Exam question 3 · Two empires and Shevchenko

Ascertain the principal effect of the Ems decree of eighteen hundred and seventy-six.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, effect · To what, where: principal effect, Ems decree

This is exam question 3 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 effect	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 effect	amod
4	effect	effect	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 decree	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 decree	det
7	Ems	Ems	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 decree	compound
8	decree	decree	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 effect	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 hundred	case
10	eighteen	eighteen	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 hundred	compound
11	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 decree	nmod
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 six	cc
13	seventy	seventy	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 six	compound
14	-	-	PUNCT	_	13 seventy	punct
15	six	six	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 hundred	conj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the principal effect of the Ems decree of eighteen hundred					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent effect=Topic
2	effect			the Ems decree of eighteen hundred					nom effect «phenomenon 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The prohibition of most publishing and stage performance in Ukrainian

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 prohibition	det
2	prohibition	prohibition	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 publishing	mark
4	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 publishing	nsubj
5	publishing	publish	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 prohibition	acl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 performance	cc
7	stage	stage	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 performance	compound
8	performance	performance	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 publishing	conj
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 Ukrainian	case
10	Ukrainian	Ukrainian	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 performance	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	publish	gerund	most	the prohibition not said here					vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prohibition=Result

Option 2

The emancipation of the serfs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 emancipation	det
2	emancipation	emancipation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 serfs	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 serfs	det
5	serfs	serf	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 emancipation	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	emancipate			the serfs					nom emancipation «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

The prohibition of spoken Ukrainian within the household

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 prohibition	det
2	prohibition	prohibition	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 Ukrainian	case
4	spoken	speak	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 Ukrainian	amod
5	Ukrainian	Ukrainian	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 prohibition	nmod
6	within	within	ADP	_	8 household	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 household	det
8	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 prohibition	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	participle							vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	prohibit			spoken Ukrainian				within the household	nom prohibition «communication transitive»: of=patient within=obl

Option 4

The establishment of Ukrainian schools in every province

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 establishment	det
2	establishment	establishment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 schools	case
4	Ukrainian	ukrainian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 schools	amod
5	schools	school	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 establishment	nmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 province	case
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	8 province	det
8	province	province	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 schools	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	establish			Ukrainian schools in every province					nom establishment «act transitive»: of=patient

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