Exam question 3 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Pope and the Old Man: the Pope fai…
By what means is the Princess restored to life, and by whose agency does this occur?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Princess, agency, you · What happens: mean, be, restore, do, occur · To what, where: Princess, life, this · Speech: someone speaks here
This is exam question 3 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 | By | by | SCONJ | _ | 3 means | mark |
| 2 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 means | nsubj |
| 3 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 occur | advcl |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 Princess | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Princess | det |
| 6 | Princess | Princess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 restored | nsubj |
| 7 | restored | restore | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 means | ccomp |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 life | case |
| 9 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 restored | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 occur | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 occur | cc |
| 12 | by | by | SCONJ | _ | 15 does | mark |
| 13 | whose | whose | PRON | Poss=Yes PronType=Rel | 14 agency | nmod:poss |
| 14 | agency | agency | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 does | nsubj |
| 15 | does | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 occur | advcl |
| 16 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 15 does | obj |
| 17 | occur | occur | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 18 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 17 occur | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 2 | is a | present | the Princess | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | restore | past | the Princess | life | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to life=Recipient | ||||
| 4 | do | present | agency | this | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent this=Eventuality | ||||
| 5 | occur | imperative | you not said here | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
By the old man, who reassembles her body and breathes upon it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | By | by | ADP | _ | 4 man | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 man | det |
| 3 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 man | amod |
| 4 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 reassembles | punct |
| 6 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 reassembles | nsubj |
| 7 | reassembles | reassemble | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 man | acl:relcl |
| 8 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 body | nmod:poss |
| 9 | body | body | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 reassembles | obj |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 breathes | cc |
| 11 | breathes | breathe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 reassembles | conj |
| 12 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 13 it | case |
| 13 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 breathes | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reassemble | present | the old man | her body | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent body=Product | ||||
| 2 | breathe | present | the old man not said here | upon body | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Through a prayer by the Pope's own hands
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Through | through | ADP | _ | 3 prayer | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 prayer | det |
| 3 | prayer | prayer | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 hands | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Pope | det |
| 6 | Pope | Pope | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 hands | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 Pope | case |
| 8 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 hands | amod |
| 9 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 prayer | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pray | the Pope's own hands | nom prayer «act intransitive»: by=agent |
Option 3
By the Pope with holy water
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | By | by | ADP | _ | 3 Pope | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Pope | det |
| 3 | Pope | Pope | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 water | case |
| 5 | holy | holy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 water | amod |
| 6 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 Pope | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
By the doctor, who sews the pieces and breathes slowly on them
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | By | by | ADP | _ | 3 doctor | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 doctor | det |
| 3 | doctor | doctor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 sews | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 sews | punct |
| 5 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 sews | nsubj |
| 6 | sews | sew | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 pieces | det |
| 8 | pieces | piece | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 sews | obj |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 breathes | cc |
| 10 | breathes | breathe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 sews | conj |
| 11 | slowly | slowly | ADV | _ | 10 breathes | advmod |
| 12 | on | on | ADP | _ | 13 them | case |
| 13 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 breathes | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sew | present | the pieces | by the doctor | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent piece=Theme by doctor=Destination | ||||
| 2 | breathe | present | on pieces = piece; slowly property | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Agent on they=Destination |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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