Test 12 · Chornobyl and independence in 1991
Danylo says after 1991 Ukraine got rich at once. his dad laughs. Why?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Danylo, Ukraine, dad · What happens: say, get, laugh · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 12 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 after 1991 Ukraine got rich at once. his dad laughs.
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 | after | after | ADP | _ | 4 1991 | case |
| 4 | 1991 | 1991 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 got | obl |
| 5 | Ukraine | Ukraine | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 got | nsubj |
| 6 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 says | ccomp |
| 7 | rich | rich | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 got | xcomp |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 once | case |
| 9 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 6 got | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 got | punct |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 dad | nmod:poss |
| 12 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 laughs | nsubj |
| 13 | laughs | laugh | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 got | conj |
| 14 | . | . | 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 | get | past | Ukraine | after 1991 | rich property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | |||
| 3 | laugh | present | Ukraine's dad | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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: Why?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Why | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Ukraine joined the EU in 1992
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukraine | Ukraine | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 joined | nsubj |
| 2 | joined | join | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 EU | det |
| 4 | EU | EU | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 joined | obj |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 1992 | case |
| 6 | 1992 | 1992 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 joined | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | join | past | Ukraine | the EU | 1992 | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eu=Patient |
Option 2
Prices never changed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prices | price | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 changed | nsubj |
| 2 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 3 changed | advmod |
| 3 | changed | change | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not change | past | Prices | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Everyone got a free car
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 2 got | nsubj |
| 2 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 car | det |
| 4 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 car | amod |
| 5 | car | car | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 got | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | Everyone | a free car | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer car=Stimulus |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
The 1990s brought hyperinflation, closed factories and poverty
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 1990s | det |
| 2 | 1990s | 1990s | NOUN | Number=Ptan NumForm=Combi NumType=Card | 3 brought | nsubj |
| 3 | brought | bring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | hyperinflation | hyperinflation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 brought | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 factories | punct |
| 6 | closed | close | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 factories | amod |
| 7 | factories | factory | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 hyperinflation | conj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 poverty | cc |
| 9 | poverty | poverty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 hyperinflation | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bring | past | the 1990s | hyperinflation and closed factories and poverty | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent hyperinflation=Theme | ||||
| 2 | close | participle | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
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