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Test 9 · Chornobyl and independence in 1991

«Ukraine had the 3rd-biggest nuclear army and could nuke anyone». What's more exact?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ukraine · What happens: have, nuke, be · To what, where: 3rd biggest nuclear army, anyone

This is test 9 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: «Ukraine had the 3rd-biggest nuclear army and could nuke anyone».

punctnsubjdetamodpunctamodamodobjccauxconjobjpunctpunctroot«PUNCTUkrainePROPNhadVERBtheDET3rdADJ-PUNCTbiggestADJnuclearADJarmyNOUNandCCONJcouldAUXnukeVERBanyonePRON»PUNCT.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1««PUNCT_3 hadpunct
2UkraineUkrainePROPNNumber=Sing3 hadnsubj
3hadhaveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 armydet
53rd3rdADJDegree=Pos NumForm=Combi NumType=Ord9 armyamod
6--PUNCT_5 3rdpunct
7biggestbigADJDegree=Sup9 armyamod
8nuclearnuclearADJDegree=Pos9 armyamod
9armyarmyNOUNNumber=Sing3 hadobj
10andandCCONJ_12 nukecc
11couldcouldAUXVerbForm=Fin12 nukeaux
12nukenukeVERBVerbForm=Inf3 hadconj
13anyoneanyonePRONNumber=Sing PronType=Ind12 nukeobj
14»»PUNCT_12 nukepunct
15..PUNCT_3 hadpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1have in a quotepastUkrainethe 3rd biggest nuclear armyvn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent army=Patient
2nuke in a quotecouldUkraine not said hereanyonetree 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: What's more exact?

nsubjcopadvmodpunctrootWhatPRON'sAUXmoreADVexactADJ?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int4 exactnsubj
2'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 exactcop
3moremoreADVDegree=Cmp4 exactadvmod
4exactexactADJDegree=Posrootroot
5??PUNCT_4 exactpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentexact propertytree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Ukraine built them all itself in secret factories near Dnipro and Kharkiv

nsubjobjreparandumoblcaseamodoblcasenmodccconjrootUkrainePROPNbuiltVERBthemPRONallDETitselfPRONinADPsecretADJfactoriesNOUNnearADPDniproPROPNandCCONJKharkivPROPN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1UkraineUkrainePROPNNumber=Sing2 builtnsubj
2builtbuildVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3themtheyPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs2 builtobj
4allallDETPronType=Tot5 itselfreparandum
5itselfitselfPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes2 builtobl
6ininADP_8 factoriescase
7secretsecretADJDegree=Pos8 factoriesamod
8factoriesfactoryNOUNNumber=Plur2 builtobl
9nearnearADP_10 Dniprocase
10DniproDniproPROPNNumber=Sing8 factoriesnmod
11andandCCONJ_12 Kharkivcc
12KharkivKharkivPROPNNumber=Sing10 Dniproconj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1buildpastUkrainethem = theysecret factories near Dnipro and Kharkivitself = it oblvn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Product

Option 2

It used them in 1993

nsubjobjcaseoblrootItPRONusedVERBthemPRONinADP1993NUM
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 usednsubj
2useduseVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3themtheyPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs2 usedobj
4ininADP_5 1993case
519931993NUMNumForm=Digit NumType=Card2 usedobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1usepastItthem = they1993vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient

Option 3

Ukraine never had any

nsubjadvmodobjrootUkrainePROPNneverADVhadVERBanyDET
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1UkraineUkrainePROPNNumber=Sing3 hadnsubj
2neverneverADVPronType=Neg3 hadadvmod
3hadhaveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4anyanyDETPronType=Ind3 hadobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1not havepastUkraineanyvn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent any=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The weapons were on its soil, but Moscow held the launch controls

detnsubjcopcasenmod:posspunctccnsubjacl:relcldetcompoundobjrootTheDETweaponsNOUNwereAUXonADPitsPRONsoilNOUN,PUNCTbutCCONJMoscowPROPNheldVERBtheDETlaunchNOUNcontrolsNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 weaponsdet
2weaponsweaponNOUNNumber=Plur6 soilnsubj
3werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin6 soilcop
4ononADP_6 soilcase
5itsitsPRONCase=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs6 soilnmod:poss
6soilsoilNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
7,,PUNCT_10 heldpunct
8butbutCCONJ_10 heldcc
9MoscowMoscowPROPNNumber=Sing10 heldnsubj
10heldholdVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin6 soilacl:relcl
11thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art13 controlsdet
12launchlaunchNOUNNumber=Sing13 controlscompound
13controlscontrolNOUNNumber=Plur10 heldobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispastthe weaponsits soiltree rules
2holdpastMoscowthe launch controlsvn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent control=Theme

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