Exam question 2 · Chornobyl and independence in 1991
Identify the undertaking given to Ukraine pursuant to the Budapest Memorandum of nineteen hundred and ninety-four in exchange for the relinquishment of nuclear weapons.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, give, relinquish · To what, where: undertaking, Ukraine, exchange, nuclear weapons
This is exam question 2 of lesson 48 «Chornobyl and independence in 1991» 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 undertaking | det |
| 3 | undertaking | undertaking | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Identify | obj |
| 4 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 undertaking | acl |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 Ukraine | case |
| 6 | Ukraine | Ukraine | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 given | obl |
| 7 | pursuant | pursuant | ADV | _ | 4 given | advmod |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 Memorandum | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 Memorandum | det |
| 10 | Budapest | Budapest | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 Memorandum | compound |
| 11 | Memorandum | Memorandum | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 given | obl |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 hundred | case |
| 13 | nineteen | nineteen | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 14 hundred | compound |
| 14 | hundred | hundred | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 11 Memorandum | nmod |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 ninety | cc |
| 16 | ninety | ninety | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 14 hundred | conj |
| 17 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 18 four | punct |
| 18 | four | four | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 14 hundred | conj |
| 19 | in | in | ADP | _ | 20 exchange | case |
| 20 | exchange | exchange | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 given | obl |
| 21 | for | for | ADP | _ | 23 relinquishment | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 relinquishment | det |
| 23 | relinquishment | relinquishment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 exchange | nmod |
| 24 | of | of | ADP | _ | 26 weapons | case |
| 25 | nuclear | nuclear | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 weapons | amod |
| 26 | weapons | weapon | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 relinquishment | nmod |
| 27 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Identify | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | identify | imperative | you not said here | the undertaking | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent undertaking=Theme | ||||
| 2 | give | participle | the undertaking not said here | Ukraine | exchange for the relinquishment of nuclear weapons | to the Budapest Memorandum of nineteen hundred; pursuant property | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to ukraine=Recipient | ||
| 3 | relinquish | nuclear weapons | nom relinquishment «communication 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
Immediate membership of the European Union
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Immediate | immediate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 membership | amod |
| 2 | membership | membership | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 Union | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Union | det |
| 5 | European | European | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 Union | compound |
| 6 | Union | Union | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 membership | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
The construction of a new nuclear arsenal
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 arsenal | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 arsenal | det |
| 5 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 arsenal | amod |
| 6 | nuclear | nuclear | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 arsenal | amod |
| 7 | arsenal | arsenal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 construction | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | construct | a new nuclear arsenal | nom construction «act transitive»: of=patient |
Option 3
The transfer of Crimea to Turkey
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 transfer | det |
| 2 | transfer | transfer | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 Crimea | case |
| 4 | Crimea | Crimea | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 transfer | nmod |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 Turkey | case |
| 6 | Turkey | Turkey | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 transfer | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | transfer | Crimea | to Turkey | nom transfer «act transitive»: of=patient to=obl |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Assurances by the United States, the United Kingdom and Russia to respect its borders
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Assurances | assurance | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 2 | by | by | ADP | _ | 5 States | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 States | det |
| 4 | United | United | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 States | amod |
| 5 | States | State | PROPN | Number=Plur | 1 Assurances | nmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 Kingdom | punct |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Kingdom | det |
| 8 | United | United | PROPN | _ | 9 Kingdom | flat |
| 9 | Kingdom | Kingdom | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Assurances | nmod |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 Russia | cc |
| 11 | Russia | Russia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 Kingdom | conj |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 13 respect | mark |
| 13 | respect | respect | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Assurances | acl |
| 14 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 borders | nmod:poss |
| 15 | borders | border | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 respect | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | respect | to-infinitive | its borders | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer border=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | assure | the United States | nom assurance «cognition intransitive»: by=agent |
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