Exam question 1 · The struggle of 1917–21 and the Holodomor

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the Ukrainian People's Republic proclaimed by the Central Rada?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, proclaim · To what, where: Republic

This is exam question 1 of lesson 46 «The struggle of 1917–21 and the Holodomor» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 People	det
10	Ukrainian	ukrainian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 People	amod
11	People	People	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 Republic	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 People	case
13	Republic	Republic	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
14	proclaimed	proclaim	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 characterises	advcl
15	by	by	ADP	_	18 Rada	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 Rada	det
17	Central	Central	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 Rada	amod
18	Rada	Rada	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 proclaimed	obl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the Ukrainian People's Republic	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	proclaim	participle		by the Central Rada	vn confess-37.10 «NP V how 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.

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

It declared full independence on the twenty-second of January, nineteen hundred and eighteen, amid a contested civil war

The tree, 19 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	2 declared	nsubj
2	declared	declare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 independence	amod
4	independence	independence	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 declared	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	9 second	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 second	det
7	twenty	twenty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 second	nummod
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 twenty	punct
9	second	second	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 declared	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 January	case
11	January	January	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 second	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 hundred	punct
13	nineteen	nineteen	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 hundred	compound
14	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 declared	obl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 eighteen	cc
16	eighteen	eighteen	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 hundred	conj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 amid	punct
18	amid	amid	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 declared	parataxis
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 war	det
20	contested	contest	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	22 war	amod
21	civil	civil	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 war	amod
22	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 declared	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	declare speech: other	past	It	full independence			second	nineteen hundred obl	vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent independence=Theme war=Attribute
2	contest	participle							tree rules

Option 2

It was established by referendum in 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 established	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 established	aux:pass
3	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 referendum	case
5	referendum	referendum	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 established	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 hundred	case
7	nineteen	nineteen	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 hundred	compound
8	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 established	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	establish	past · passive	referendum	It		nineteen hundred			vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

Option 3

It was founded by the Cossacks of the Sich under Bohdan Khmelnytsky in sixteen hundred and forty-eight and lasted until the destruction of the Sich

The tree, 26 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 Cossacks	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Cossacks	det
6	Cossacks	Cossack	PROPN	Number=Plur	3 founded	obl:agent
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 Sich	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Sich	det
9	Sich	Sich	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Cossacks	nmod
10	under	under	ADP	_	11 Bohdan	case
11	Bohdan	Bohdan	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 founded	obl:agent
12	Khmelnytsky	Khmelnytsky	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 Bohdan	flat
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 hundred	case
14	sixteen	sixteen	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 hundred	compound
15	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 founded	obl
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 eight	cc
17	forty	forty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	19 eight	compound
18	-	-	PUNCT	_	19 eight	punct
19	eight	eight	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 hundred	conj
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 lasted	cc
21	lasted	last	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 founded	conj
22	until	until	ADP	_	24 destruction	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 destruction	det
24	destruction	destruction	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 lasted	obl
25	of	of	ADP	_	27 Sich	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 Sich	det
27	Sich	Sich	PROPN	Number=Sing	24 destruction	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	found	past · passive	the Cossacks of the Sich	It	sixteen hundred		vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
2	last	past	the Cossacks of the Sich not said here			until the destruction of the Sich	vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme
3	destroy			the Sich			nom destruction «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

It was a province of the Austrian Empire

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	4 province	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 province	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 province	det
4	province	province	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 Empire	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Empire	det
7	Austrian	austrian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 Empire	amod
8	Empire	Empire	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 province	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	It	a province				of the Austrian Empire	tree rules

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