Exam question 3 · Slavonic Myths, Elijah the Prophet and Nicholas: a field,…

By what means does the Moujik's harvest become abundant enough to fill his new barns?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: harvest · What happens: mean, become, fill · To what, where: new barns

This is exam question 3 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	By	by	SCONJ	_	3 means	mark
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 means	nsubj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 become	advcl
4	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 become	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Moujik	det
6	Moujik	Moujik	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 harvest	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Moujik	case
8	harvest	harvest	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 become	nsubj
9	become	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	abundant	abundant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 become	xcomp
11	enough	enough	ADV	_	10 abundant	advmod
12	to	to	PART	_	13 fill	mark
13	fill	fill	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 abundant	advcl
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 barns	nmod:poss
15	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 barns	amod
16	barns	barn	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 fill	obj
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 become	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mean	present				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	become	present · do-support	the Moujik's harvest		abundant property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
3	fill	to-infinitive	the Moujik's harvest not said here	harvest's new barns		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent barn=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 · ✓ the right answer

By threshing sheaves singly, each yielding a peck of grain.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 threshing	mark
2	threshing	thresh	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 yielding	advcl
3	sheaves	sheaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 threshing	obj
4	singly	singly	ADV	_	2 threshing	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 threshing	punct
6	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	7 yielding	nsubj
7	yielding	yield	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	root	root
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 peck	det
9	peck	peck	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 yielding	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 grain	case
11	grain	grain	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 peck	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 yielding	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	thresh	gerund	each not said here	sheaves				singly property	tree rules
2	yield	gerund	each	a peck of grain					vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent peck=Theme

Option 2

By sowing the field with extra seed in the autumn.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 sowing	mark
2	sowing	sow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 field	det
4	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sowing	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 seed	case
6	extra	extra	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 seed	amod
7	seed	seed	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sowing	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 autumn	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 autumn	det
10	autumn	autumn	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 seed	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 sowing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sow	gerund		the field				with extra seed in the autumn	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent field=Destination with seed=Theme

Option 3

By buying more grain from the Priest's stores.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 buying	mark
2	buying	buy	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 grain	amod
4	grain	grain	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 buying	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	9 stores	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Priest	det
7	Priest	Priest	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 stores	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 Priest	case
9	stores	store	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 buying	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 buying	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	buy	gerund		more grain		the Priest's stores			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent grain=Theme from store=Source

Option 4

By selling the corn early.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 selling	mark
2	selling	sell	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 corn	det
4	corn	corn	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 selling	obj
5	early	early	ADV	Degree=Pos	2 selling	advmod
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 selling	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sell	gerund		the corn				early property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent corn=Theme

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