Exam question 4 · Two empires and Shevchenko

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the foundation of the city of Odesa.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, foundation

This is exam question 4 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 foundation	det
11	foundation	foundation	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 city	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 city	det
14	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 foundation	nmod
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 Odesa	case
16	Odesa	Odesa	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 city	nmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the foundation of the city of Odesa		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus foundation=Experiencer

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

It was founded by the brothers Kyi, Shchek and Khoryv

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 founded	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 founded	aux:pass
3	founded	found	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 brothers	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 brothers	det
6	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 founded	obl:agent
7	Kyi	Kyi	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 brothers	appos
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 Shchek	punct
9	Shchek	Shchek	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Kyi	conj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 Khoryv	cc
11	Khoryv	Khoryv	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Kyi	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	found	past · passive	the brothers	It					vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It was founded in seventeen hundred and ninety-four upon the site of the Ottoman settlement Khadzhibey

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 founded	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 founded	aux:pass
3	founded	found	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 hundred	case
5	seventeen	seventeen	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 hundred	compound
6	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 founded	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 ninety	cc
8	ninety	ninety	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 hundred	conj
9	-	-	PUNCT	_	10 four	punct
10	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 hundred	conj
11	upon	upon	ADP	_	13 site	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 site	det
13	site	site	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 four	nmod
14	of	of	ADP	_	17 settlement	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 settlement	det
16	Ottoman	ottoman	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 settlement	amod
17	settlement	settlement	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 site	nmod
18	Khadzhibey	Khadzhibey	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 settlement	appos

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	found	past · passive		It		seventeen hundred			vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 3

It was founded in the year nineteen hundred and ninety-one

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 founded	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 founded	aux:pass
3	founded	found	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 year	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 year	det
6	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 founded	obl
7	nineteen	nineteen	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 hundred	compound
8	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 founded	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 ninety	cc
10	ninety	ninety	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 hundred	conj
11	-	-	PUNCT	_	10 ninety	punct
12	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 hundred	flat

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	found	past · passive		It			year	nineteen hundred obl	vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 4

It was founded by Ukrainian emigrants returning from the Canadian Prairies in the year eighteen hundred

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 founded	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 founded	aux:pass
3	founded	found	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 emigrants	case
5	Ukrainian	ukrainian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 emigrants	amod
6	emigrants	emigrant	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 founded	obl:agent
7	returning	return	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 emigrants	acl
8	from	from	ADP	_	11 Prairies	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Prairies	det
10	Canadian	Canadian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 Prairies	amod
11	Prairies	Prairie	PROPN	Number=Plur	7 returning	obl
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 year	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 year	det
14	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 founded	obl
15	eighteen	eighteen	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	16 hundred	compound
16	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 founded	obl:agent

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	found	past · passive	Ukrainian emigrants	It			year		vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
2	return	gerund	Ukrainian emigrants not said here			the Canadian Prairies			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from prairie=Initial_Location

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