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».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 had | punct |
| 2 | Ukraine | Ukraine | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 had | nsubj |
| 3 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 army | det |
| 5 | 3rd | 3rd | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Combi NumType=Ord | 9 army | amod |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 3rd | punct |
| 7 | biggest | big | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 9 army | amod |
| 8 | nuclear | nuclear | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 army | amod |
| 9 | army | army | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 had | obj |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 nuke | cc |
| 11 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 nuke | aux |
| 12 | nuke | nuke | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 had | conj |
| 13 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 12 nuke | obj |
| 14 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 12 nuke | punct |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 had | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have in a quote | past | Ukraine | the 3rd biggest nuclear army | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent army=Patient | ||||
| 2 | nuke in a quote | could | Ukraine not said here | anyone | 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: 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
Ukraine built them all itself in secret factories near Dnipro and Kharkiv
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukraine | Ukraine | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 built | nsubj |
| 2 | built | build | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 built | obj |
| 4 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 itself | reparandum |
| 5 | itself | itself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 2 built | obl |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 factories | case |
| 7 | secret | secret | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 factories | amod |
| 8 | factories | factory | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 built | obl |
| 9 | near | near | ADP | _ | 10 Dnipro | case |
| 10 | Dnipro | Dnipro | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 factories | nmod |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 Kharkiv | cc |
| 12 | Kharkiv | Kharkiv | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 Dnipro | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | build | past | Ukraine | them = they | secret factories near Dnipro and Kharkiv | itself = it obl | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Product |
Option 2
It used them in 1993
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 | 2 used | nsubj |
| 2 | used | use | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 used | obj |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 1993 | case |
| 5 | 1993 | 1993 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 used | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | past | It | them = they | 1993 | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |
Option 3
Ukraine never had any
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukraine | Ukraine | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 had | nsubj |
| 2 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 3 had | advmod |
| 3 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 3 had | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not have | past | Ukraine | any | vn 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 weapons | det |
| 2 | weapons | weapon | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 soil | nsubj |
| 3 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 soil | cop |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 soil | case |
| 5 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 soil | nmod:poss |
| 6 | soil | soil | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 held | punct |
| 8 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 10 held | cc |
| 9 | Moscow | Moscow | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 held | nsubj |
| 10 | held | hold | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 soil | acl:relcl |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 controls | det |
| 12 | launch | launch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 controls | compound |
| 13 | controls | control | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 held | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the weapons | its soil | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | hold | past | Moscow | the launch controls | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent control=Theme |
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