Test 6 · The Orange Revolution, the Maidan and the war
Danylo says a Russian missile shot down a plane full of people in 2014. Is he right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Danylo, Russian missile · What happens: say, shoot down, be · To what, where: plane, 2014 · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 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 a Russian missile shot down a plane full of people in 2014.
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 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 missile | det |
| 4 | Russian | Russian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 missile | amod |
| 5 | missile | missile | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 shot | nsubj |
| 6 | shot | shoot | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 says | ccomp |
| 7 | down | down | ADP | _ | 6 shot | compound:prt |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 plane | det |
| 9 | plane | plane | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 shot | obj |
| 10 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 plane | amod |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 people | case |
| 12 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 full | obl |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 2014 | case |
| 14 | 2014 | 2014 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 shot | obl |
| 15 | . | . | 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 clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | shoot down | past | a Russian missile | a plane | 2014 | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent plane=Theme in 2014=Destination |
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: Is he right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 right | nsubj |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 right | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Danylo | right property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
No, it was brought down by a sudden storm over the steppe
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 brought | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 brought | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 brought | aux:pass |
| 5 | brought | bring | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | down | down | ADP | _ | 5 brought | compound:prt |
| 7 | by | by | ADP | _ | 10 storm | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 storm | det |
| 9 | sudden | sudden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 storm | amod |
| 10 | storm | storm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 brought | obl |
| 11 | over | over | ADP | _ | 13 steppe | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 steppe | det |
| 13 | steppe | steppe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 brought | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bring down | past · passive | a sudden storm | it | the steppe | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
Option 2
No, nobody was on board
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 board | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 6 board | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 board | cop |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 board | case |
| 6 | board | board | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | nobody | board | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Yes, that matches the international investigation of MH17
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 matches | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 matches | punct |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 matches | nsubj |
| 4 | matches | match | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 investigation | det |
| 6 | international | international | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 investigation | amod |
| 7 | investigation | investigation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 matches | obj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 MH17 | case |
| 9 | MH17 | MH17 | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 investigation | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | match | present | that | the international investigation of MH17 | vn amalgamate-22.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent investigation=Patient | ||||
| 2 | investigate | MH17 | nom investigation «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
Option 4
No, it crashed in Brazil
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 crashed | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 crashed | nsubj |
| 4 | crashed | crash | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 Brazil | case |
| 6 | Brazil | Brazil | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 crashed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | crash | past | it | Brazil | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in brazil=Location |
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