Exam question 4 · Russian Fairy Tales, The Fox and His Companions, part 40:…

What request does the wolf make of the bear at the close of the passage?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: request · What happens: do, make · To what, where: wolf make, bear

This is exam question 4 of lesson 700 «Russian Fairy Tales, The Fox and His Companions, part 40: the fox tricks the magpie and the crow, then meets a bear who needs a mourner» 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	What	what	DET	PronType=Int	2 request	det
2	request	request	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 does	nsubj
3	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 make	det
5	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 make	compound
6	make	make	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 does	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 bear	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 bear	det
9	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 make	nmod
10	at	at	ADP	_	12 close	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 close	det
12	close	close	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 bear	nmod
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 passage	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 passage	det
15	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 close	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 does	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present	what request	the wolf make of the bear at the close of the passage					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent make=Eventuality
2	make			the bear at the close of the passage					nom make «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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

To be given a share of the meal

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	3 given	mark
2	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 share	det
5	share	share	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 given	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 meal	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 meal	det
8	meal	meal	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 share	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	to-infinitive · passive		a share of the meal					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: share=Theme
2	share			the meal					nom share «possession transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

To leave

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 leave	mark
2	leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	to-infinitive							vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

To be allowed to weep with him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	3 allowed	mark
2	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	3 allowed	aux:pass
3	allowed	allow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 weep	mark
5	weep	weep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 allowed	xcomp
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 him	case
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 weep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	allow	to-infinitive · passive							vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: clause=Eventuality
2	weep not said to happen	to-infinitive						with him = he	vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

To be permitted to mourn for him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	3 permitted	mark
2	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	3 permitted	aux:pass
3	permitted	permit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 mourn	mark
5	mourn	mourn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 permitted	xcomp
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 him	case
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 mourn	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	permit	to-infinitive · passive							vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: clause=Eventuality
2	mourn not said to happen	to-infinitive						for him = he	vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer for he=Attribute

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