Exam question 2 · The Cossacks, the Sich and the Hetmanate

Identify the principal reason for which the agreement concluded at Pereiaslav in sixteen hundred and fifty-four remains contested.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, agreement · What happens: identify, conclude, contest · To what, where: principal reason, Pereiaslav, four remains

This is exam question 2 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 concluded	obl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 agreement	det
8	agreement	agreement	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concluded	nsubj
9	concluded	conclude	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 reason	acl:relcl
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 Pereiaslav	case
11	Pereiaslav	Pereiaslav	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 concluded	obl
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 hundred	case
13	sixteen	sixteen	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 hundred	compound
14	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 concluded	obl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 fifty	cc
16	fifty	fifty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 hundred	conj
17	-	-	PUNCT	_	18 four	punct
18	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	19 remains	nummod
19	remains	remains	NOUN	Number=Ptan	14 hundred	appos
20	contested	contest	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	19 remains	acl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal reason			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	conclude	past	the agreement		Pereiaslav	for the principal reason; in sixteen hundred	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
3	contest	participle		four remains not said here			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 right answer

The parties understood its nature and obligations differently

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 parties	det
2	parties	party	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 understood	nsubj
3	understood	understand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 nature	nmod:poss
5	nature	nature	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 understood	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 obligations	cc
7	obligations	obligation	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 nature	conj
8	differently	differently	ADV	_	3 understood	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	understand	past	the parties	its nature and obligations				differently property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer nature=Stimulus

Option 2

It was signed solely by Sweden

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 signed	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 signed	aux:pass
3	signed	sign	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	solely	solely	ADV	_	3 signed	advmod
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 Sweden	case
6	Sweden	Sweden	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 signed	obl:agent

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sign	past · passive	Sweden	It				solely property	vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Destination

Option 3

Its text was composed in Mongolian

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 text	nmod:poss
2	text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 composed	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 composed	aux:pass
4	composed	compose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 Mongolian	case
6	Mongolian	Mongolian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 composed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	compose	past · passive		Its text		Mongolian			vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result

Option 4

No agreement was concluded

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 agreement	det
2	agreement	agreement	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 concluded	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 concluded	aux:pass
4	concluded	conclude	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conclude	past · passive		no agreement					vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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