Exam question 4 · The Cossacks, the Sich and the Hetmanate

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the constitution composed by Pylyp Orlyk in seventeen hundred and ten.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, compose · To what, where: response, constitution, seventeen hundred

This is exam question 4 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 constitution	det
11	constitution	constitution	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	composed	compose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 constitution	acl
13	by	by	ADP	_	14 Pylyp	case
14	Pylyp	Pylyp	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 composed	obl:agent
15	Orlyk	Orlyk	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 Pylyp	flat
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 hundred	case
17	seventeen	seventeen	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	18 hundred	compound
18	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 composed	obl
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 ten	cc
20	ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	18 hundred	conj
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle					vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the constitution			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus constitution=Experiencer
4	compose	participle		the constitution not said here	seventeen hundred		vn create-26.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

It abolished the office of hetman

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	2 abolished	nsubj
2	abolished	abolish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 office	det
4	office	office	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 abolished	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 hetman	case
6	hetman	hetman	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 office	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	abolish	past	It	the office of hetman					vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent office=Theme

Option 2

It governed Ukraine for two centuries

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	2 governed	nsubj
2	governed	govern	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Ukraine	Ukraine	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 governed	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 centuries	case
5	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 centuries	nummod
6	centuries	century	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 governed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	govern	past	It	Ukraine			century		vn supervision-95.2.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent ukraine=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It was an early document limiting the hetman's power, never put into force at home

The tree, 16 words

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	5 document	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 document	cop
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 document	det
4	early	early	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 document	amod
5	document	document	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	limiting	limit	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 document	acl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 hetman	det
8	hetman	hetman	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 power	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 hetman	case
10	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 limiting	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 put	punct
12	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	13 put	advmod
13	put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 document	parataxis
14	into	into	ADP	_	15 force	case
15	force	force	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 put	obl
16	at	at	ADP	_	17 home	case
17	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 put	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	past	It	a early document			tree rules
2	limit	gerund	a early document not said here	the hetman's power			vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer power=Patient
3	not put	infinitive			force	at home	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent at home=Destination

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

It was the first constitution of the United States and was later copied in Philadelphia

The tree, 15 words

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	5 constitution	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 constitution	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 constitution	det
4	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	5 constitution	amod
5	constitution	constitution	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 States	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 States	det
8	United	United	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 States	amod
9	States	State	PROPN	Number=Plur	5 constitution	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 copied	cc
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 copied	aux:pass
12	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	13 copied	advmod
13	copied	copy	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 States	conj
14	in	in	ADP	_	15 Philadelphia	case
15	Philadelphia	Philadelphia	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 copied	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	It	the first constitution				of the United States	tree rules
2	copy	past · passive				Philadelphia		late property	vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: in philadelphia=Destination

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