Exam question 3 · Lithuanian and Polish times, the first Cossacks

Ascertain the ecclesiastical outcome of the Union of Brest of fifteen hundred and ninety-six.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain · To what, where: ecclesiastical outcome

This is exam question 3 of lesson 43 «Lithuanian and Polish times, the first Cossacks» 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 outcome	det
3	ecclesiastical	ecclesiastical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 outcome	amod
4	outcome	outcome	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 Union	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Union	det
7	Union	Union	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 outcome	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 Brest	case
9	Brest	Brest	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Union	nmod
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 hundred	case
11	fifteen	fifteen	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 hundred	compound
12	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 outcome	nmod
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 six	cc
14	ninety	ninety	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	16 six	compound
15	-	-	PUNCT	_	14 ninety	punct
16	six	six	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 hundred	conj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the ecclesiastical outcome of the Union of Brest of fifteen hundred					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent outcome=Topic

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 conversion of Kyiv to Islam

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

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

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	convert			Kyiv				to Islam	nom conversion «event transitive»: of=patient to=obl

Option 2

The founding of the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 founding	det
2	founding	founding	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	8 Academy	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Academy	det
5	Kyiv	Kyiv	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Mohyla	compound
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 Kyiv	punct
7	Mohyla	Mohyla	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Academy	compound
8	Academy	Academy	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 founding	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	found			the Mohyla Academy					nom founding «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The formation of a church in communion with the Pope retaining Eastern rites

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 formation	det
2	formation	formation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 church	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 church	det
5	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 formation	nmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 communion	case
7	communion	communion	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 church	nmod
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 Pope	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Pope	det
10	Pope	Pope	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 communion	nmod
11	retaining	retain	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 formation	acl
12	Eastern	eastern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 rites	amod
13	rites	rite	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 retaining	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	retain	gerund	the formation of a church in communion with the Pope not said here	Eastern rites					tree rules

Option 4

The abolition of all churches in Ukraine

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 churches	case
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 churches	det
5	churches	church	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 abolition	nmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 Ukraine	case
7	Ukraine	Ukraine	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 churches	nmod

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

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