Exam question 2 · Songs of the Russian People, Saints and Heathen Gods, part…

By what means did the Lord relieve the inhabitants of Troyan of their thirst?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Lord, inhabitants · What happens: mean, relieve, thirst · To what, where: inhabitants

This is exam question 2 of lesson 485 «Songs of the Russian People, Saints and Heathen Gods, part 77: St. Andrew, St. George and St. Nicholas each help or punish people in their own way» 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	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 relieve	obl
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 relieve	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Lord	det
6	Lord	Lord	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 relieve	nsubj
7	relieve	relieve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 inhabitants	det
9	inhabitants	inhabitant	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 relieve	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 Troyan	case
11	Troyan	Troyan	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 inhabitants	nmod
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 thirst	case
13	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 thirst	nmod:poss
14	thirst	thirst	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 inhabitants	nmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 relieve	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	mean	present			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	relieve	past · do-support	the Lord	the inhabitants of Troyan of inhabitants's thirst	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus inhabitant=Experiencer
3	thirst		inhabitants = inhabitant		nom thirst «state intransitive»: poss=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 · ← Mova's choice

by digging wells

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	SCONJ	_	2 digging	mark
2	digging	dig	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	wells	well	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 digging	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dig	gerund		wells					vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent well=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

by providing a deep lake near the city

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	SCONJ	_	2 providing	mark
2	providing	provide	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 lake	det
4	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 lake	amod
5	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 providing	obj
6	near	near	ADP	_	8 city	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 city	det
8	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 providing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	provide	gerund		a deep lake		the city			vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition lake=Theme

Option 3

by bringing rivers from the sea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	SCONJ	_	2 bringing	mark
2	bringing	bring	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	rivers	river	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 bringing	obj
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 sea	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sea	det
6	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bringing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	gerund		rivers		the sea			vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent river=Theme from sea=Initial_Location

Option 4

by opening a spring in the hills

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	SCONJ	_	2 opening	mark
2	opening	open	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 spring	det
4	spring	spring	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 opening	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 hills	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 hills	det
7	hills	hill	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 opening	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	open	gerund				the hills	spring		vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in hill=Location

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