Test 4 · The struggle of 1917–21 and the Holodomor
Danylo goes «Skoropadsky was just a German puppet, full stop». Wise reply?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Danylo, Skoropadsky · What happens: go, be · To what, where: German puppet
This is test 4 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 goes «Skoropadsky was just a German puppet, full stop».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danylo | Danylo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 goes | nsubj |
| 2 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 9 puppet | punct |
| 4 | Skoropadsky | Skoropadsky | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 puppet | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 puppet | cop |
| 6 | just | just | ADV | _ | 9 puppet | advmod |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 puppet | det |
| 8 | German | German | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 puppet | amod |
| 9 | puppet | puppet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 goes | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 stop | punct |
| 11 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 stop | amod |
| 12 | stop | stop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 puppet | conj |
| 13 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 9 puppet | punct |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 goes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | present | Danylo | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | past | Skoropadsky | a German puppet and full stop | tree rules |
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: Wise reply?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wise | wise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 reply | amod |
| 2 | reply | reply | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 reply | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
He was a Swedish king
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 king | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 king | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 king | det |
| 4 | Swedish | Swedish | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 king | amod |
| 5 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | He | a Swedish king | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
He relied on Germans but also founded lasting institutions
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 relied | nsubj |
| 2 | relied | rely | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 4 Germans | case |
| 4 | Germans | German | PROPN | Number=Plur | 2 relied | obl |
| 5 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 7 founded | cc |
| 6 | also | also | ADV | _ | 7 founded | advmod |
| 7 | founded | found | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 relied | conj |
| 8 | lasting | lasting | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 institutions | amod |
| 9 | institutions | institution | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 founded | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rely | past | He | on Germans | vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent on german=Theme | ||||
| 2 | found | past | He not said here | lasting institutions | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent institution=Patient |
Option 3
He beat the Germans single-handed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 beat | nsubj |
| 2 | beat | beat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Germans | det |
| 4 | Germans | German | PROPN | Number=Plur | 2 beat | obj |
| 5 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 handed | amod |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 single | punct |
| 7 | handed | hand | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 Germans | acl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | beat | past | He | the Germans | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location german=Theme | ||||
| 2 | hand | participle | the Germans not said here | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Yes, he did nothing at all and nothing he made outlived him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 did | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 did | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 did | nsubj |
| 4 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 outlived | advcl |
| 5 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 4 did | obj |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 all | case |
| 7 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 9 nothing | det |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 all | cc |
| 9 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 12 outlived | nsubj |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 made | nsubj |
| 11 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 nothing | acl:relcl |
| 12 | outlived | outlive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 13 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 outlived | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | he | nothing | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | make | past | he | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | outlive | past | nothing | him = he | tree rules |
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