Test 3 · Today's Ukraine and Danylo's exaggerations
Danylo says Ukrainians invented the helicopter. What's the exact way to say it?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Danylo, Ukrainians, exact way · What happens: say, invent, be · To what, where: helicopter, way · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 of lesson 50 «Today's Ukraine and Danylo's exaggerations» 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 Ukrainians invented the helicopter.
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 | Ukrainians | Ukrainian | PROPN | Number=Plur | 4 invented | nsubj |
| 4 | invented | invent | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 says | ccomp |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 helicopter | det |
| 6 | helicopter | helicopter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 invented | obj |
| 7 | . | . | 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 | invent | past | Ukrainians | the helicopter | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent helicopter=Result |
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 exact way to say it?
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 way | det |
| 4 | exact | exact | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 way | amod |
| 5 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 say | mark |
| 7 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 way | acl |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 say | obj |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the exact way | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | to-infinitive | the exact way not said here | way | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
The options
Option 1
Sikorsky never built anything
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sikorsky | Sikorsky | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 built | nsubj |
| 2 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 3 built | advmod |
| 3 | built | build | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 3 built | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not build | past | Sikorsky | anything | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Product |
Option 2
The helicopter was invented in Kyiv in 1500
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 helicopter | det |
| 2 | helicopter | helicopter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 invented | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 invented | aux:pass |
| 4 | invented | invent | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 Kyiv | case |
| 6 | Kyiv | Kyiv | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 invented | obl |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 1500 | case |
| 8 | 1500 | 1500 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 4 invented | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | invent | past · passive | the helicopter | Kyiv | in 1500 | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result |
Option 3
Ukrainians invented every flying machine, from the balloon to the jet plane
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukrainians | Ukrainian | PROPN | Number=Plur | 2 invented | nsubj |
| 2 | invented | invent | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 machine | det |
| 4 | flying | flying | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 machine | compound |
| 5 | machine | machine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 invented | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 balloon | punct |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 balloon | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 balloon | det |
| 9 | balloon | balloon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 invented | obl |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 13 plane | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 plane | det |
| 12 | jet | jet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 plane | compound |
| 13 | plane | plane | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 invented | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | invent | past | Ukrainians | every flying machine | the balloon | to the jet plane | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent machine=Result from balloon=Material |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
A Kyiv-born engineer made the helicopter practical, working in America
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 engineer | det |
| 2 | Kyiv | Kyiv | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 born | compound |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 2 Kyiv | punct |
| 4 | born | bear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 engineer | amod |
| 5 | engineer | engineer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 made | nsubj |
| 6 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 helicopter | det |
| 8 | helicopter | helicopter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 made | obj |
| 9 | practical | practical | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 made | xcomp |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 working | punct |
| 11 | working | work | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 made | parataxis |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 America | case |
| 13 | America | America | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 working | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bear | participle | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 2 | make | past | a born engineer | the helicopter | practical property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset helicopter=Product | |||
| 3 | work | gerund | in America | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in america=Theme |
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