Test 4 · Today's Ukraine and Danylo's exaggerations
Danylo says Ukrainians invented the kerosene lamp; teacher says the inventor was Polish. Best answer?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Danylo, Ukrainians, teacher, inventor · What happens: say, invent, be · To what, where: kerosene lamp · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 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 kerosene lamp; teacher says the inventor was Polish.
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 | 7 lamp | det |
| 6 | kerosene | kerosene | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 lamp | compound |
| 7 | lamp | lamp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 invented | obj |
| 8 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 10 says | punct |
| 9 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 says | nsubj |
| 10 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 says | conj |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 inventor | det |
| 12 | inventor | inventor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 Polish | nsubj |
| 13 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 Polish | cop |
| 14 | Polish | polish | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 says | ccomp |
| 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 | invent | past | Ukrainians | the kerosene lamp | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lamp=Result | ||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | present | teacher | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | is | past | the inventor | polish property | tree rules |
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: Best answer?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 2 answer | amod |
| 2 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 answer | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Only Danylo is right
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 2 Danylo | advmod |
| 2 | Danylo | Danylo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 right | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 right | cop |
| 4 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Danylo | right property | tree rules |
Option 2
Only the teacher is right, because Lviv doesn't count as Ukraine
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 5 right | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 teacher | det |
| 3 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 right | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 right | cop |
| 5 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 count | punct |
| 7 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 11 count | mark |
| 8 | Lviv | Lviv | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 count | nsubj |
| 9 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 count | aux |
| 10 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 count | advmod |
| 11 | count | count | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 right | parataxis |
| 12 | as | as | ADP | _ | 13 Ukraine | case |
| 13 | Ukraine | Ukraine | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 count | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the teacher | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not count | present · do-support | Lviv | as Ukraine | vn masquerade-29.6 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as ukraine=Attribute |
Option 3
It was invented in Sweden
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 | 3 invented | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 invented | aux:pass |
| 3 | invented | invent | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 Sweden | case |
| 5 | Sweden | Sweden | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 invented | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | invent | past · passive | It | Sweden | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Both: invented in Lviv, now Ukrainian, by a Polish pharmacist
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 invented | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 3 invented | punct |
| 3 | invented | invent | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 Lviv | case |
| 5 | Lviv | Lviv | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 invented | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 Ukrainian | punct |
| 7 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 8 Ukrainian | advmod |
| 8 | Ukrainian | Ukrainian | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 invented | parataxis |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 Ukrainian | punct |
| 10 | by | by | ADP | _ | 13 pharmacist | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 pharmacist | det |
| 12 | Polish | polish | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 pharmacist | amod |
| 13 | pharmacist | pharmacist | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 invented | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | invent | participle · passive | a Polish pharmacist | Both | Lviv | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Result |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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