Test 8 · ★ · The Cossacks, the Sich and the Hetmanate
Danylo says Ukraine wrote the first constitution in the world. What's accurate?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Danylo, Ukraine · What happens: say, write, be · To what, where: first constitution, world · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★ 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: Danylo says Ukraine wrote the first constitution in the world.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danylo | Danylo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | Ukraine | Ukraine | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 wrote | nsubj |
| 4 | wrote | write | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 says | ccomp |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 constitution | det |
| 6 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 7 constitution | amod |
| 7 | constitution | constitution | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 wrote | obj |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 world | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 world | det |
| 10 | world | world | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 constitution | nmod |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Danylo | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | write | past | Ukraine | the first constitution | the world | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent constitution=Theme in world=Destination |
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 accurate?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 accurate | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 accurate | cop |
| 3 | accurate | accurate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 accurate | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | accurate property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
No such paper exists
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 3 paper | det |
| 2 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 paper | amod |
| 3 | paper | paper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 exists | nsubj |
| 4 | exists | exist | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | exist | present | no such paper | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
The first and longest-lasting constitution ever used in any country on Earth
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 constitution | det |
| 2 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 7 constitution | amod |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 longest | cc |
| 4 | longest | longest | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 first | conj |
| 5 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 4 longest | punct |
| 6 | lasting | last | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 constitution | amod |
| 7 | constitution | constitution | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 9 used | advmod |
| 9 | used | use | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 constitution | acl |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 country | case |
| 11 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 12 country | det |
| 12 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 used | obl |
| 13 | on | on | ADP | _ | 14 Earth | case |
| 14 | Earth | Earth | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 country | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | last | gerund | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | use | participle | the first lasting constitution not said here | any country on Earth | ever | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
A copy of the US one from 1787
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 copy | det |
| 2 | copy | copy | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 one | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 US | det |
| 5 | US | US | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 one | nsubj |
| 6 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 copy | nmod |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 1787 | case |
| 8 | 1787 | 1787 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 one | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
An early constitution, written in exile and never put into force
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 constitution | det |
| 2 | early | early | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 constitution | amod |
| 3 | constitution | constitution | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 written | punct |
| 5 | written | write | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 constitution | acl |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 exile | case |
| 7 | exile | exile | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 written | obl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 put | cc |
| 9 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 10 put | advmod |
| 10 | put | put | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 written | conj |
| 11 | into | into | ADP | _ | 12 force | case |
| 12 | force | force | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 put | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | write | participle | a early constitution not said here | exile | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in exile=Destination | ||||
| 2 | not put | infinitive | force | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
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