Test 2 · The struggle of 1917–21 and the Holodomor

Teacher says «no Ukrainian state before 1991». What should Danylo show?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Teacher, Danylo · What happens: say, show · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 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: Teacher says «no Ukrainian state before 1991».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 state	punct
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 state	det
5	Ukrainian	ukrainian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 state	amod
6	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 says	ccomp
7	before	before	ADP	_	8 1991	case
8	1991	1991	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	6 state	nmod
9	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 state	punct
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	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 should Danylo show?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 show	obj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 show	aux
3	Danylo	Danylo	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 show	nsubj
4	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 show	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	should	Danylo						vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Nothing, the teacher's right, Ukraine was always only a part of somebody else's state

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 right	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 teacher	det
4	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 right	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 teacher	case
6	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Nothing	amod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 part	punct
8	Ukraine	Ukraine	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 part	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 part	cop
10	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	13 part	advmod
11	only	only	ADV	_	13 part	advmod
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 part	det
13	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Nothing	parataxis
14	of	of	ADP	_	18 state	case
15	somebody	somebody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	18 state	nmod:poss
16	else	else	ADV	_	15 somebody	advmod
17	's	's	PART	_	15 somebody	case
18	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 part	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	Ukraine	a part				of somebody's state; always property	tree rules

Option 2

A Eurovision trophy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 trophy	det
2	Eurovision	eurovision	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 trophy	compound
3	trophy	trophy	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

The Roman Empire map

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 map	det
2	Roman	roman	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 map	amod
3	Empire	Empire	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 map	compound
4	map	map	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The Ukrainian People's Republic of 1917–1921, short-lived but real

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 People	det
2	Ukrainian	ukrainian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 People	amod
3	People	People	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Republic	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 People	case
5	Republic	Republic	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 lived	nsubj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 1917	case
7	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 Republic	nmod
8	–	–	SYM	ExtPos=ADP	9 1921	case
9	1921	1921	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	7 1917	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 lived	punct
11	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 lived	compound
12	-	-	PUNCT	_	11 short	punct
13	lived	live	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
14	but	but	CCONJ	_	15 real	cc
15	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 lived	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	participle	the Ukrainian People's Republic of 1917 – 1921						vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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