Test 2 · The Orange Revolution, the Maidan and the war
Danylo says the Maidan was about the EU and nothing else. What's the fuller story?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Danylo, Maidan, fuller story · What happens: say, be · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 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 Maidan was about the EU and nothing else.
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 | 4 Maidan | det |
| 4 | Maidan | Maidan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 EU | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 EU | cop |
| 6 | about | about | ADP | _ | 8 EU | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 EU | det |
| 8 | EU | EU | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 says | ccomp |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 nothing | cc |
| 10 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 8 EU | conj |
| 11 | else | else | ADV | _ | 10 nothing | advmod |
| 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 | past | the Maidan | about the EU | 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 the fuller story?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 story | det |
| 4 | fuller | full | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 5 story | amod |
| 5 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the fuller story | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It began over the EU, then grew into a fight for dignity and honest government
The tree, 15 words
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 began | nsubj |
| 2 | began | begin | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | over | over | ADP | _ | 5 EU | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 EU | det |
| 5 | EU | EU | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 began | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 grew | punct |
| 7 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 8 grew | advmod |
| 8 | grew | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 began | conj |
| 9 | into | into | ADP | _ | 11 fight | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 fight | det |
| 11 | fight | fight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 grew | obl |
| 12 | for | for | ADP | _ | 13 dignity | case |
| 13 | dignity | dignity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 grew | obl |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 government | cc |
| 15 | honest | honest | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 government | amod |
| 16 | government | government | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 dignity | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | begin | past | It | the EU | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | grow | past | a fight | then | for dignity and honest government | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.product PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent into fight=Product for dignity=Beneficiary |
Option 2
Only about football
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 3 football | advmod |
| 2 | about | about | ADV | _ | 3 football | advmod |
| 3 | football | football | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Only about bread prices
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 2 about | advmod |
| 2 | about | about | ADV | _ | 4 prices | advmod |
| 3 | bread | bread | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 prices | compound |
| 4 | prices | price | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
It was never about the EU at all, but only about the high price of bread in the shops
The tree, 19 words
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 | 6 EU | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 EU | cop |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 6 EU | advmod |
| 4 | about | about | ADP | _ | 6 EU | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 EU | det |
| 6 | EU | EU | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 all | case |
| 8 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 EU | nmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 price | punct |
| 10 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 15 price | cc |
| 11 | only | only | ADV | _ | 15 price | advmod |
| 12 | about | about | ADP | _ | 15 price | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 price | det |
| 14 | high | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 price | amod |
| 15 | price | price | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 EU | appos |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 bread | case |
| 17 | bread | bread | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 price | nmod |
| 18 | in | in | ADP | _ | 20 shops | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 shops | det |
| 20 | shops | shop | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 price | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is | past | It | all | about the EU | tree rules |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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