Test 9 · Two empires and Shevchenko
Danylo says Gogol's ours, teacher says «Russian writer». What covers it?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Danylo, teacher · What happens: say, cover · To what, where: writer · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 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 Gogol's ours, teacher says «Russian writer».
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 | Gogol | Gogol | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 ours | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 Gogol | case |
| 5 | ours | our | PRON | Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 says | ccomp |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 says | punct |
| 7 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 says | nsubj |
| 8 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 says | conj |
| 9 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 11 writer | punct |
| 10 | Russian | Russian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 writer | amod |
| 11 | writer | writer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 says | ccomp |
| 12 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 11 writer | punct |
| 13 | . | . | 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 | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | present | teacher | 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 covers it?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 covers | nsubj |
| 2 | covers | cover | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 covers | obj |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 covers | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cover | present | writer | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Destination |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
A writer of Ukrainian origin who wrote in Russian; both cultures claim him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 writer | det |
| 2 | writer | writer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 claim | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 origin | case |
| 4 | Ukrainian | ukrainian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 origin | amod |
| 5 | origin | origin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 writer | nmod |
| 6 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 wrote | nsubj |
| 7 | wrote | write | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 origin | acl:relcl |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 Russian | case |
| 9 | Russian | Russian | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 wrote | obl |
| 10 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 13 claim | punct |
| 11 | both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 12 cultures | det |
| 12 | cultures | culture | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 claim | nsubj |
| 13 | claim | claim | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 14 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 claim | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | write | past | Ukrainian origin | Russian | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | claim speech: other | present | a writer of Ukrainian origin | Russian | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent he=Topic |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Only Russian, he never saw Ukraine
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 2 Russian | advmod |
| 2 | Russian | Russian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 saw | advcl |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Russian | punct |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 saw | nsubj |
| 5 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 6 saw | advmod |
| 6 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | Ukraine | Ukraine | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 saw | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not see | past | he | Ukraine | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ukraine=Stimulus |
Option 3
A French writer
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 writer | det |
| 2 | French | French | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 writer | amod |
| 3 | writer | writer | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Only Ukrainian, he never wrote a single line in Russian in his whole long life
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 2 Ukrainian | advmod |
| 2 | Ukrainian | ukrainian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 wrote | punct |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 wrote | nsubj |
| 5 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 6 wrote | advmod |
| 6 | wrote | write | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 Ukrainian | conj |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 line | det |
| 8 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 line | amod |
| 9 | line | line | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 wrote | obj |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 Russian | case |
| 11 | Russian | Russian | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 line | nmod |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 life | case |
| 13 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 life | nmod:poss |
| 14 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 life | amod |
| 15 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 life | amod |
| 16 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 wrote | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not write | past | he | a single line | Russian | in Russian's whole long life | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent line=Theme in life=Destination |
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