Test 7 · Today's Ukraine and Danylo's exaggerations
Danylo says every vyshyvanka pattern is a secret code. What's more exact?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Danylo, vyshyvanka pattern · What happens: say, be · To what, where: secret code · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 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 every vyshyvanka pattern is a secret code.
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 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 pattern | det |
| 4 | vyshyvanka | vyshyvanka | X | Foreign=Yes | 5 pattern | compound |
| 5 | pattern | pattern | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 code | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 code | cop |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 code | det |
| 8 | secret | secret | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 code | amod |
| 9 | code | code | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 says | ccomp |
| 10 | . | . | 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 | |||||
| 2 | is a | present | every vyshyvanka pattern | a secret code | 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: What's more exact?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 exact | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 exact | cop |
| 3 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 4 exact | advmod |
| 4 | exact | exact | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 exact | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | exact property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Some motifs have meanings, many are decoration and local style
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 2 motifs | det |
| 2 | motifs | motif | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 have | nsubj |
| 3 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | meanings | meaning | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 have | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 decoration | punct |
| 6 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 decoration | nsubj |
| 7 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 decoration | cop |
| 8 | decoration | decoration | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 meanings | conj |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 style | cc |
| 10 | local | local | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 style | amod |
| 11 | style | style | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 decoration | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | some motifs | meanings and decoration and local style | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meaning=Patient | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | many | decoration and local style | tree rules |
Option 2
They are copied from computer chips
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 copied | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 copied | aux:pass |
| 3 | copied | copy | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 chips | case |
| 5 | computer | computer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 chips | compound |
| 6 | chips | chip | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 copied | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | copy | present · passive | They | computer chips | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 3
Every stitch is a secret message that only grandmothers can read
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 2 stitch | det |
| 2 | stitch | stitch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 message | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 message | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 message | det |
| 5 | secret | secret | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 message | amod |
| 6 | message | message | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 11 read | obj |
| 8 | only | only | ADV | _ | 9 grandmothers | advmod |
| 9 | grandmothers | grandmother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 read | nsubj |
| 10 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 read | aux |
| 11 | read | read | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 message | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | every stitch | a secret message | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | read | can | grandmothers | a secret message | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Topic |
Option 4
Patterns mean nothing ever
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patterns | pattern | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 mean | nsubj |
| 2 | mean | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 2 mean | obj |
| 4 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 2 mean | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Patterns | nothing | ever | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic |
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