Test 2 · ★ · How empires fell: the map of the 20th century
My mate says the Soviet Union just turned into Russia, simple. Right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, Soviet Union · What happens: say, turn · To what, where: Russia · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 37 «How empires fell: the map of the 20th century» of the geography course of Mova's primary school. 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
Sentence 1: My mate says the Soviet Union just turned into Russia, simple.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | My | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 mate | nmod:poss |
| 2 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Union | det |
| 5 | Soviet | Soviet | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 Union | compound |
| 6 | Union | Union | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 turned | nsubj |
| 7 | just | just | ADV | _ | 8 turned | advmod |
| 8 | turned | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 says | ccomp |
| 9 | into | into | ADP | _ | 10 Russia | case |
| 10 | Russia | Russia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 turned | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 simple | punct |
| 12 | simple | simple | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 turned | parataxis |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | My mate | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | turn | past | the Soviet Union | into Russia result | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into russia=Result |
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.
Sentence 2: Right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Right | right | INTJ | _ | root | root |
| 2 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Right | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, it split into 15 countries, including Ukraine and Kazakhstan
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 split | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 split | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 split | nsubj |
| 4 | split | split | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | into | into | ADP | _ | 7 countries | case |
| 6 | 15 | 15 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 7 countries | nummod |
| 7 | countries | country | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 split | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 Ukraine | punct |
| 9 | including | including | ADP | _ | 10 Ukraine | case |
| 10 | Ukraine | Ukraine | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 split | obl |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 Kazakhstan | cc |
| 12 | Kazakhstan | Kazakhstan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 Ukraine | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | split | past | it | into 15 countries result; including Ukraine and Kazakhstan | vn break-45.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Patient into country=Result |
Option 2
Yes, it all became one Russia
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 became | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 became | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 became | nsubj |
| 4 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 it | det |
| 5 | became | become | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 Russia | nummod |
| 7 | Russia | Russia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 became | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | become | past | it | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
Option 3
No, it joined the European Union as one big member
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 joined | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 joined | nsubj |
| 4 | joined | join | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Union | det |
| 6 | European | European | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 Union | compound |
| 7 | Union | Union | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 joined | obj |
| 8 | as | as | ADP | _ | 11 member | case |
| 9 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 11 member | nummod |
| 10 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 member | amod |
| 11 | member | member | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 joined | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | join | past | it | the European Union | as one big member | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent union=Patient |
Option 4
Yes, and Ukraine was never a separate country
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 9 country | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 Ukraine | cc |
| 4 | Ukraine | Ukraine | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 country | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 country | cop |
| 6 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 9 country | advmod |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 country | det |
| 8 | separate | separate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 country | amod |
| 9 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is a | past | Ukraine | a separate country | tree rules |
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