Exam question 1 · Two empires and Shevchenko

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the condition of Ukrainian lands during the nineteenth century?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, condition · To what, where: condition, Ukrainian lands

This is exam question 1 of lesson 45 «Two empires and Shevchenko» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 condition	det
10	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 lands	case
12	Ukrainian	ukrainian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 lands	amod
13	lands	land	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 condition	nmod
14	during	during	ADP	_	17 century	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 century	det
16	nineteenth	nineteenth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 century	amod
17	century	century	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the condition of Ukrainian lands	century	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	condition		Ukrainian lands			nom condition «state 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 · ✓ the right answer

They were divided between the Russian and Austrian empires

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 divided	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 divided	aux:pass
3	divided	divide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	between	between	ADP	_	9 empires	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 empires	det
6	Russian	Russian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 empires	amod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 Austrian	cc
8	Austrian	austrian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 Russian	conj
9	empires	empire	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 divided	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	divide	past · passive		They				between the Russian empires	vn multiply-108-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2

They formed part of the Kingdom of Sweden

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 formed	nsubj
2	formed	form	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 formed	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 Kingdom	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Kingdom	det
6	Kingdom	Kingdom	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 part	nmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 Sweden	case
8	Sweden	Sweden	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Kingdom	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	form	past	They	part of the Kingdom of Sweden					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location part=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

They were governed in their entirety by the Ottoman Empire

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 governed	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 governed	aux:pass
3	governed	govern	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 entirety	case
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 entirety	nmod:poss
6	entirety	entirety	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 governed	obl
7	by	by	ADP	_	10 Empire	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Empire	det
9	Ottoman	Ottoman	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 Empire	compound
10	Empire	Empire	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 governed	obl:agent

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	govern	past · passive	the Ottoman Empire	They		their entirety			vn supervision-95.2.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 4

They constituted an independent kingdom

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 constituted	nsubj
2	constituted	constitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 kingdom	det
4	independent	independent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 kingdom	amod
5	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 constituted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	constitute	past	They	a independent kingdom					vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme kingdom=Pivot

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