Exam question 3 · The Cossacks, the Sich and the Hetmanate

Ascertain the outcome of the battle of Poltava of seventeen hundred and nine.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, battle · To what, where: outcome, Poltava

This is exam question 3 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 outcome	det
3	outcome	outcome	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 battle	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 battle	det
6	battle	battle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 outcome	nmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 Poltava	case
8	Poltava	Poltava	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 battle	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 hundred	case
10	seventeen	seventeen	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 hundred	compound
11	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 battle	nmod
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 nine	cc
13	nine	nine	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 hundred	conj
14	.	.	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 outcome of the battle of Poltava of seventeen hundred					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent outcome=Topic
2	battle			Poltava					nom battle «act transitive»: of=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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Peter I defeated Charles XII and Hetman Mazepa

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Peter	Peter	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 defeated	nsubj
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	1 Peter	flat
3	defeated	defeat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	Charles	Charles	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 defeated	obj
5	XII	XII	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Charles	flat
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 Hetman	cc
7	Hetman	Hetman	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Charles	conj
8	Mazepa	Mazepa	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Hetman	flat

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	defeat	past	Peter	Charles and Hetman					tree rules

Option 2

Charles XII was crowned King of Ukraine in Kyiv

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Charles	Charles	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 crowned	nsubj
2	XII	XII	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Charles	flat
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 crowned	aux:pass
4	crowned	crown	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 crowned	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 Ukraine	case
7	Ukraine	Ukraine	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 King	nmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 Kyiv	case
9	Kyiv	Kyiv	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 crowned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	crown	past · passive		Charles		Kyiv			vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Theme king=Attribute

Option 3

The Zaporizhian Sich was restored by the Swedes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Sich	det
2	Zaporizhian	Zaporizhian	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Sich	compound
3	Sich	Sich	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 restored	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 restored	aux:pass
5	restored	restore	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 Swedes	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Swedes	det
8	Swedes	swede	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 restored	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	restore	past · passive	the Swedes	the Zaporizhian Sich					vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 4

Hetman Mazepa captured Moscow and deposed the Tsar

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hetman	Hetman	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 captured	nsubj
2	Mazepa	Mazepa	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Hetman	flat
3	captured	capture	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	Moscow	Moscow	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 captured	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 deposed	cc
6	deposed	depose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 captured	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Tsar	det
8	Tsar	Tsar	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 deposed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	capture	past	Hetman	Moscow					vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent moscow=Theme
2	depose	past	Hetman not said here	the Tsar					vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tsar=Theme

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