Exam question 1 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Priest with the Greedy Eyes, part…

State the principal action performed by the Pope upon the image of St. Nicholas prior to his departure.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Nicholas · What happens: perform, image, depart · To what, where: State principal action, Nicholas

This is exam question 1 of lesson 486 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Priest with the Greedy Eyes, part 78: a greedy Pope steals loaves and tries to cure a princess by chopping her up» 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	State	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 action	compound
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 action	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 action	amod
4	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	performed	perform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 action	acl
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 Pope	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Pope	det
8	Pope	Pope	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 performed	obl
9	upon	upon	ADP	_	11 image	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 image	det
11	image	image	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 performed	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 Nicholas	case
13	St.	St.	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 Nicholas	nmod:desc
14	Nicholas	Nicholas	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 image	nmod
15	prior	prior	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	18 departure	case
16	to	to	ADP	_	15 prior	fixed
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 departure	nmod:poss
18	departure	departure	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 image	nmod
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 action	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	perform	participle		the State principal action not said here	by the Pope; upon the image of Nicholas St. prior Nicholas's departure	vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	image			Nicholas St.	prior Nicholas's departure	nom image «cognition transitive»: of=patient prior=obl
3	depart		Nicholas			nom departure «act 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

He knelt before the image, then struck it sharply with his keys and cloak together

The tree, 15 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	2 knelt	nsubj
2	knelt	kneel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	before	before	ADP	_	5 image	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 image	det
5	image	image	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 knelt	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 struck	punct
7	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 struck	advmod
8	struck	strike	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 knelt	conj
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 struck	obj
10	sharply	sharply	ADV	_	8 struck	advmod
11	with	with	ADP	_	13 keys	case
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 keys	nmod:poss
13	keys	key	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 struck	obl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 cloak	cc
15	cloak	cloak	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 keys	conj
16	together	together	ADV	_	8 struck	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kneel	past	He			the image			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before image=Location
2	strike	past	He not said here	image			then	with his keys and cloak; sharply, together property	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with key=Instrument

Option 2

He struck the painted image of the saint on the wall with a heavy iron key

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	2 struck	nsubj
2	struck	strike	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 image	det
4	painted	paint	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 image	amod
5	image	image	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 struck	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 saint	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 saint	det
8	saint	saint	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 image	nmod
9	on	on	ADP	_	11 wall	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 wall	det
11	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 struck	obl
12	with	with	ADP	_	16 key	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 key	det
14	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 key	amod
15	iron	iron	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 key	compound
16	key	key	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 struck	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	strike	past	He	the painted image of the saint	the wall	with a heavy iron key	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent image=Patient with key=Instrument
2	paint	participle					vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	image			the saint			nom image «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

He kissed the image of the saint

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 kissed	nsubj
2	kissed	kiss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 image	det
4	image	image	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 kissed	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 saint	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 saint	det
7	saint	saint	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 image	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kiss	past	He	the image of the saint					vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent image=Co-Agent
2	image			the saint					nom image «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He struck the image with the church keys

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 struck	nsubj
2	struck	strike	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 image	det
4	image	image	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 struck	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 keys	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 keys	det
7	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 keys	compound
8	keys	key	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 struck	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strike	past	He	the image				with the church keys	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent image=Patient with key=Instrument

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