Exam question 4 · Slavonic Myths, Elijah the Prophet and Nicholas: a field,…

What is Elijah's final disposition towards the Moujik at the conclusion of the narrative?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · What happens: be, conclude · To what, where: final disposition, conclusion, narrative

This is exam question 4 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	6 disposition	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 disposition	cop
3	Elijah	Elijah	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 disposition	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 Elijah	case
5	final	final	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 disposition	amod
6	disposition	disposition	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	towards	towards	ADP	_	9 Moujik	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Moujik	det
9	Moujik	Moujik	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 disposition	nmod
10	at	at	ADP	_	12 conclusion	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 conclusion	det
12	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 disposition	nmod
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 narrative	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 narrative	det
15	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 conclusion	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 disposition	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		Elijah's final disposition		the conclusion of the narrative		towards the Moujik	tree rules
2	conclude			the narrative					nom conclusion «cognition transitive»: of=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 withdraws to heaven, still seeking revenge.

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	2 withdraws	nsubj
2	withdraws	withdraw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	4 heaven	case
4	heaven	heaven	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 withdraws	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 seeking	punct
6	still	still	ADV	_	7 seeking	advmod
7	seeking	seek	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 withdraws	advcl
8	revenge	revenge	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 seeking	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 withdraws	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	withdraw	present	He			heaven			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to heaven=Initial_Location
2	seek	gerund	He not said here	revenge			still		vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent revenge=Theme

Option 2

He is appeased and forbears from further threats, and even blesses the Moujik's new barns.

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 appeased	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 appeased	aux:pass
3	appeased	appease	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 forbears	cc
5	forbears	forbear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 appeased	conj
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 threats	case
7	further	further	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 threats	amod
8	threats	threat	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 forbears	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 blesses	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 blesses	cc
11	even	even	ADV	_	12 blesses	advmod
12	blesses	bless	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 appeased	conj
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Moujik	det
14	Moujik	Moujik	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 barns	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 Moujik	case
16	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 barns	amod
17	barns	barn	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 blesses	obj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 appeased	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	roles by
1	appease	present · passive	He		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer
2	forbear	present		further threats	vn refrain-69 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent from threat=Eventuality
3	bless	present	the Moujik's new barns		vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent barn=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He is appeased and forbears from further threats.

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 appeased	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 appeased	aux:pass
3	appeased	appease	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 forbears	cc
5	forbears	forbear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 appeased	conj
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 threats	case
7	further	further	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 threats	amod
8	threats	threat	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 forbears	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 appeased	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	appease	present · passive		He					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer
2	forbear	present				further threats			vn refrain-69 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent from threat=Eventuality

Option 4

He is fully appeased, forbears from any further threats, and promises a generous harvest to the Moujik's family.

The tree, 19 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	4 appeased	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 appeased	aux:pass
3	fully	fully	ADV	_	4 appeased	advmod
4	appeased	appease	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 forbears	punct
6	forbears	forbear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 appeased	conj
7	from	from	ADP	_	10 threats	case
8	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	10 threats	det
9	further	further	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 threats	amod
10	threats	threat	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 forbears	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 promises	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 promises	cc
13	promises	promise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 forbears	conj
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 harvest	det
15	generous	generous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 harvest	amod
16	harvest	harvest	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 promises	obj
17	to	to	ADP	_	21 family	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 Moujik	det
19	Moujik	Moujik	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 family	nmod:poss
20	's	's	PART	_	19 Moujik	case
21	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 promises	obl
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 appeased	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	appease	present · passive	He		fully property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer
2	forbear	present		any further threats		vn refrain-69 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent from threat=Eventuality
3	promise speech: promise	present	a generous harvest		to the Moujik's family goal	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent harvest=Theme to family=Goal

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