Exam question 4 · Today's Ukraine and Danylo's exaggerations

Ascertain the status of Ukraine in respect of the European Union as at the present time.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, respect · To what, where: status, respect, European Union

This is exam question 4 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 status	det
3	status	status	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 Ukraine	case
5	Ukraine	Ukraine	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 status	nmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 respect	case
7	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	11 Union	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Union	det
10	European	European	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 Union	compound
11	Union	Union	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 respect	nmod
12	as	as	ADP	_	16 time	case
13	at	at	ADP	_	16 time	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 time	det
15	present	present	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 time	compound
16	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the status of Ukraine		respect of the European Union	time		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent status=Topic
2	respect			the European Union					nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It is a candidate state with which accession negotiations have formally opened

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	5 state	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 state	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 state	det
4	candidate	candidate	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 state	compound
5	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 which	case
7	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 opened	obl
8	accession	accession	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 negotiations	compound
9	negotiations	negotiation	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 opened	nsubj:pass
10	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 opened	aux
11	formally	formally	ADV	_	12 opened	advmod
12	opened	open	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 state	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a candidate state					tree rules
2	open	present · perfect · passive		accession negotiations				with a candidate state; formally property	vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with which=Instrument

Option 2

It has been a full member since nineteen hundred and ninety-one

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 member	nsubj
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 member	aux
3	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 member	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 member	det
5	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 member	amod
6	member	member	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	since	since	ADP	_	9 hundred	case
8	nineteen	nineteen	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 hundred	compound
9	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 member	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 ninety	cc
11	ninety	ninety	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 hundred	conj
12	-	-	PUNCT	_	11 ninety	punct
13	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 hundred	flat

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present · perfect	It	a full member			since nineteen hundred		tree rules

Option 3

It has never submitted any application for membership to the Union in Brussels

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	4 submitted	nsubj:pass
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 submitted	aux
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 submitted	advmod
4	submitted	submit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	6 application	det
6	application	application	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 submitted	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 membership	case
8	membership	membership	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 submitted	obl
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 Union	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Union	det
11	Union	Union	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 membership	nmod
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 Brussels	case
13	Brussels	Brussels	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 submitted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not submit	present · perfect · passive		It		Brussels		for membership to the Union	tree rules

Option 4

It is a founding member of the Union

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	5 member	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 member	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 member	det
4	founding	found	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 member	amod
5	member	member	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 Union	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Union	det
8	Union	Union	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 member	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	found	gerund							vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	It	a founding member				of the Union	tree rules

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