Exam question 1 · Ukraine in the Second World War

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the events at Babyn Yar in September nineteen hundred and forty-one?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: events, Babyn

This is exam question 1 of lesson 47 «Ukraine in the Second World War» 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	10 events	det
10	events	event	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obj
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 Babyn	case
12	Babyn	Babyn	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obl
13	Yar	Yar	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Babyn	flat
14	in	in	ADP	_	15 September	case
15	September	September	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obl
16	nineteen	nineteen	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	17 hundred	compound
17	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 September	nmod
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 one	cc
19	forty	forty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	21 one	compound
20	-	-	PUNCT	_	19 forty	punct
21	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	17 hundred	conj
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the events		Babyn	september	of the following statements; accurately property	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.

The options

Option 1

A decisive battle was fought between two armies upon the outskirts of the city of Kyiv

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 battle	det
2	decisive	decisive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 battle	amod
3	battle	battle	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fought	nsubj:pass
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 fought	aux:pass
5	fought	fight	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	between	between	ADP	_	8 armies	case
7	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 armies	nummod
8	armies	army	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 fought	obl
9	upon	upon	ADP	_	11 outskirts	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 outskirts	det
11	outskirts	outskirt	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 fought	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 city	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 city	det
14	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 outskirts	nmod
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 Kyiv	case
16	Kyiv	Kyiv	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 city	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fight	past · passive		a decisive battle				between two armies; upon the outskirts of the city of Kyiv	vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Co-Agent

Option 2

The Red Army retook the city of Kyiv

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Army	det
2	Red	Red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 Army	amod
3	Army	Army	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 retook	nsubj
4	retook	retake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 city	det
6	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 retook	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 Kyiv	case
8	Kyiv	Kyiv	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 city	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	retake	past	the Red Army	the city of Kyiv					tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Approximately thirty-three thousand Jews were murdered by Nazi forces over two days

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Approximately	approximately	ADV	_	5 thousand	advmod
2	thirty	thirty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 three	compound
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 thirty	punct
4	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 thousand	compound
5	thousand	thousand	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 Jews	nummod
6	Jews	Jew	PROPN	Number=Plur	8 murdered	nsubj:pass
7	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 murdered	aux:pass
8	murdered	murder	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	by	by	ADP	_	11 forces	case
10	Nazi	Nazi	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 forces	compound
11	forces	force	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 murdered	obl:agent
12	over	over	ADP	_	14 days	case
13	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 days	nummod
14	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 murdered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	murder	past · passive	Nazi forces	thousand Jews			day		vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

Option 4

The Crimean Tatars were deported to Central Asia

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Tatars	det
2	Crimean	crimean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 Tatars	amod
3	Tatars	Tatar	PROPN	Number=Plur	5 deported	nsubj:pass
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 deported	aux:pass
5	deported	deport	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 Asia	case
7	Central	Central	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Asia	flat
8	Asia	Asia	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 deported	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	deport	past · passive		the Crimean Tatars	Central Asia				vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to asia=Destination

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