Test 7 · ★ · The Cossacks, the Sich and the Hetmanate
The teacher calls Mazepa a traitor and Danylo calls him a hero. What's the wise step?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: teacher, Danylo, wise step · What happens: call, be · To what, where: Mazepa · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 44 «The Cossacks, the Sich and the Hetmanate» of the history course of Mova's primary school. 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
Sentence 1: The teacher calls Mazepa a traitor and Danylo calls him a hero.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 teacher | det |
| 2 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 calls | nsubj |
| 3 | calls | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | Mazepa | Mazepa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 calls | obj |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 traitor | det |
| 6 | traitor | traitor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 calls | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 calls | cc |
| 8 | Danylo | Danylo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 calls | nsubj |
| 9 | calls | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 calls | conj |
| 10 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 calls | obj |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 hero | det |
| 12 | hero | hero | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 calls | xcomp |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 calls | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call | present | the teacher | Mazepa | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent mazepa=Theme traitor=Result | ||||
| 2 | call | present | Danylo | Mazepa | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |
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.
Sentence 2: What's the wise step?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 step | det |
| 4 | wise | wise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 step | amod |
| 5 | step | step | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the wise step | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Show why each side says it and what he tried to protect
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Show | show | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 says | advmod |
| 3 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 side | det |
| 4 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 says | nsubj |
| 5 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Show | ccomp |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 says | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 what | cc |
| 8 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 says | ccomp |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 tried | nsubj |
| 10 | tried | try | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 what | acl:relcl |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 protect | mark |
| 12 | protect | protect | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 tried | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | imperative | you not said here | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | present | each side | it | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic | ||||
| 3 | try | past | side | vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 4 | protect not said to happen | to-infinitive | side not said here | vn defend-72.3 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Pick one and ban the other
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pick | pick | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 1 Pick | obj |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 ban | cc |
| 4 | ban | ban | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Pick | conj |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 other | det |
| 6 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 ban | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pick | imperative | you not said here | one | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient | ||||
| 2 | ban | infinitive | you not said here | the other | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer other=Theme |
Option 3
Say he never existed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 existed | nsubj |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 4 existed | advmod |
| 4 | existed | exist | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Say | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | not exist | past | he | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Flip a coin
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Flip | flip | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 coin | det |
| 3 | coin | coin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Flip | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | flip | imperative | you not said here | a coin | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coin=Theme |
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