Exam question 2 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Pope and the Old Man: the Pope fai…

What disposition of the reward does the old man make upon the conclusion of the affair, and what admonition does he give?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: disposition, admonition · What happens: make, give, conclude · To what, where: affair

This is exam question 2 of lesson 487 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Pope and the Old Man: the Pope fails to revive the Princess, is nearly hanged, and is saved by the old man» 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	DET	PronType=Int	2 disposition	det
2	disposition	disposition	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 make	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 reward	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 reward	det
5	reward	reward	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 disposition	nmod
6	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 make	aux
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 man	det
8	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 man	amod
9	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 make	nsubj
10	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
11	upon	upon	ADP	_	13 conclusion	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 conclusion	det
13	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 make	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 affair	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 affair	det
16	affair	affair	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 conclusion	nmod
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 give	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 give	cc
19	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	23 give	obj
20	admonition	admonition	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 give	nsubj
21	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	23 give	aux
22	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 give	nsubj
23	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 make	parataxis
24	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 make	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	make	present · do-support	what disposition of the reward		upon the conclusion of the affair	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
2	give	present · do-support	admonition			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme
3	conclude			the affair		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 divides it and warns the Pope about greed

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 divides	nsubj
2	divides	divide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 divides	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 warns	cc
5	warns	warn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 divides	conj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Pope	det
7	Pope	Pope	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 warns	obj
8	about	about	ADV	_	9 greed	advmod
9	greed	greed	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 warns	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	divide	present	He	it					vn multiply-108-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	warn speech: warn	present	He not said here	greed	the Pope				vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent pope=Recipient

Option 2

He allots the whole sum to the Pope, counsels him against greed, pride, and dishonest dealing, and tells him to repent before God

The tree, 23 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 allots	nsubj
2	allots	allot	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sum	det
4	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 sum	amod
5	sum	sum	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 allots	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 Pope	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Pope	det
8	Pope	Pope	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 sum	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 counsels	punct
10	counsels	counsel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 allots	conj
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 counsels	obj
12	against	against	ADP	_	13 greed	case
13	greed	greed	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 counsels	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 pride	punct
15	pride	pride	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 greed	conj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 dealing	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 dealing	cc
18	dishonest	dishonest	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 dealing	amod
19	dealing	dealing	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 greed	conj
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 tells	punct
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 tells	cc
22	tells	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 allots	conj
23	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 tells	iobj
24	to	to	PART	_	25 repent	mark
25	repent	repent	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	22 tells	xcomp
26	before	before	ADP	_	27 God	case
27	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	25 repent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	allot	present	He	the whole sum	the Pope			vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent sum=Theme to pope=Goal
2	counsel speech: other	present	He not said here		him = he		against greed and pride and dishonest dealing	vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP PP.topic»: agent=Agent he=Recipient against greed=Topic
3	tell speech: assert	present	He not said here		him = he			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
4	repent not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here			before God		tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

He gives the whole sum to the King and urges him to pray more

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 gives	nsubj
2	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sum	det
4	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 sum	amod
5	sum	sum	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gives	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 King	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 King	det
8	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 sum	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 urges	cc
10	urges	urge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 gives	conj
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 urges	obj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 pray	mark
13	pray	pray	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 urges	advcl
14	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	13 pray	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	give	present	He	the whole sum	the King	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent sum=Theme to king=Recipient
2	urge	present	He not said here		King	vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
3	pray	to-infinitive	He not said here			vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He allots the whole sum to the Pope and counsels him against greed

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 allots	nsubj
2	allots	allot	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sum	det
4	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 sum	amod
5	sum	sum	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 allots	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 Pope	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Pope	det
8	Pope	Pope	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 sum	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 counsels	cc
10	counsels	counsel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 allots	conj
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 counsels	obj
12	against	against	ADP	_	13 greed	case
13	greed	greed	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 counsels	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	allot	present	He	the whole sum	the Pope				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent sum=Theme to pope=Goal
2	counsel speech: other	present	He not said here		him = he			against greed	vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP PP.topic»: agent=Agent he=Recipient against greed=Topic

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