Exam question 1 · The Orange Revolution, the Maidan and the war

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the events on the Maidan in February two thousand and fourteen?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: events, Maidan

This is exam question 1 of lesson 49 «The Orange Revolution, the Maidan and the war» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 events	det
10	events	event	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obj
11	on	on	ADP	_	13 Maidan	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Maidan	det
13	Maidan	Maidan	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 events	nmod
14	in	in	ADP	_	15 February	case
15	February	February	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obl
16	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	17 thousand	compound
17	thousand	thousand	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 February	nmod:unmarked
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 fourteen	cc
19	fourteen	fourteen	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	17 thousand	conj
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the events		the Maidan	february	of the following statements; accurately property	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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Several thousand protesters were killed in a single hour by soldiers of the regular army

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Several	several	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 protesters	amod
2	thousand	thousand	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 protesters	nummod
3	protesters	protester	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 killed	nsubj:pass
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 killed	aux:pass
5	killed	kill	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 hour	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 hour	det
8	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 hour	amod
9	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 killed	obl
10	by	by	ADP	_	11 soldiers	case
11	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 killed	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	15 army	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 army	det
14	regular	regular	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 army	amod
15	army	army	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 soldiers	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kill	past · passive	soldiers of the regular army	Several thousand protesters			hour		vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 2

No person was harmed and the president was re-elected

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 person	det
2	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 harmed	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 harmed	aux:pass
4	harmed	harm	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 re-elected	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 president	det
7	president	president	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 re-elected	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 re-elected	cop
9	re-elected	re-elected	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 harmed	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	harm	past · passive		no person					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer
2	is	past	the president					re-elected property	tree rules

Option 3

The protests concerned exclusively the price of bread

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 protests	det
2	protests	protest	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 concerned	nsubj
3	concerned	concern	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	3 concerned	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 price	det
6	price	price	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 concerned	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 bread	case
8	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 price	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	concern	past	the protests	the price of bread				exclusively property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus price=Experiencer

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Approximately one hundred protesters were killed and the president subsequently fled to Russia

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Approximately	approximately	ADV	_	3 hundred	advmod
2	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 hundred	compound
3	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 protesters	nummod
4	protesters	protester	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 killed	nsubj:pass
5	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 killed	aux:pass
6	killed	kill	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 fled	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 president	det
9	president	president	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 fled	nsubj
10	subsequently	subsequently	ADV	_	11 fled	advmod
11	fled	flee	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 killed	conj
12	to	to	ADP	_	13 Russia	case
13	Russia	Russia	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 fled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kill	past · passive		hundred protesters					vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	flee	past	the president			Russia		subsequently property	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to russia=Initial_Location

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