Exam question 1 · The Cossacks, the Sich and the Hetmanate

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the governance of the Zaporizhian Sich?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: governance

This is exam question 1 of lesson 44 «The Cossacks, the Sich and the Hetmanate» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 governance	det
10	governance	governance	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 Sich	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Sich	det
13	Zaporizhian	Zaporizhian	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 Sich	compound
14	Sich	Sich	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 governance	nmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the governance of the Zaporizhian Sich				of the following statements; accurately 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

It was governed by a hereditary king

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 governed	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 governed	aux:pass
3	governed	govern	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	7 king	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 king	det
6	hereditary	hereditary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 king	amod
7	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 governed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	govern	past · passive	a hereditary king	It					vn supervision-95.2.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Its leaders were elected and removable by a council confined to Cossack men

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 leaders	nmod:poss
2	leaders	leader	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 elected	nsubj:pass
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 elected	aux:pass
4	elected	elect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 removable	cc
6	removable	removable	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 elected	conj
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 council	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 council	det
9	council	council	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 elected	obl
10	confined	confine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 council	acl
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 men	case
12	Cossack	cossack	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 men	compound
13	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 confined	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	elect	past · passive	a council	Its leaders					vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	confine	participle		a council not said here	Cossack men				vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to man=Destination

Option 3

All inhabitants, including women and children, enjoyed an equal vote in the council

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 inhabitants	det
2	inhabitants	inhabitant	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 enjoyed	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 women	punct
4	including	including	ADP	_	5 women	case
5	women	woman	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 inhabitants	conj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 children	cc
7	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 inhabitants	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 inhabitants	punct
9	enjoyed	enjoy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 vote	det
11	equal	equal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 vote	amod
12	vote	vote	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 enjoyed	obj
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 council	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 council	det
15	council	council	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 enjoyed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	enjoy	past	all inhabitants and women and children	a equal vote		the council			vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer vote=Stimulus

Option 4

It was governed directly from Istanbul

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 governed	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 governed	aux:pass
3	governed	govern	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	directly	directly	ADV	_	3 governed	advmod
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 Istanbul	case
6	Istanbul	Istanbul	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 governed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	govern	past · passive		It		Istanbul		directly property	vn supervision-95.2.2 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme

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