Test 8 · Today's Ukraine and Danylo's exaggerations
«we painted the first easter eggs in the world». What's the wise reply?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: we, wise reply · What happens: paint, be · To what, where: first easter eggs, world
This is test 8 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: «we painted the first easter eggs in the world».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 painted | punct |
| 2 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 painted | nsubj |
| 3 | painted | paint | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 eggs | det |
| 5 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 7 eggs | amod |
| 6 | easter | easter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 eggs | compound |
| 7 | eggs | egg | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 painted | obj |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 world | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 world | det |
| 10 | world | world | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 painted | obl |
| 11 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 painted | punct |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 painted | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | paint in a quote | past | we | the first easter eggs | the world | vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent egg=Theme in world=Destination |
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 wise reply?
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 reply | det |
| 4 | wise | wise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 reply | amod |
| 5 | reply | reply | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the wise reply | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Pysanky are a fine old tradition, but decorated eggs exist in many cultures
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pysanky | Pysanky | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 tradition | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 tradition | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 tradition | det |
| 4 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 tradition | amod |
| 5 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 tradition | amod |
| 6 | tradition | tradition | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 exist | punct |
| 8 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 11 exist | cc |
| 9 | decorated | decorate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 eggs | amod |
| 10 | eggs | egg | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 exist | nsubj |
| 11 | exist | exist | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 tradition | conj |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 cultures | case |
| 13 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 cultures | amod |
| 14 | cultures | culture | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 exist | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Pysanky | a fine old tradition | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | decorate | participle | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | exist | present | decorated eggs | many cultures | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in culture=Location |
Option 2
Ukraine never decorated eggs
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukraine | Ukraine | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 decorated | nsubj |
| 2 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 3 decorated | advmod |
| 3 | decorated | decorate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | eggs | egg | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 decorated | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not decorate | participle | Ukraine | eggs | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=Destination |
Option 3
Yes, the very first, proven
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 first | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 first | det |
| 4 | very | very | ADV | _ | 5 first | advmod |
| 5 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 proven | punct |
| 7 | proven | prove | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 first | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | prove | participle | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Eggs were first painted in Kolomyia, and the rest of the world copied them later
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eggs | egg | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 painted | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 painted | aux:pass |
| 3 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 4 painted | advmod |
| 4 | painted | paint | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 Kolomyia | case |
| 6 | Kolomyia | Kolomyia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 painted | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 copied | punct |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 copied | cc |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 rest | det |
| 10 | rest | rest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 copied | nsubj |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 world | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 world | det |
| 13 | world | world | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 rest | nmod |
| 14 | copied | copy | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 painted | conj |
| 15 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 copied | obj |
| 16 | later | late | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 14 copied | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | paint | past · passive | Eggs | Kolomyia | first property | vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: subject=Theme in kolomyia=Destination | |||
| 2 | copy | past | the rest of the world | Eggs = egg | late property | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
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