Test 6 · ★ · Volodymyr, Yaroslav the Wise and the Mongols
Danylo says Ukraine had the first law book in Europe. What's the honest wording?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Danylo, Ukraine, honest wording · What happens: say, have, be · To what, where: first law book, Europe · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 42 «Volodymyr, Yaroslav the Wise and the Mongols» of the history 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: Danylo says Ukraine had the first law book in Europe.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danylo | Danylo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | Ukraine | Ukraine | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 had | nsubj |
| 4 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 says | ccomp |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 book | det |
| 6 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 8 book | amod |
| 7 | law | law | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 book | compound |
| 8 | book | book | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 had | obj |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 Europe | case |
| 10 | Europe | Europe | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 book | nmod |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Danylo | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | have | past | Ukraine | the first law book | Europe | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=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.
Sentence 2: What's the honest wording?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 wording | det |
| 4 | honest | honest | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 wording | amod |
| 5 | wording | wording | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the honest wording | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Ruska Pravda was written in 1991
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ruska | Ruska | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 written | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | Pravda | Pravda | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Ruska | flat |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 written | aux:pass |
| 4 | written | write | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 1991 | case |
| 6 | 1991 | 1991 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 4 written | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | write | past · passive | Ruska | 1991 | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in 1991=Destination |
Option 2
The first laws ever written anywhere on Earth, older than Rome or Babylon
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 laws | det |
| 2 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 3 laws | amod |
| 3 | laws | law | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 older | nsubj |
| 4 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 5 written | advmod |
| 5 | written | write | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 laws | acl |
| 6 | anywhere | anywhere | ADV | PronType=Ind | 5 written | advmod |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 Earth | case |
| 8 | Earth | Earth | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 written | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 laws | punct |
| 10 | older | old | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 11 | than | than | ADP | _ | 12 Rome | case |
| 12 | Rome | Rome | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 older | obl |
| 13 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 14 Babylon | cc |
| 14 | Babylon | Babylon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 Rome | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | write | participle | the first laws not said here | Earth | ever | anywhere property | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
There were no laws in Rus
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | There | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 2 were | expl |
| 2 | were | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 4 laws | det |
| 4 | laws | law | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 were | nsubj |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 Rus | case |
| 6 | Rus | Rus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 laws | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | be | past | no laws in Rus | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
One of the earliest Slavic law codes, though Roman law was older
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | One | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | root | root |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 codes | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 codes | det |
| 4 | earliest | early | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 7 codes | amod |
| 5 | Slavic | slavic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 codes | amod |
| 6 | law | law | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 codes | compound |
| 7 | codes | code | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 One | nmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 older | punct |
| 9 | though | though | SCONJ | _ | 13 older | mark |
| 10 | Roman | roman | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 law | amod |
| 11 | law | law | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 older | nsubj |
| 12 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 older | cop |
| 13 | older | old | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 1 One | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | Roman law | old property | tree rules |
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