Test 9 · Ukraine in the Second World War
Danylo says Kyiv freed itself in 1943. What's more exact?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Danylo, Kyiv · What happens: say, free, be · To what, where: itself, 1943 · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 of lesson 47 «Ukraine in the Second World War» 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 says Kyiv freed itself in 1943.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danylo | Danylo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | Kyiv | Kyiv | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 freed | nsubj |
| 4 | freed | free | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 says | ccomp |
| 5 | itself | itself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 4 freed | obj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 1943 | case |
| 7 | 1943 | 1943 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 4 freed | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Danylo | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | free | past | Kyiv | itself = it | 1943 | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer itself=Source |
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's more exact?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 exact | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 exact | cop |
| 3 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 4 exact | advmod |
| 4 | exact | exact | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 exact | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | exact property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The Red Army retook it, many of its soldiers Ukrainians
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 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 retook | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 many | punct |
| 7 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 Ukrainians | amod |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 soldiers | case |
| 9 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 soldiers | nmod:poss |
| 10 | soldiers | soldier | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 many | nmod |
| 11 | Ukrainians | Ukrainian | PROPN | Number=Plur | 4 retook | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | retake | past | the Red Army | it | tree rules |
Option 2
The Americans landed in Kyiv
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Americans | det |
| 2 | Americans | American | PROPN | Number=Plur | 3 landed | nsubj |
| 3 | landed | land | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 Kyiv | case |
| 5 | Kyiv | Kyiv | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 landed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | land | past | the Americans | Kyiv | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in kyiv=Destination |
Option 3
It was never occupied
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 | 4 occupied | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 occupied | cop |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 4 occupied | advmod |
| 4 | occupied | occupied | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is | past | It | occupied property | tree rules |
Option 4
Kyiv kids chased the Nazis out alone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kyiv | Kyiv | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 kids | compound |
| 2 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 chased | nsubj |
| 3 | chased | chase | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Nazis | det |
| 5 | Nazis | Nazi | PROPN | Number=Plur | 3 chased | obj |
| 6 | out | out | ADP | _ | 3 chased | compound:prt |
| 7 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 3 chased | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | chase out | past | Kyiv kids | the Nazis | alone property | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nazi=Theme |
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