Exam question 2 · Russian Fairy Tales, The Seven Simons, part 7: the six bro…
By what means did the king determine the disposition of the seventh Simon following his confession?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: king, disposition · What happens: mean, determine, follow, confess · To what, where: disposition, confession
This is exam question 2 of lesson 667 «Russian Fairy Tales, The Seven Simons, part 7: the six brothers show their trades to the king, and he calls them to his counsellors» 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 | By | by | ADP | _ | 2 what | case |
| 2 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 determine | obl |
| 3 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 what | acl:relcl |
| 4 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 determine | aux |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 king | det |
| 6 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 determine | nsubj |
| 7 | determine | determine | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 disposition | det |
| 9 | disposition | disposition | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 determine | obj |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 Simon | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 Simon | det |
| 12 | seventh | seventh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 Simon | amod |
| 13 | Simon | Simon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 disposition | nmod |
| 14 | following | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 9 disposition | acl |
| 15 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 confession | nmod:poss |
| 16 | confession | confession | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 following | obj |
| 17 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 determine | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | determine | past · do-support | the king | the disposition of the seventh Simon | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent disposition=Topic | ||||
| 3 | follow | gerund | the disposition of the seventh Simon not said here | king's confession | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent confession=Theme | ||||
| 4 | confess | king | nom confession «communication 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 · ✓ the right answer
He consigned him to a dark dungeon, honouring his royal word not to take his life.
The tree, 16 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 consigned | nsubj |
| 2 | consigned | consign | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 consigned | obj |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 dungeon | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 dungeon | det |
| 6 | dark | dark | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 dungeon | amod |
| 7 | dungeon | dungeon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 consigned | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 honouring | punct |
| 9 | honouring | honour | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 consigned | advcl |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 word | nmod:poss |
| 11 | royal | royal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 word | amod |
| 12 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 honouring | obj |
| 13 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 15 take | advmod |
| 14 | to | to | PART | _ | 15 take | mark |
| 15 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 honouring | advcl |
| 16 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 life | nmod:poss |
| 17 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 take | obj |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 consigned | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | consign | past | He | him = he | to a dark dungeon | tree rules | |||
| 2 | honour | gerund | He not said here | his royal word | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | not take | to-infinitive | He not said here | his life | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Theme | ||||
| 4 | word | his = he | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2
He consigned him to a dark dungeon, honouring his royal word not to take his life, and set guards at every door so that no one could free him.
The tree, 29 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 consigned | nsubj |
| 2 | consigned | consign | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 consigned | obj |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 dungeon | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 dungeon | det |
| 6 | dark | dark | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 dungeon | amod |
| 7 | dungeon | dungeon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 consigned | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 honouring | punct |
| 9 | honouring | honour | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 consigned | advcl |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 word | nmod:poss |
| 11 | royal | royal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 word | amod |
| 12 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 honouring | obj |
| 13 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 15 take | advmod |
| 14 | to | to | PART | _ | 15 take | mark |
| 15 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 honouring | advcl |
| 16 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 life | nmod:poss |
| 17 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 take | obj |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 guards | punct |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 guards | cc |
| 20 | set | set | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 guards | amod |
| 21 | guards | guard | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 consigned | obl |
| 22 | at | at | ADP | _ | 24 door | case |
| 23 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 24 door | det |
| 24 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 guards | nmod |
| 25 | so | so | SCONJ | ExtPos=SCONJ | 30 free | mark |
| 26 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 25 so | fixed |
| 27 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 28 one | det |
| 28 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 free | nsubj |
| 29 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 30 free | aux |
| 30 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 consigned | parataxis |
| 31 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 free | obj |
| 32 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 consigned | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | consign | past | He | him = he | to a dark dungeon; set guards at every door obl | tree rules | |||
| 2 | honour | gerund | He not said here | his royal word | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | not take | to-infinitive | He not said here | his life | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Theme | ||||
| 4 | word | his = he | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
He released him to the court, forgiving his crime in the royal name.
The tree, 13 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 released | nsubj |
| 2 | released | release | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 released | obj |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 court | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 court | det |
| 6 | court | court | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 released | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 forgiving | punct |
| 8 | forgiving | forgive | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 released | advcl |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 crime | nmod:poss |
| 10 | crime | crime | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 forgiving | obj |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 name | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 name | det |
| 13 | royal | royal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 name | amod |
| 14 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 forgiving | obl |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 released | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | release | past | He | him = he | to the court | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer he=Source | |||
| 2 | forgive | gerund | He not said here | his crime | the royal name | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crime=Theme | |||
| 3 | incriminate | his = he | nom crime «act transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4
He ordered him beheaded, breaking his royal word at last in anger.
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 ordered | nsubj |
| 2 | ordered | order | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 ordered | obj |
| 4 | beheaded | behead | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 ordered | xcomp |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 breaking | punct |
| 6 | breaking | break | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 beheaded | advcl |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 word | nmod:poss |
| 8 | royal | royal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 word | amod |
| 9 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 breaking | obj |
| 10 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 last | case |
| 11 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 breaking | obl |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 anger | case |
| 13 | anger | anger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 breaking | obl |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 ordered | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | order | past | He | him = he | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | behead not said to happen | participle | He not said here | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | break | gerund | He not said here | his royal word | last | in anger | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer word=Patient | ||
| 4 | word | his = he | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
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