Exam question 2 · Ukraine in the Second World War

Identify the action undertaken by the Soviet regime in respect of the Crimean Tatar people in May nineteen hundred and forty-four.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, undertake, respect · To what, where: action, Tatar people

This is exam question 2 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 action	det
3	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	undertaken	undertake	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 action	acl
5	by	by	ADP	_	8 regime	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 regime	det
7	Soviet	Soviet	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 regime	compound
8	regime	regime	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 undertaken	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 respect	case
10	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 regime	nmod
11	of	of	ADP	_	15 people	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 people	det
13	Crimean	Crimean	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 Tatar	compound
14	Tatar	Tatar	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 people	compound
15	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 respect	nmod
16	in	in	ADP	_	17 May	case
17	May	May	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 people	nmod
18	nineteen	nineteen	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	19 hundred	compound
19	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 people	nmod
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 four	cc
21	forty	forty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	23 four	compound
22	-	-	PUNCT	_	23 four	punct
23	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	19 hundred	conj
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the action		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent action=Theme
2	undertake	participle		the action not said here	by the Soviet regime in respect of the Tatar people in May nineteen hundred	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
3	respect			the Tatar people in May nineteen hundred		nom respect «cognition 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 construction of a nuclear power station

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 construction	det
2	construction	construction	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	7 station	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 station	det
5	nuclear	nuclear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 station	amod
6	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 station	compound
7	station	station	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 construction	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	construct			a nuclear power station					nom construction «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

The grant of independence to Crimea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

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

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grant			independence				to Crimea	nom grant «possession transitive»: of=patient to=obl

Option 3

The admission of Crimea to the United Nations

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 admission	det
2	admission	admission	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 Crimea	case
4	Crimea	Crimea	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 admission	nmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	8 Nations	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Nations	det
7	United	United	PROPN	_	8 Nations	compound
8	Nations	Nation	PROPN	Number=Plur	2 admission	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	admit			Crimea				to the United Nations	nom admission «act transitive»: of=patient to=obl

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The deportation of the entire people to Central Asia

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 deportation	det
2	deportation	deportation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 people	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 people	det
5	entire	entire	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 people	amod
6	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 deportation	nmod
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 Asia	case
8	Central	Central	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Asia	flat
9	Asia	Asia	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 people	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	deport			the entire people to Central Asia					nom deportation «act transitive»: of=patient

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