Exam question 2 · Volodymyr, Yaroslav the Wise and the Mongols

Identify the principal provision by which the Ruska Pravda is distinguished.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Ruska Pravda · What happens: identify, be · To what, where: principal provision

This is exam question 2 of lesson 42 «Volodymyr, Yaroslav the Wise and the Mongols» of the history 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 provision	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 provision	amod
4	provision	provision	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 distinguished	obl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Pravda	det
8	Ruska	Ruska	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Pravda	compound
9	Pravda	Pravda	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 distinguished	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 distinguished	cop
11	distinguished	distinguished	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Identify	parataxis
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal provision					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent provision=Theme
2	is	present	the Ruska Pravda					distinguished property	tree rules

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

The establishment of the Zaporizhian Sich upon the islands of the lower Dnipro River

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 establishment	det
2	establishment	establishment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 Sich	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Sich	det
5	Zaporizhian	Zaporizhian	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Sich	compound
6	Sich	Sich	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 establishment	nmod
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	9 islands	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 islands	det
9	islands	island	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 establishment	nmod
10	of	of	ADP	_	14 River	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 River	det
12	lower	low	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	14 River	amod
13	Dnipro	Dnipro	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 River	compound
14	River	River	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 islands	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	establish			the Zaporizhian Sich				upon the islands of the lower Dnipro River	nom establishment «act transitive»: of=patient upon=obl

Option 2

The abolition of all monarchy in Rus

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 abolition	det
2	abolition	abolition	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 monarchy	case
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 monarchy	det
5	monarchy	monarchy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 abolition	nmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 Rus	case
7	Rus	Rus	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 monarchy	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	abolish			all monarchy in Rus					nom abolition «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The substitution of monetary fines for blood revenge in respect of many offences

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 substitution	det
2	substitution	substitution	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 fines	case
4	monetary	monetary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 fines	amod
5	fines	fine	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 substitution	nmod
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 revenge	case
7	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 revenge	compound
8	revenge	revenge	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fines	nmod
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 respect	case
10	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 revenge	nmod
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 offences	case
12	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 offences	amod
13	offences	offence	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 respect	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	substitute		monetary fines for blood revenge in respect of many offences						nom substitution «event intransitive»: of=agent
2	respect			many offences					nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

The prohibition of trade with Byzantium

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 prohibition	det
2	prohibition	prohibition	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 trade	case
4	trade	trade	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 prohibition	nmod
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 Byzantium	case
6	Byzantium	Byzantium	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 prohibition	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prohibit			trade				with Byzantium	nom prohibition «communication transitive»: of=patient with=obl

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