Exam question 2 · Slavonic Myths, Elijah the Prophet and Nicholas: a field,…
What is the principal purpose of the copeck taper offered by the Moujik?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: principal purpose, copeck taper · What happens: be, offer, purpose · To what, where: copeck taper
This is exam question 2 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 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 purpose | det |
| 4 | principal | principal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 purpose | amod |
| 5 | purpose | purpose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 taper | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 taper | det |
| 8 | copeck | copeck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 taper | compound |
| 9 | taper | taper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 purpose | nmod |
| 10 | offered | offer | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 taper | acl |
| 11 | by | by | ADP | _ | 13 Moujik | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 Moujik | det |
| 13 | Moujik | Moujik | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 offered | obl |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the principal purpose of the copeck taper | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | offer | participle | the copeck taper not said here | by the Moujik | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | purpose | the copeck taper | nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=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
To honour St. Nicholas with a modest gift, and to thank him for the warning about the sheaves.
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 honour | mark |
| 2 | honour | honour | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | St. | St. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Nicholas | nmod:desc |
| 4 | Nicholas | Nicholas | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 honour | obj |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 gift | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 gift | det |
| 7 | modest | modest | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 gift | amod |
| 8 | gift | gift | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 honour | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 thank | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 thank | cc |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 thank | mark |
| 12 | thank | thank | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 2 honour | conj |
| 13 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 thank | obj |
| 14 | for | for | ADP | _ | 16 warning | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 warning | det |
| 16 | warning | warning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 thank | obl |
| 17 | about | about | ADP | _ | 19 sheaves | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 sheaves | det |
| 19 | sheaves | sheaf | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 warning | nmod |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 honour | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | honour | to-infinitive | Nicholas St. | with a modest gift | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | thank speech: thank | to-infinitive | Nicholas | for the warning about the sheaves | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent he=Theme for warning=Attribute |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
To honour St. Nicholas with a modest gift.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 honour | mark |
| 2 | honour | honour | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | St. | St. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Nicholas | nmod:desc |
| 4 | Nicholas | Nicholas | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 honour | obj |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 gift | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 gift | det |
| 7 | modest | modest | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 gift | amod |
| 8 | gift | gift | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 honour | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 honour | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | honour | to-infinitive | Nicholas St. | with a modest gift | tree rules |
Option 3
To ward off Elijah's anger with a bribe.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 ward | mark |
| 2 | ward | ward | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | off | off | ADP | _ | 2 ward | compound:prt |
| 4 | Elijah | Elijah | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 anger | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 Elijah | case |
| 6 | anger | anger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 ward | obj |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 bribe | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 bribe | det |
| 9 | bribe | bribe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 ward | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 ward | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ward off | to-infinitive | Elijah's anger | with a bribe | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | anger | Elijah | nom anger «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
To honour St. Elijah with a modest gift of candle, and to settle the debt owed to the Priest for the corn sold earlier.
The tree, 24 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 honour | mark |
| 2 | honour | honour | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 settle | advcl |
| 3 | St. | St. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Elijah | nmod:desc |
| 4 | Elijah | Elijah | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 honour | obj |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 gift | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 gift | det |
| 7 | modest | modest | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 gift | amod |
| 8 | gift | gift | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 honour | obl |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 candle | case |
| 10 | candle | candle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 gift | nmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 settle | punct |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 settle | cc |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 settle | mark |
| 14 | settle | settle | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 debt | det |
| 16 | debt | debt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 sold | nsubj |
| 17 | owed | owe | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 16 debt | acl |
| 18 | to | to | ADP | _ | 20 Priest | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 Priest | det |
| 20 | Priest | Priest | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 owed | obl |
| 21 | for | for | ADP | _ | 23 corn | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 corn | det |
| 23 | corn | corn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 owed | obl |
| 24 | sold | sell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 settle | ccomp |
| 25 | earlier | early | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 24 sold | advmod |
| 26 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 14 settle | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | honour | to-infinitive | Elijah St. | with a modest gift of candle | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | settle | to-infinitive | tree rules | ||||||
| 3 | owe | participle | the debt not said here | the Priest | for the corn | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to priest=Goal | |||
| 4 | sell | past | the debt | early property | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 5 | gift | candle | nom gift «possession transitive»: of=patient |
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