Exam question 3 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Hasty Word, part 1: a youth who wi…

How does the fair maiden make herself known to the youth as the priest's daughter?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: fair maiden, herself · What happens: make, know · To what, where: herself

This is exam question 3 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	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	5 maiden	advmod
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 maiden	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 maiden	det
4	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 maiden	amod
5	maiden	maiden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 make	nsubj
6	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	6 make	obj
8	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 make	xcomp
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 youth	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 youth	det
11	youth	youth	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 known	obl
12	as	as	ADP	_	16 daughter	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 priest	det
14	priest	priest	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 daughter	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 priest	case
16	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 known	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 make	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	the fair maiden	herself = she					tree rules
2	know	participle	herself = she not said here					to the youth; as the priest's daughter	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer as daughter=Attribute

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

She tells her name.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 tells	nsubj
2	tells	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 name	nmod:poss
4	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tells	obj
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 tells	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	present	She	her name					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent name=Recipient
2	name		her = she						nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

She shows her father's ring.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 shows	nsubj
2	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 father	nmod:poss
4	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ring	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 father	case
6	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shows	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 shows	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present	She	her father's ring					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent ring=Recipient

Option 3

She shows him a token from her father's house.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 shows	nsubj
2	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 shows	iobj
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 token	det
5	token	token	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shows	obj
6	from	from	ADP	_	10 house	case
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 father	nmod:poss
8	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 house	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 father	case
10	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shows	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 shows	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present	She	a token	him = he	her father's house			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient token=Topic

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

She recounts her disappearance from home at the age of nine.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 recounts	nsubj
2	recounts	recount	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 disappearance	nmod:poss
4	disappearance	disappearance	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 recounts	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 home	case
6	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 recounts	obl
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 age	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 age	det
9	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 recounts	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 nine	case
11	nine	nine	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 age	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 recounts	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	recount speech: other	present	She	her disappearance		home	at the age of nine		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent disappearance=Topic
2	disappear		her = she						nom disappearance «act intransitive»: poss=agent

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