Exam question 4 · The Orange Revolution, the Maidan and the war

Ascertain which statement concerning the full-scale invasion commenced on the twenty-fourth of February, two thousand and twenty-two, is consistent with widely reported facts.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, concern, commence, be, report · To what, where: statement, scale invasion, twenty fourth

This is exam question 4 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	3 statement	det
3	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	concerning	concern	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 invasion	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 invasion	det
6	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 scale	amod
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 full	punct
8	scale	scale	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 invasion	compound
9	invasion	invasion	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 statement	nmod
10	commenced	commence	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 invasion	acl
11	on	on	ADP	_	15 fourth	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 fourth	det
13	twenty	twenty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 fourth	nummod
14	-	-	PUNCT	_	13 twenty	punct
15	fourth	fourth	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 commenced	obl
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 February	case
17	February	February	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 fourth	nmod
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 thousand	punct
19	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	20 thousand	compound
20	thousand	thousand	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 invasion	conj
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 two	cc
22	twenty	twenty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	24 two	compound
23	-	-	PUNCT	_	22 twenty	punct
24	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	20 thousand	conj
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 consistent	punct
26	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	27 consistent	cop
27	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Ascertain	parataxis
28	with	with	ADP	_	31 facts	case
29	widely	widely	ADV	_	30 reported	advmod
30	reported	report	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	31 facts	amod
31	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	27 consistent	obl
32	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	which statement		concern the scale invasion	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent statement=Topic
2	concern	gerund					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
3	commence	participle		the scale invasion not said here	the twenty fourth of February		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
4	is	present				with reported facts; consistent property	tree rules
5	report	participle				widely property	vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP»: 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.

The options

Option 1

No refugees left Ukraine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 refugees	det
2	refugees	refugee	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 left	nsubj
3	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	Ukraine	Ukraine	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 left	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	participle	no refugees	Ukraine					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ukraine=Theme

Option 2

The capital Kyiv was captured within three days and the lawful government was removed from office

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 capital	det
2	capital	capital	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 captured	nsubj:pass
3	Kyiv	Kyiv	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 capital	appos
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 captured	aux:pass
5	captured	capture	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	within	within	ADP	_	8 days	case
7	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 days	nummod
8	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 captured	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 removed	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 government	det
11	lawful	lawful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 government	amod
12	government	government	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 removed	nsubj:pass
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 removed	aux:pass
14	removed	remove	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 captured	conj
15	from	from	ADP	_	16 office	case
16	office	office	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 removed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	capture	past · passive		the capital			day		vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	remove	past · passive		the lawful government		office			vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from office=Source

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Russian forces withdrew from the north of Kyiv by early April, while the war continued

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Russian	Russian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 forces	amod
2	forces	force	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 withdrew	nsubj
3	withdrew	withdraw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 north	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 north	det
6	north	north	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 withdrew	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 Kyiv	case
8	Kyiv	Kyiv	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 north	nmod
9	by	by	ADP	_	11 April	case
10	early	early	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 April	amod
11	April	April	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 withdrew	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 continued	punct
13	while	while	SCONJ	_	16 continued	mark
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 war	det
15	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 continued	nsubj
16	continued	continue	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 withdrew	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	withdraw	past	Russian forces			the north of Kyiv	april		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from north=Initial_Location
2	continue	past	the war						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

The conflict concluded within one week

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 conflict	det
2	conflict	conflict	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 concluded	nsubj
3	concluded	conclude	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	within	within	ADP	_	6 week	case
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 week	nummod
6	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 concluded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conclude	past	the conflict				week		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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