Test 10 · Chornobyl and independence in 1991
Danylo says the hryvnia is the oldest money in the world. Fix it.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Danylo, hryvnia, you · What happens: say, be, fix · To what, where: oldest money, world, hryvnia · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 10 of lesson 48 «Chornobyl and independence in 1991» 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 the hryvnia is the oldest money in the world.
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 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 hryvnia | det |
| 4 | hryvnia | hryvnia | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 money | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 money | cop |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 money | det |
| 7 | oldest | old | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 8 money | amod |
| 8 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 says | ccomp |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 world | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 world | det |
| 11 | world | world | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 money | nmod |
| 12 | . | . | 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 | |||||
| 2 | is a | present | the hryvnia | the oldest money | the world | 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.
Sentence 2: Fix it.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fix | fix | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Fix | obj |
| 3 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Fix | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fix | imperative | you not said here | hryvnia | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, the first coin ever
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 coin | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 coin | det |
| 4 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 5 coin | amod |
| 5 | coin | coin | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 5 coin | advmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
The name is from Kyivan Rus, the money is from 1996, and older coins exist
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 name | det |
| 2 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 Kyivan | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 Kyivan | cop |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 Kyivan | case |
| 5 | Kyivan | Kyivan | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | Rus | Rus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 Kyivan | flat |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 1996 | punct |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 money | det |
| 9 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 1996 | nsubj |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 1996 | cop |
| 11 | from | from | ADP | _ | 12 1996 | case |
| 12 | 1996 | 1996 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 Kyivan | conj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 exist | punct |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 exist | cc |
| 15 | older | old | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 16 coins | amod |
| 16 | coins | coin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 exist | nsubj |
| 17 | exist | exist | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 Kyivan | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the name | Kyivan | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | present | the money | 1996 | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | exist | present | older coins | Kyivan not said here | tree rules |
Option 3
The hryvnia is a Swedish coin
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 hryvnia | det |
| 2 | hryvnia | hryvnia | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 coin | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 coin | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 coin | det |
| 5 | Swedish | Swedish | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 coin | amod |
| 6 | coin | coin | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the hryvnia | a Swedish coin | tree rules |
Option 4
It was invented in 2014
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 invented | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 invented | aux:pass |
| 3 | invented | invent | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 2014 | case |
| 5 | 2014 | 2014 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 3 invented | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | invent | past · passive | It | 2014 | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result |
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