Test 2 · Two empires and Shevchenko
Danylo says Shevchenko's better than Shakespeare, full stop. What's the wise answer?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Danylo, wise answer · What happens: say, be · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 of lesson 45 «Two empires and Shevchenko» 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 Shevchenko's better than Shakespeare, full stop.
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 | Shevchenko | Shevchenko | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 better | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 Shevchenko | case |
| 5 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 2 says | ccomp |
| 6 | than | than | ADP | _ | 7 Shakespeare | case |
| 7 | Shakespeare | Shakespeare | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 better | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 stop | punct |
| 9 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 stop | amod |
| 10 | stop | stop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 Shakespeare | appos |
| 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 |
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 the wise answer?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 answer | det |
| 4 | wise | wise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 answer | amod |
| 5 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the wise answer | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Shakespeare wrote in Ukrainian
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shakespeare | Shakespeare | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 wrote | nsubj |
| 2 | wrote | write | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 Ukrainian | case |
| 4 | Ukrainian | Ukrainian | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 wrote | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | write | past | Shakespeare | Ukrainian | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
You can be proud of him without ranking poets; his place for Ukrainians is huge
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 proud | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 proud | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 proud | cop |
| 4 | proud | proud | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 him | case |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 proud | obl |
| 7 | without | without | SCONJ | _ | 8 ranking | mark |
| 8 | ranking | rank | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 proud | advcl |
| 9 | poets | poet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 ranking | obj |
| 10 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 16 huge | punct |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 place | nmod:poss |
| 12 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 huge | nsubj |
| 13 | for | for | ADP | _ | 14 Ukrainians | case |
| 14 | Ukrainians | Ukrainian | PROPN | Number=Plur | 12 place | nmod |
| 15 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 huge | cop |
| 16 | huge | huge | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 proud | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | can | You | of him = he; proud property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | rank | gerund | You not said here | poets | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent poet=Theme | ||||
| 3 | is | present | his place for Ukrainians | huge property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, it's a proven fact that every expert and every teacher in the whole world agrees on
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 fact | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 fact | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 fact | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 fact | det |
| 6 | proven | prove | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 fact | amod |
| 7 | fact | fact | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 18 agrees | mark |
| 9 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 10 expert | det |
| 10 | expert | expert | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 agrees | nsubj |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 teacher | cc |
| 12 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 13 teacher | det |
| 13 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 expert | conj |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 17 world | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 world | det |
| 16 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 world | amod |
| 17 | world | world | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 expert | nmod |
| 18 | agrees | agree | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 fact | advcl |
| 19 | on | on | ADV | _ | 18 agrees | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | prove | participle | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | is a | present | it | a proven fact | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | agree speech: agree | present | every expert in the whole world and every teacher | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Shevchenko wasn't a real poet
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shevchenko | Shevchenko | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 poet | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 poet | cop |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 poet | advmod |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 poet | det |
| 5 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 poet | amod |
| 6 | poet | poet | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is a | past | Shevchenko | a real poet | tree rules |
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