Exam question 1 · Slavonic Myths, Elijah the Prophet and Nicholas: a field,…

Which of the following describes the Moujik's first sale of his crop to the Priest of Elijah?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, be

This is exam question 1 of lesson 484 «Slavonic Myths, Elijah the Prophet and Nicholas: a field, a sale, and two candles» 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	10 sale	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	10 sale	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 sale	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 sale	case
5	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 sale	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Moujik	det
7	Moujik	Moujik	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 sale	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 Moujik	case
9	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	10 sale	amod
10	sale	sale	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 crop	case
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 crop	nmod:poss
13	crop	crop	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 sale	nmod
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 Priest	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 Priest	det
16	Priest	Priest	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 crop	nmod
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 Elijah	case
18	Elijah	Elijah	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 Priest	nmod
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 sale	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present						of the Moujik's first sale; of his crop to the Priest of Elijah	tree rules

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

It was made by the Moujik's own choice, without any advice.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 made	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 made	aux:pass
3	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	9 choice	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Moujik	det
6	Moujik	Moujik	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 choice	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Moujik	case
8	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 choice	amod
9	choice	choice	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 advice	punct
11	without	without	ADP	_	13 advice	case
12	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	13 advice	det
13	advice	advice	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past · passive	the Moujik's own choice	It				without any advice	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset subject=Product

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It was made on the advice of St. Nicholas, before the hailstorm.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 made	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 made	aux:pass
3	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 advice	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 advice	det
6	advice	advice	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 Nicholas	case
8	St.	St.	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Nicholas	nmod:desc
9	Nicholas	Nicholas	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 advice	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 hailstorm	punct
11	before	before	ADP	_	13 hailstorm	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 hailstorm	det
13	hailstorm	hailstorm	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past · passive		It		the advice of Nicholas St.	before the hailstorm		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

It was made on the advice of St. Elijah, after the hailstorm had ruined the entire crop in the field and the farmer was destitute.

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 made	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 made	aux:pass
3	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 advice	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 advice	det
6	advice	advice	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 Elijah	case
8	St.	St.	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Elijah	nmod:desc
9	Elijah	Elijah	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 advice	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 ruined	punct
11	after	after	SCONJ	_	15 ruined	mark
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 hailstorm	det
13	hailstorm	hailstorm	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 ruined	nsubj:pass
14	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 ruined	aux
15	ruined	ruin	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 made	conj
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 crop	det
17	entire	entire	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 crop	amod
18	crop	crop	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 ruined	obj
19	in	in	ADP	_	21 field	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 field	det
21	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 ruined	obl
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	26 destitute	cc
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 farmer	det
24	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 destitute	nsubj
25	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	26 destitute	cop
26	destitute	destitute	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 ruined	conj
27	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	make	past · passive		It	the advice of Elijah St.		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product
2	ruin	past · perfect · passive		the hailstorm	the field		tree rules
3	is	past	the farmer			destitute property	tree rules

Option 4

It was made on the advice of St. Nicholas, before the hailstorm, and the Priest paid double the price.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 made	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 made	aux:pass
3	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 advice	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 advice	det
6	advice	advice	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 Nicholas	case
8	St.	St.	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Nicholas	nmod:desc
9	Nicholas	Nicholas	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 advice	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 hailstorm	punct
11	before	before	ADP	_	13 hailstorm	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 hailstorm	det
13	hailstorm	hailstorm	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 paid	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 paid	cc
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 Priest	det
17	Priest	Priest	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 paid	nsubj
18	paid	pay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 made	conj
19	double	double	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 paid	xcomp
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 price	det
21	price	price	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 double	obj
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	make	past · passive		It	the advice of Nicholas St.	before the hailstorm	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product
2	pay	past	the Priest				tree rules
3	double	infinitive	the Priest not said here	the price			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent price=Patient

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