Exam question 4 · Russian Folk-Tales, Uncle Sidor's Bread, part 83: a peasan…

Which statement correctly describes the moujik's condition when the imp woke him?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: statement, imp, moujik · What happens: describe, wake, condition · To what, where: condition, statement

This is exam question 4 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	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 statement	det
2	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 describes	nsubj
3	correctly	correctly	ADV	_	4 describes	advmod
4	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 moujik	det
6	moujik	moujik	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 condition	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 moujik	case
8	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 describes	obj
9	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	12 woke	advmod
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 imp	det
11	imp	imp	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 woke	nsubj
12	woke	wake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 condition	acl:relcl
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 woke	obj
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	describe	present	which statement	the moujik's condition	correctly property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent condition=Theme
2	wake	past	the imp	statement		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient
3	condition		the moujik			nom condition «state transitive»: poss=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 had sold his farm to the imp

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 sold	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sold	aux
3	sold	sell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 farm	nmod:poss
5	farm	farm	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sold	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 imp	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 imp	det
8	imp	imp	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sold	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sell	past · perfect	He	his farm	the imp				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent farm=Theme to imp=Recipient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

He had fallen into the swamp

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 fallen	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 fallen	aux
3	fallen	fall	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	into	into	ADP	_	6 swamp	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 swamp	det
6	swamp	swamp	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fallen	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	past · perfect	He					into the swamp result	vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into swamp=Result

Option 3

He had been struck by the devil's whip

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	4 struck	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 struck	aux
3	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 struck	aux:pass
4	struck	strike	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	9 whip	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 devil	det
7	devil	Devil	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 whip	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 devil	case
9	whip	whip	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 struck	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strike	past · perfect · passive		He				by the devil's whip	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Instrument

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He had drunk too much brandy and was asleep

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 drunk	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 drunk	aux
3	drunk	drink	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	too	too	ADV	_	5 much	advmod
5	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 brandy	amod
6	brandy	brandy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 drunk	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 asleep	cc
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 asleep	cop
9	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 drunk	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drink	past · perfect	He	much brandy					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brandy=Patient
2	is	past	He not said here					asleep property	tree rules

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