Exam question 1 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Hasty Word, part 1: a youth who wi…

Which condition does the old man impose upon the youth at the lake?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: condition · What happens: impose · To what, where: lake

This is exam question 1 of lesson 489 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Hasty Word, part 1: a youth who wished for any bride goes under the lake» 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	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 condition	det
2	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 impose	nsubj
3	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 impose	aux
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 man	det
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 man	amod
6	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 impose	nsubj
7	impose	impose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	upon	upon	ADP	_	10 youth	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 youth	det
10	youth	youth	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 impose	obl
11	at	at	ADP	_	13 lake	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 lake	det
13	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 impose	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 impose	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	impose	present · do-support	which condition			the lake		upon the youth	vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=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

He must kneel down and face the water slowly.

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	3 kneel	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 kneel	aux
3	kneel	kneel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	down	down	ADV	_	3 kneel	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 face	cc
6	face	face	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 kneel	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 water	det
8	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 face	obj
9	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	6 face	advmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 kneel	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kneel down	must	He					down property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	face	present	He not said here	the water				slowly property	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme water=Destination

Option 2

He must walk backwards.

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	3 walk	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 walk	aux
3	walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	backwards	backwards	ADV	_	3 walk	advmod
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 walk	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	must	He					backwards property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

He must turn his back to the lake and walk backwards.

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	3 turn	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 turn	aux
3	turn	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 back	nmod:poss
5	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 turn	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 lake	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 lake	det
8	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 turn	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 walk	cc
10	walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 turn	conj
11	backwards	backwards	ADV	_	10 walk	advmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 turn	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	must	He	his back		the lake			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent back=Theme to lake=Trajectory
2	walk	infinitive	He not said here					backwards property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

He must close his eyes and walk forward.

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	3 close	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 close	aux
3	close	close	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 eyes	nmod:poss
5	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 close	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 walk	cc
7	walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 close	conj
8	forward	forward	ADV	_	7 walk	advmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 close	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	close	must	He	his eyes					vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient
2	walk	present	He not said here					forward property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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