Exam question 3 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Moujik and the Corpse, part 70: th…
What did the villagers do to the body of the corpse?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: villagers · What happens: do
This is exam question 3 of lesson 478 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Moujik and the Corpse, part 70: the moujik wins back the coffin-lid and saves two dead lads» 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 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 did | nsubj |
| 2 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 villagers | det |
| 4 | villagers | villager | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 do | nsubj |
| 5 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 did | parataxis |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 body | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 body | det |
| 8 | body | body | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 do | obl |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 corpse | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 corpse | det |
| 11 | corpse | corpse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 body | nmod |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | do | present | the villagers | to the body of the corpse | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: 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
Drove a long sharpened aspen stake through its heart while praying aloud
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Drove | drove | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 stake | advcl |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 aspen | det |
| 3 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 aspen | amod |
| 4 | sharpened | sharpen | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 aspen | amod |
| 5 | aspen | aspen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 stake | nsubj |
| 6 | stake | stake | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | through | through | ADP | _ | 9 heart | case |
| 8 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 heart | nmod:poss |
| 9 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 stake | obl |
| 10 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 11 praying | mark |
| 11 | praying | pray | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 stake | advcl |
| 12 | aloud | aloud | ADV | _ | 11 praying | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drove | infinitive | a long sharpened aspen not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | sharpen | participle | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 3 | stake | infinitive | a long sharpened aspen | aspen's heart | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | pray | gerund | a long sharpened aspen not said here | aloud property | vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Pinned its body to the ground with a spear
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pinned | pin | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 2 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 body | nmod:poss |
| 3 | body | body | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Pinned | obj |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 ground | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 ground | det |
| 6 | ground | ground | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Pinned | obl |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 spear | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 spear | det |
| 9 | spear | spear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Pinned | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pin | participle | its body | to the ground; with a spear | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP PP.co-patient PP.instrument»: agent=Agent body=Patient to ground=Co-Patient with spear=Instrument |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Drove an aspen stake through its heart
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Drove | drove | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 stake | det |
| 3 | aspen | aspen | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 stake | amod |
| 4 | stake | stake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Drove | obj |
| 5 | through | through | ADP | _ | 7 heart | case |
| 6 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 heart | nmod:poss |
| 7 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Drove | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drove | imperative | you not said here | a aspen stake | stake's heart | tree rules |
Option 4
Burned the corpse on a pyre and drove an iron stake through its chest first
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burned | burn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 corpse | det |
| 3 | corpse | corpse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Burned | obj |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 pyre | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 pyre | det |
| 6 | pyre | pyre | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Burned | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 drove | cc |
| 8 | drove | drive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Burned | conj |
| 9 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 stake | det |
| 10 | iron | iron | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 stake | amod |
| 11 | stake | stake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 drove | obj |
| 12 | through | through | ADP | _ | 14 chest | case |
| 13 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 chest | nmod:poss |
| 14 | chest | chest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 drove | obl |
| 15 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 8 drove | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | burn | past | the corpse | a pyre | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent corpse=Theme | ||||
| 2 | drive | past | a iron stake | stake's chest | first property | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent stake=Theme through chest=Trajectory |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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