the condition of the graveyard upon the bridegroom's return	well property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent condition=Theme
2	condition			the graveyard upon the bridegroom's return		nom condition «state transitive»: of=patient
3	return		the bridegroom			nom return «communication intransitive»: 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

A tract of waste ground overgrown with nettles

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 tract	det
2	tract	tract	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 ground	case
4	waste	waste	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ground	compound
5	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tract	nmod
6	overgrown	overgrow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 tract	acl
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 nettles	case
8	nettles	nettle	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 overgrown	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	overgrow	participle		a tract of waste ground not said here				with nettles	tree rules

Option 2

A plain of tall grass and a broken fence line

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 plain	det
2	plain	plain	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 grass	case
4	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 grass	amod
5	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 plain	nmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 line	cc
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 line	det
8	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 line	amod
9	fence	fence	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 line	compound
10	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 plain	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	participle							vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

A flat plot of abandoned land where a whole village once stood and then disappeared entirely

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 plot	det
2	flat	flat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 plot	amod
3	plot	plot	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 stood	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 land	case
5	abandoned	abandon	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 land	amod
6	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 plot	nmod
7	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	12 stood	advmod
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 village	det
9	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 village	amod
10	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 stood	nsubj
11	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	12 stood	advmod
12	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 disappeared	cc
14	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	15 disappeared	advmod
15	disappeared	disappear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 stood	conj
16	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	15 disappeared	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	abandon	participle					vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial_location»: agent=Theme
2	stand	past	a flat plot of abandoned land			once property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	disappear	past	a flat plot of abandoned land not said here		then	entirely property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	plot			abandoned land			nom plot «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

A wide and neglected tract of waste ground, choked with nettles, tall grass and thorny bushes, where the church had once stood proudly

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 tract	det
2	wide	wide	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 tract	amod
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 neglected	cc
4	neglected	neglected	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 wide	conj
5	tract	tract	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 ground	case
7	waste	waste	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 ground	compound
8	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tract	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 choked	punct
10	choked	choke	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 tract	acl
11	with	with	ADP	_	12 nettles	case
12	nettles	nettle	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 choked	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 grass	punct
14	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 grass	amod
15	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 nettles	appos
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 bushes	cc
17	thorny	thorny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 bushes	amod
18	bushes	bush	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 grass	conj
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 stood	punct
20	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	25 stood	advmod
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 church	det
22	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 stood	nsubj:pass
23	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	25 stood	aux
24	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	25 stood	advmod
25	stood	stand	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 grass	acl
26	proudly	proudly	ADV	_	25 stood	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	choke	participle		a wide tract of waste ground not said here				with nettles	vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with nettle=Theme
2	stand	past · perfect · passive		the church				once, proudly property	vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus

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