Exam question 1 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Soldier and the Warlock: the Soldi…

Which of the following describes the act performed by the Warlock upon the wedded pair?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, describe, perform, wed · To what, where: act

This is exam question 1 of lesson 479 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Soldier and the Warlock: the Soldier burns the wicked Warlock and the village is saved.» 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 describes	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 describes	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 describes	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 describes	nsubj
5	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 act	det
7	act	act	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 describes	obj
8	performed	perform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 act	acl
9	by	by	ADP	_	11 Warlock	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Warlock	det
11	Warlock	Warlock	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 performed	obl
12	upon	upon	ADP	_	15 pair	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 pair	det
14	wedded	wed	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 pair	amod
15	pair	pair	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 performed	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present	the act		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent act=Theme
3	perform	participle	the act not said here	by the Warlock; upon the wedded pair	vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	wed	participle			vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

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

He pierced both their hands with an awl and drew off all their blood into many phials

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 pierced	nsubj
2	pierced	pierce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	5 hands	det:predet
4	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 hands	nmod:poss
5	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 pierced	obj
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 awl	case
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 awl	det
8	awl	awl	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pierced	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 drew	cc
10	drew	draw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 pierced	conj
11	off	off	ADP	_	10 drew	compound:prt
12	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	14 blood	det:predet
13	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 blood	nmod:poss
14	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 drew	obj
15	into	into	ADP	_	17 phials	case
16	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 phials	amod
17	phials	phial	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 drew	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pierce	past	He	their hands				with a awl	vn poke-19-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent hand=Patient with awl=Instrument
2	draw off	past	He not said here	hands's blood				into many phials result	vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent blood=Patient into phial=Result

Option 2

He pierced their hands with an awl and drew off their blood into two phials

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 pierced	nsubj
2	pierced	pierce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 hands	nmod:poss
4	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 pierced	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 awl	case
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 awl	det
7	awl	awl	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pierced	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 drew	cc
9	drew	draw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 pierced	conj
10	off	off	ADP	_	9 drew	compound:prt
11	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 blood	nmod:poss
12	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 drew	obj
13	into	into	ADP	_	15 phials	case
14	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 phials	nummod
15	phials	phial	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 drew	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pierce	past	He	their hands				with a awl	vn poke-19-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent hand=Patient with awl=Instrument
2	draw off	past	He not said here	hands's blood				into two phials result	vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent blood=Patient into phial=Result

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He drew off their blood into two phials

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 drew	nsubj
2	drew	draw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	off	off	ADP	_	2 drew	compound:prt
4	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 blood	nmod:poss
5	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 drew	obj
6	into	into	ADP	_	8 phials	case
7	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 phials	nummod
8	phials	phial	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 drew	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	draw off	past	He	their blood				into two phials result	vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent blood=Patient into phial=Result

Option 4

He pierced their hands with an awl

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 pierced	nsubj
2	pierced	pierce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 hands	nmod:poss
4	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 pierced	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 awl	case
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 awl	det
7	awl	awl	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pierced	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pierce	past	He	their hands				with a awl	vn poke-19-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent hand=Patient with awl=Instrument

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