Test 3 · The Orange Revolution, the Maidan and the war
«govt shot thousands on the maidan», Danylo says. What's the respectful fix?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: govt, Danylo, respectful fix · What happens: shoot, say, be · To what, where: thousands, maidan · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 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: «govt shot thousands on the maidan», Danylo says.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 shot | punct |
| 2 | govt | government | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shot | nsubj |
| 3 | shot | shoot | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 says | ccomp |
| 4 | thousands | thousand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 shot | obj |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 maidan | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 maidan | det |
| 7 | maidan | maidan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 thousands | nmod |
| 8 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 shot | punct |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 says | punct |
| 10 | Danylo | Danylo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 says | nsubj |
| 11 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shoot in a quote | past | govt | thousands | the maidan | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent thousand=Theme on maidan=Destination | |||
| 2 | say speech: assert | present | Danylo | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
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 respectful fix?
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 fix | det |
| 4 | respectful | respectful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 fix | amod |
| 5 | fix | fix | 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 respectful fix | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
About a hundred protesters were killed; the true number honours them
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | About | about | ADV | _ | 3 hundred | advmod |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 hundred | det |
| 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 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 11 honours | punct |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 number | det |
| 9 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 number | amod |
| 10 | number | number | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 honours | nsubj |
| 11 | honours | honour | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 killed | conj |
| 12 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 honours | obj |
| # | 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 | honour | present | the true number | protesters = protester | tree rules |
Option 2
Nobody was hurt
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 3 hurt | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 hurt | aux:pass |
| 3 | hurt | hurt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hurt | past · passive | Nobody | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
Option 3
Only police died
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 2 police | advmod |
| 2 | police | police | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 died | nsubj |
| 3 | died | die | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | die | past | police | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
Option 4
Exactly ten thousand people died in a single afternoon in the square
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Exactly | exactly | ADV | _ | 3 thousand | advmod |
| 2 | ten | ten | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 thousand | compound |
| 3 | thousand | thousand | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 people | nummod |
| 4 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 died | nsubj |
| 5 | died | die | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 afternoon | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 afternoon | det |
| 8 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 afternoon | amod |
| 9 | afternoon | afternoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 died | obl |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 square | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 square | det |
| 12 | square | square | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 died | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | die | past | thousand people | afternoon | in the square | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in square=Attribute |
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