Exam question 2 · The struggle of 1917–21 and the Holodomor

Identify the principal cause of the famine of nineteen hundred and thirty-two to nineteen hundred and thirty-three in Soviet Ukraine, hereinafter the Holodomor.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, cause · To what, where: principal cause, famine

This is exam question 2 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 cause	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 cause	amod
4	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 famine	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 famine	det
7	famine	famine	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cause	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 hundred	case
9	nineteen	nineteen	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 hundred	compound
10	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 famine	nmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 thirty	cc
12	thirty	thirty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 hundred	conj
13	-	-	PUNCT	_	14 two	punct
14	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 hundred	conj
15	to	to	ADP	_	17 hundred	case
16	nineteen	nineteen	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	17 hundred	compound
17	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	1 Identify	obl
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 three	cc
19	thirty	thirty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	21 three	compound
20	-	-	PUNCT	_	19 thirty	punct
21	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	17 hundred	conj
22	in	in	ADP	_	24 Ukraine	case
23	Soviet	Soviet	PROPN	Number=Sing	24 Ukraine	compound
24	Ukraine	Ukraine	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 three	nmod
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 hereinafter	punct
26	hereinafter	hereinafter	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 hundred	conj
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 Holodomor	det
28	Holodomor	Holodomor	PROPN	Number=Sing	26 hereinafter	appos
29	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal cause of the famine of nineteen hundred				to nineteen hundred and hereinafter	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent cause=Theme to hundred=be'
2	cause			the famine of nineteen hundred					nom cause «event 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

Soviet policies of grain seizure, collectivisation and restriction of the movement of peasants

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Soviet	soviet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 policies	amod
2	policies	policy	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 seizure	case
4	grain	grain	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 seizure	compound
5	seizure	seizure	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 policies	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 collectivisation	punct
7	collectivisation	collectivisation	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 seizure	conj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 restriction	cc
9	restriction	restriction	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 seizure	conj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 movement	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 movement	det
12	movement	movement	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 restriction	nmod
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 peasants	case
14	peasants	peasant	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 movement	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	restrict			the movement of peasants					nom restriction «cognition transitive»: of=patient
2	move			peasants					nom movement «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

The invasion of Ukraine by Nazi Germany

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 invasion	det
2	invasion	invasion	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 Ukraine	case
4	Ukraine	Ukraine	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 invasion	nmod
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 Germany	case
6	Nazi	Nazi	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Germany	compound
7	Germany	Germany	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 invasion	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	invade		Nazi Germany	Ukraine					nom invasion «act transitive»: of=patient by=agent

Option 3

A volcanic eruption which obscured the Sun

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 eruption	det
2	volcanic	volcanic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 eruption	amod
3	eruption	eruption	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 obscured	nsubj
5	obscured	obscure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 eruption	acl:relcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Sun	det
7	Sun	Sun	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 obscured	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	obscure	past	a volcanic eruption	the Sun					vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent sun=Patient

Option 4

The emigration of farmers to Canada

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 emigration	det
2	emigration	emigration	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 farmers	case
4	farmers	farmer	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 emigration	nmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 Canada	case
6	Canada	Canada	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 emigration	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	emigrate		farmers					to Canada	nom emigration «act intransitive»: of=agent to=obl

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