Exam question 4 · Ukraine in the Second World War

Ascertain which statement concerning the Ukrainian Insurgent Army is most consistent with the findings of historians.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, statement, Ukrainian Insurgent Army · What happens: ascertain, concern, be, find · To what, where: statement, historians

This is exam question 4 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	3 statement	det
3	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 statement	acl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Army	det
6	Ukrainian	ukrainian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 Army	amod
7	Insurgent	Insurgent	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Army	compound
8	Army	Army	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 consistent	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 consistent	cop
10	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	11 consistent	advmod
11	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 concerning	ccomp
12	with	with	ADP	_	14 findings	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 findings	det
14	findings	finding	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 consistent	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 historians	case
16	historians	historian	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 findings	nmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	which statement		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent statement=Topic
2	concern	gerund	which statement not said here			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
3	is	present	the Ukrainian Insurgent Army		with the findings of historians; consistent property	tree rules
4	find			historians		nom finding «act 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 right answer

It fought for independence, and certain of its units killed Polish civilians in Volhynia

The tree, 14 words

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 fought	nsubj
2	fought	fight	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	4 independence	case
4	independence	independence	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fought	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 killed	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 killed	cc
7	certain	certain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 killed	parataxis
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 units	case
9	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 units	nmod:poss
10	units	unit	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 certain	obl
11	killed	kill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 fought	conj
12	Polish	polish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 civilians	amod
13	civilians	civilian	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 killed	obj
14	in	in	ADP	_	15 Volhynia	case
15	Volhynia	Volhynia	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 killed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fight	past	It					for independence	vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	kill	past		Polish civilians		Volhynia			vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent civilian=Theme

Option 2

It was the principal army of the Western Allies

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	5 army	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 army	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 army	det
4	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 army	amod
5	army	army	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 Allies	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Allies	det
8	Western	western	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 Allies	amod
9	Allies	Ally	PROPN	Number=Plur	5 army	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	It	the principal army				of the Western Allies	tree rules

Option 3

It never engaged any enemy

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	3 engaged	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 engaged	advmod
3	engaged	engage	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	5 enemy	det
5	enemy	enemy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 engaged	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not engage	past	It	any enemy					vn amalgamate-22.2-3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent enemy=Patient

Option 4

It fought exclusively on the side of Nazi Germany

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 fought	nsubj
2	fought	fight	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	2 fought	advmod
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 side	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 side	det
6	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fought	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 Germany	case
8	Nazi	Nazi	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Germany	compound
9	Germany	Germany	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 side	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fight	past	It			the side of Nazi Germany		exclusively property	vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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