Test 1 · The struggle of 1917–21 and the Holodomor
Danylo says Ukraine went independent in 1917 and everybody agreed. What's more exact?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Danylo, Ukraine, everybody · What happens: say, go, agree, be · To what, where: 1917 · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 of lesson 46 «The struggle of 1917–21 and the Holodomor» 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 Ukraine went independent in 1917 and everybody agreed.
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 | Ukraine | Ukraine | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 went | nsubj |
| 4 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 says | ccomp |
| 5 | independent | independent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 went | xcomp |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 1917 | case |
| 7 | 1917 | 1917 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 4 went | obl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 agreed | cc |
| 9 | everybody | everybody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 10 agreed | nsubj |
| 10 | agreed | agree | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 went | conj |
| 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 clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | go | past | Ukraine | 1917 | independent property | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in 1917=Location | |||
| 3 | agree speech: agree | past | everybody | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: 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 more exact?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 exact | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 exact | cop |
| 3 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 4 exact | advmod |
| 4 | exact | exact | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 exact | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | exact property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It declared independence in 1918, but many armies fought over the country
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 | independence | independence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 declared | obj |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 1918 | case |
| 5 | 1918 | 1918 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 declared | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 fought | punct |
| 7 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 10 fought | cc |
| 8 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 armies | amod |
| 9 | armies | army | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 fought | nsubj |
| 10 | fought | fight | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 declared | conj |
| 11 | over | over | ADP | _ | 13 country | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 country | det |
| 13 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 fought | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | declare speech: other | past | It | independence | 1918 | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent independence=Attribute | |||
| 2 | fight | past | many armies | over the country | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V PP.theme NP S_ING»: agent=Agent over country=Theme |
Option 2
Ukraine never declared anything before 1991
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukraine | Ukraine | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 declared | nsubj |
| 2 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 3 declared | advmod |
| 3 | declared | declare | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 3 declared | obj |
| 5 | before | before | ADP | _ | 6 1991 | case |
| 6 | 1991 | 1991 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 3 declared | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not declare speech: other | past | Ukraine | anything | before 1991 | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Attribute |
Option 3
Yes, everybody agreed and peace came at once to every town and village
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 agreed | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | everybody | everybody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 4 agreed | nsubj |
| 4 | agreed | agree | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 came | cc |
| 6 | peace | peace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 came | nsubj |
| 7 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 agreed | conj |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 once | case |
| 9 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 7 came | obl |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 town | case |
| 11 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 12 town | det |
| 12 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 came | obl |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 village | cc |
| 14 | village | village | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 town | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | agree speech: agree | past | everybody | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | come | past | peace | every town and village | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to town=Initial_Location |
Option 4
Russia gave it freedom as a present
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russia | Russia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 gave | nsubj |
| 2 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 gave | obj |
| 4 | freedom | freedom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 gave | obj |
| 5 | as | as | ADP | _ | 7 present | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 present | det |
| 7 | present | present | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 gave | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | Russia | it | as a present | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient freedom=Theme |
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