Exam question 2 · Two empires and Shevchenko

Identify the circumstances by which Taras Shevchenko obtained release from serfdom.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, Taras Shevchenko · What happens: identify, obtain · To what, where: circumstances, release, serfdom

This is exam question 2 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 circumstances	det
3	circumstances	circumstance	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Identify	obj
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 obtained	obl
6	Taras	Taras	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Shevchenko	flat
7	Shevchenko	Shevchenko	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 obtained	nsubj
8	obtained	obtain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 circumstances	acl:relcl
9	release	release	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 obtained	obj
10	from	from	ADP	_	11 serfdom	case
11	serfdom	serfdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 obtained	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the circumstances					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent circumstance=Theme
2	obtain	past	Taras Shevchenko	release		serfdom		by the circumstances	vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent release=Theme from serfdom=Source

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

He was liberated by the Ems decree

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 liberated	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 liberated	aux:pass
3	liberated	liberate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	7 decree	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 decree	det
6	Ems	Ems	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 decree	compound
7	decree	decree	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 liberated	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	liberate	past · passive	the Ems decree	He					vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 2

He was elected hetman by the Sich

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 elected	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 elected	aux:pass
3	elected	elect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	hetman	hetman	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 elected	xcomp
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 Sich	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Sich	det
7	Sich	Sich	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 elected	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	elect	past · passive	the Sich	He					vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 3

He was released upon the abolition of serfdom in eighteen hundred and sixty-one

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 released	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 released	aux:pass
3	released	release	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 abolition	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 abolition	det
6	abolition	abolition	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 released	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 serfdom	case
8	serfdom	serfdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 abolition	nmod
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 hundred	case
10	eighteen	eighteen	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 hundred	compound
11	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 released	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 one	cc
13	sixty	sixty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 one	compound
14	-	-	PUNCT	_	13 sixty	punct
15	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 hundred	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	release	past · passive		He		eighteen hundred		upon the abolition of serfdom	vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Source
2	abolish			serfdom					nom abolition «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

His freedom was purchased in eighteen hundred and thirty-eight with the assistance of artists

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 freedom	nmod:poss
2	freedom	freedom	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 purchased	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 purchased	aux:pass
4	purchased	purchase	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 hundred	case
6	eighteen	eighteen	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 hundred	compound
7	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 purchased	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 eight	cc
9	thirty	thirty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 eight	compound
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 thirty	punct
11	eight	eight	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 hundred	conj
12	with	with	ADP	_	14 assistance	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 assistance	det
14	assistance	assistance	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 purchased	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 artists	case
16	artists	artist	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 assistance	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	purchase	past · passive		His freedom		eighteen hundred		with the assistance of artists	vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Theme
2	assist			artists					nom assistance «act transitive»: of=patient

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