Exam question 2 · Russian Folk-Tales, Uncle Sidor's Bread, part 83: a peasan…

Upon discovering the theft of his bread, which phrase did the moujik utter?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · What happens: discover, do · To what, where: theft, moujik

This is exam question 2 of lesson 491 «Russian Folk-Tales, Uncle Sidor's Bread, part 83: a peasant saves his crust, a little demon steals it and then serves him» 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	Upon	upon	SCONJ	_	2 discovering	mark
2	discovering	discover	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 did	advcl
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 theft	det
4	theft	theft	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 discovering	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 bread	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 bread	nmod:poss
7	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 theft	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 phrase	punct
9	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	10 phrase	det
10	phrase	phrase	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bread	conj
11	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 moujik	det
13	moujik	moujik	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 did	obj
14	utter	utter	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 moujik	amod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	11 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	discover	gerund		the theft of his bread and which phrase					vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent theft=Topic
2	do	past		the moujik					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent moujik=Eventuality

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

"Let the thief be punished!"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Let	punct
2	Let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 thief	det
4	thief	thief	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Let	obj
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 punished	aux:pass
6	punished	punish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 Let	xcomp
7	!	!	PUNCT	_	2 Let	punct
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Let	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let in a quote	imperative	you not said here	the thief					tree rules
2	punish in a quote	infinitive · passive	the thief not said here						vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

"God be with him who took it!"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 took	punct
2	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 took	nsubj
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 him	cop
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 him	case
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 God	parataxis
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 took	nsubj
7	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 took	obj
9	!	!	PUNCT	_	7 took	punct
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 took	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	infinitive						with him = he	tree rules
2	take in a quote	past	God	it					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 3

"Who has done this wicked deed?"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 done	punct
2	Who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 done	nsubj
3	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 done	aux
4	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	7 deed	det
6	wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 deed	amod
7	deed	deed	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 done	obj
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 done	punct
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 done	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do in a quote	present · perfect		this wicked deed					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deed=Eventuality

Option 4

"I shall recover the loaf!"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 recover	punct
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 recover	nsubj
3	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 recover	aux
4	recover	recover	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 loaf	det
6	loaf	loaf	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 recover	obj
7	!	!	PUNCT	_	4 recover	punct
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 recover	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	recover in a quote	shall	I	the loaf					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent loaf=Theme

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