Test 1 · The Orange Revolution, the Maidan and the war
Danylo says the Orange Revolution was the biggest protest on Earth. Better way to put it?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Danylo, Orange Revolution · What happens: say, be, put · To what, where: biggest protest, Earth, Better way · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 of lesson 49 «The Orange Revolution, the Maidan and the war» 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 the Orange Revolution was the biggest protest on Earth.
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 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Revolution | det |
| 4 | Orange | Orange | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 Revolution | amod |
| 5 | Revolution | Revolution | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 protest | nsubj |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 protest | cop |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 protest | det |
| 8 | biggest | big | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 9 protest | amod |
| 9 | protest | protest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 says | ccomp |
| 10 | on | on | ADP | _ | 11 Earth | case |
| 11 | Earth | Earth | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 protest | nmod |
| 12 | . | . | 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 | |||||
| 2 | is a | past | the Orange Revolution | the biggest protest | Earth | 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: Better way to put it?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 2 way | amod |
| 2 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 put | obj |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 put | mark |
| 4 | put | put | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 put | obj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 put | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | to-infinitive | Better way | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent way=Asset it=Goal |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
A protest that changed nothing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 protest | det |
| 2 | protest | protest | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 changed | nsubj |
| 4 | changed | change | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 protest | acl:relcl |
| 5 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 4 changed | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | change | past | a protest | nothing | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Patient |
Option 2
The biggest war in history, with millions of soldiers
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 war | det |
| 2 | biggest | big | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 3 war | amod |
| 3 | war | war | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 history | case |
| 5 | history | history | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 war | nmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 millions | punct |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 millions | case |
| 8 | millions | million | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 war | conj |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 soldiers | case |
| 10 | soldiers | soldier | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 millions | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
A big, peaceful protest that won a fair re-vote
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 protest | det |
| 2 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 protest | amod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 big | punct |
| 4 | peaceful | peaceful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 protest | amod |
| 5 | protest | protest | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 won | nsubj |
| 7 | won | win | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 protest | acl:relcl |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 re-vote | det |
| 9 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 re-vote | amod |
| 10 | re-vote | re-vote | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 won | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | win | past | a big peaceful protest | a fair re-vote | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent re-vote=Eventuality |
Option 4
A tiny protest of ten people
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 protest | det |
| 2 | tiny | tiny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 protest | amod |
| 3 | protest | protest | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 people | case |
| 5 | ten | ten | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 people | nummod |
| 6 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 protest | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | protest | ten people | nom protest «communication transitive»: of=patient |
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