Exam question 2 · Today's Ukraine and Danylo's exaggerations

Identify the origin of the composition known in English as «Carol of the Bells».

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, know · To what, where: origin, composition, English

This is exam question 2 of lesson 50 «Today's Ukraine and Danylo's exaggerations» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 origin	det
3	origin	origin	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 composition	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 composition	det
6	composition	composition	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 origin	nmod
7	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 composition	acl
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 English	case
9	English	English	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 known	obl
10	as	as	ADP	_	12 Carol	case
11	«	«	PUNCT	_	12 Carol	punct
12	Carol	Carol	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 known	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 Bells	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Bells	det
15	Bells	Bell	PROPN	Number=Plur	12 Carol	nmod
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 Carol	punct
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the origin of the composition					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent origin=Theme
2	know	participle		the composition not said here		English		as Carol of the Bells	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer as carol=Attribute

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

A Eurovision entry of two thousand and four

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 entry	det
2	Eurovision	Eurovision	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 entry	compound
3	entry	entry	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 thousand	case
5	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 thousand	compound
6	thousand	thousand	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 entry	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 four	cc
8	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 thousand	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The Ukrainian song «Shchedryk», arranged by Mykola Leontovych

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 song	det
2	Ukrainian	ukrainian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 song	amod
3	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 Shchedryk	punct
5	Shchedryk	Shchedryk	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 song	appos
6	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 Shchedryk	punct
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 arranged	punct
8	arranged	arrange	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 song	acl
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 Mykola	case
10	Mykola	Mykola	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 arranged	obl:agent
11	Leontovych	Leontovych	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 Mykola	flat

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	arrange	participle		the Ukrainian song not said here					vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

A Soviet anthem of nineteen hundred and forty-four

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 anthem	det
2	Soviet	soviet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 anthem	amod
3	anthem	anthem	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 hundred	case
5	nineteen	nineteen	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 hundred	compound
6	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 anthem	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 forty	cc
8	forty	forty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 hundred	conj
9	-	-	PUNCT	_	10 four	punct
10	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 hundred	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

An English folk song of the sixteenth century

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 song	det
2	English	English	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 song	amod
3	folk	folk	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 song	compound
4	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 century	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 century	det
7	sixteenth	sixteenth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 century	amod
8	century	century	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 song	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sing		the sixteenth century						nom song «communication intransitive»: of=agent

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