Exam question 3 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Soldier and the Warlock: the Soldi…

Which of the following accurately records the manner in which the Warlock was finally destroyed?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, record, destroy · To what, where: manner, Warlock

This is exam question 3 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	6 records	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 records	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 records	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 records	nsubj
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 records	advmod
6	records	record	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 manner	det
8	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 records	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 which	case
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 destroyed	obl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Warlock	det
12	Warlock	Warlock	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 destroyed	nsubj:pass
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 destroyed	aux:pass
14	finally	finally	ADV	_	15 destroyed	advmod
15	destroyed	destroy	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 manner	acl:relcl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 records	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	record	present	the manner		accurately property	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent manner=Theme
3	destroy	past · passive	the Warlock	the manner	finally property	vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=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

He was beaten to death with iron shovels there

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	3 beaten	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 beaten	aux:pass
3	beaten	beat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 death	case
5	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 beaten	obl
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 shovels	case
7	iron	iron	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 shovels	compound
8	shovels	shovel	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 beaten	obl
9	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 beaten	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	beat	past · passive		He		there		to death result; with iron shovels	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.result PP.instrument»: subject=Patient to death=Result with shovel=Instrument

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

He was burned on a pyre and his ashes scattered to the winds by the peasants

The tree, 16 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	3 burned	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 burned	aux:pass
3	burned	burn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 pyre	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 pyre	det
6	pyre	pyre	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 burned	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 ashes	cc
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 ashes	nmod:poss
9	ashes	ash	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 pyre	conj
10	scattered	scatter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 ashes	acl
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 winds	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 winds	det
13	winds	wind	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 scattered	obl
14	by	by	ADP	_	16 peasants	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 peasants	det
16	peasants	peasant	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 burned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	burn	past · passive	the peasants	He		a pyre and his ashes			vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	scatter	participle		his ashes not said here				to the winds	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme

Option 3

He was burned on a great pyre of aspen and his ashes strewed across the fields and forest

The tree, 18 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	3 burned	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 burned	aux:pass
3	burned	burn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	7 pyre	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 pyre	det
6	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 pyre	amod
7	pyre	pyre	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 burned	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 aspen	case
9	aspen	aspen	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 pyre	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 ashes	cc
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 ashes	nmod:poss
12	ashes	ash	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 pyre	conj
13	strewed	strew	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 ashes	acl
14	across	across	ADP	_	16 fields	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 fields	det
16	fields	field	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 strewed	obl
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 forest	cc
18	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 pyre	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	burn	past · passive		He		a great pyre of aspen and his ashes and forest			tree rules
2	strew	participle		his ashes not said here		the fields			vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme across field=Destination

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He was burned on a pyre and his ashes scattered

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	3 burned	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 burned	aux:pass
3	burned	burn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 pyre	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 pyre	det
6	pyre	pyre	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 burned	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 ashes	cc
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 ashes	nmod:poss
9	ashes	ash	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 pyre	conj
10	scattered	scatter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 ashes	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	burn	past · passive		He		a pyre and his ashes			tree rules
2	scatter	participle		his ashes not said here					vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme

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