Exam question 4 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Pope and the Old Man: the Pope fai…

What is the fate of the old man at the close of the narrative, and in what manner does he depart?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: manner · What happens: be, depart · To what, where: fate

This is exam question 4 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	PRON	PronType=Int	4 fate	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 fate	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 fate	det
4	fate	fate	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 man	case
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	4 fate	nmod
9	at	at	ADP	_	11 close	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 close	det
11	close	close	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 man	nmod
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 narrative	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 narrative	det
14	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 close	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 depart	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 depart	cc
17	in	in	SCONJ	_	20 does	mark
18	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	19 manner	det
19	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 does	nsubj
20	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 depart	aux
21	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 depart	nsubj
22	depart	depart	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 fate	parataxis
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 fate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		the fate				of the old man at the close of the narrative	tree rules
2	depart	present · do-support	manner						vn escape-51.1-1-1 «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

He vanishes at once, having delivered his admonition

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 vanishes	nsubj
2	vanishes	vanish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 once	case
4	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	2 vanishes	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 having	punct
6	having	have	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 vanishes	advcl
7	delivered	deliver	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 having	xcomp
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 admonition	nmod:poss
9	admonition	admonition	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 delivered	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	vanish	present	He		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	have	gerund	He not said here		tree rules
3	deliver	participle	He not said here	his admonition	vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent admonition=Patient
4	admonish		his = he		nom admonition «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

He goes home to bed after giving his warning

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 goes	nsubj
2	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	home	home	ADV	_	2 goes	advmod
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 bed	case
5	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 goes	obl
6	after	after	SCONJ	_	7 giving	mark
7	giving	give	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 goes	advcl
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 warning	nmod:poss
9	warning	warning	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 giving	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	go	present	He		bed	home property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to bed=Initial_Location
2	give	gerund	He not said here	his warning			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent warning=Theme
3	warn		his = he				nom warning «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

He walks off to the palace, still angry at the Pope

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 walks	nsubj
2	walks	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	off	off	ADP	_	2 walks	compound:prt
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 palace	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 palace	det
6	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 walks	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 angry	punct
8	still	still	ADV	_	9 angry	advmod
9	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 walks	conj
10	at	at	ADP	_	12 Pope	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Pope	det
12	Pope	Pope	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 angry	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk off	present	He					to the palace	vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

He vanishes at once, having delivered his admonition, and leaves nothing behind but the empty gallows and the money

The tree, 19 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 vanishes	nsubj
2	vanishes	vanish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 once	case
4	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	2 vanishes	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 having	punct
6	having	have	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 vanishes	advcl
7	delivered	deliver	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 having	xcomp
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 admonition	nmod:poss
9	admonition	admonition	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 delivered	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 leaves	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 leaves	cc
12	leaves	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 vanishes	conj
13	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	12 leaves	obj
14	behind	behind	ADV	_	13 nothing	advmod
15	but	but	CCONJ	_	18 gallows	cc
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 gallows	det
17	empty	empty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 gallows	amod
18	gallows	gallows	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 nothing	conj
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 money	cc
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 money	det
21	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 nothing	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	vanish	present	He		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	have	gerund	He not said here		tree rules
3	deliver	participle	He not said here	his admonition	vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent admonition=Patient
4	leave	present	He not said here	nothing	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Theme
5	admonish		his = he		nom admonition «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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