Exam question 2 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Soldier and the Warlock: the Soldi…

Which statement correctly identifies the material with which the pyre was to be constructed?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: statement · What happens: identify, construct · To what, where: material, pyre

This is exam question 2 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	DET	PronType=Int	2 statement	det
2	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 identifies	nsubj
3	correctly	correctly	ADV	_	4 identifies	advmod
4	identifies	identify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 material	det
6	material	material	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 identifies	obj
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 which	case
8	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 constructed	obl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 pyre	det
10	pyre	pyre	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 constructed	nsubj:pass
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 constructed	aux
12	to	to	PART	_	14 constructed	mark
13	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	14 constructed	aux:pass
14	constructed	construct	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 material	acl:relcl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 identifies	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	present	which statement	the material				correctly property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent material=Theme
2	construct	past · passive	which statement not said here	the pyre				with the material	vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with which=Instrument

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

Aspen boughs, to the number of one hundred loads, piled high in the graveyard

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Aspen	aspen	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 boughs	amod
2	boughs	bough	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 number	punct
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 number	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 number	det
6	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 boughs	appos
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 loads	case
8	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 hundred	compound
9	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 loads	nummod
10	loads	load	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 number	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 piled	punct
12	piled	pile	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 boughs	acl
13	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 piled	xcomp
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 graveyard	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 graveyard	det
16	graveyard	graveyard	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 piled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pile	participle		Aspen boughs not said here		the graveyard		high property	vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme in graveyard=Destination

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Aspen boughs, to the number of one hundred loads

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Aspen	aspen	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 boughs	amod
2	boughs	bough	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 number	punct
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 number	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 number	det
6	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 boughs	appos
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 loads	case
8	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 hundred	compound
9	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 loads	nummod
10	loads	load	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 number	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

Pine logs, a hundred loads in all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pine	pine	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 logs	compound
2	logs	log	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 loads	punct
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 hundred	det
5	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 loads	nummod
6	loads	load	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 logs	nmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 all	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 loads	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

Oak logs, to the amount of fifty heavy carts

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Oak	oak	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 logs	compound
2	logs	log	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 amount	punct
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 amount	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 amount	det
6	amount	amount	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 logs	appos
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 carts	case
8	fifty	fifty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 carts	nummod
9	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 carts	amod
10	carts	cart	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 amount	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	amount			fifty heavy carts					nom amount «possession transitive»: of=patient

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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