Exam question 2 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Priest with the Greedy Eyes, part…

Identify the means by which the Pope obtained the loaves belonging to his travelling companion.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Pope · What happens: identify, mean, obtain, belong · To what, where: loaves · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 2 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 means	nsubj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 means	nsubj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 obtained	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Pope	det
7	Pope	Pope	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 obtained	nsubj
8	obtained	obtain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 means	ccomp
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 loaves	det
10	loaves	loaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 obtained	obj
11	belonging	belong	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 obtained	advcl
12	to	to	ADP	_	15 companion	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 companion	nmod:poss
14	travelling	travelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 companion	compound
15	companion	companion	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 belonging	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	infinitive				vn empathize-88.2 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	mean	present				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	obtain	past	the Pope	the loaves		vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent loaf=Theme
4	belong	gerund	the Pope not said here		to Pope's travelling companion	vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme

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 gave them to beggars at the gate and then lied about it to the King

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 gave	nsubj
2	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 gave	iobj
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 beggars	case
5	beggars	beggar	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 gave	obl
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 gate	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 gate	det
8	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gave	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 lied	cc
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 lied	advmod
11	lied	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 gave	conj
12	about	about	ADP	_	13 it	case
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 lied	obl
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 King	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 King	det
16	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 lied	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	He		them = they	the gate		to beggars	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.asset»: agent=Agent they=Theme to beggar=Recipient at gate=Asset
2	lie	past	He not said here				then	about gate; to the King	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent about it=Location

Option 2

He sold them to a passing merchant at dawn

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 sold	nsubj
2	sold	sell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sold	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	7 merchant	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 merchant	det
6	passing	passing	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 merchant	compound
7	merchant	merchant	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sold	obl
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 dawn	case
9	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sold	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sell	past	He	them = they	a passing merchant		dawn		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Theme to merchant=Recipient

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

He consumed them secretly while the companion slept

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 consumed	nsubj
2	consumed	consume	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 consumed	obj
4	secretly	secretly	ADV	_	2 consumed	advmod
5	while	while	SCONJ	_	8 slept	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 companion	det
7	companion	companion	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 slept	nsubj
8	slept	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 consumed	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consume	past	He	them = they				secretly property	vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Asset
2	sleep	past	the companion						vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

He stole them quietly while the old man slumbered

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 stole	nsubj
2	stole	steal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 stole	obj
4	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	2 stole	advmod
5	while	while	SCONJ	_	8 man	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 man	det
7	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 man	amod
8	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stole	obl
9	slumbered	slumber	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 man	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	steal	past	He	them = they				the old man obl; quietly property	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location they=Theme
2	slumber	participle		the old man not said here					vn snooze-40.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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