Test 2 · What trade carried: tomatoes, tea, horses, words, religion…

Oksana goes, "Borshch has potatoes, so potatoes are proper Ukrainian, aren't they?" What's the right answer?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Oksana, Borshch, potatoes, right answer · What happens: go, have, be, not be · To what, where: potatoes · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 of lesson 71 «What trade carried: tomatoes, tea, horses, words, religions and diseases» 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: Oksana goes, "Borshch has potatoes, so potatoes are proper Ukrainian, aren't they?"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Oksana	Oksana	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 goes	nsubj
2	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 has	punct
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 has	punct
5	Borshch	borshch	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 has	nsubj
6	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 goes	conj
7	potatoes	potato	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 has	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 Ukrainian	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	13 Ukrainian	advmod
10	potatoes	potato	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 Ukrainian	nsubj
11	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 Ukrainian	cop
12	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 Ukrainian	amod
13	Ukrainian	ukrainian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 goes	parataxis
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 goes	punct
15	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 they	cop
16	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	17 they	advmod
17	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 goes	parataxis
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	17 they	punct
19	"	"	PUNCT	_	17 they	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	go	present	Oksana			vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	have in a quote	present	Borshch	potatoes		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent potato=Patient
3	is in a quote	present	potatoes		ukrainian property	tree rules
4	not is a in a quote	present		potatoes = potato		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 the right answer?

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 answer	det
4	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 answer	amod
5	answer	answer	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 right answer						tree rules

The options

Option 1

Yes, potatoes grew wild only in Ukraine and spread from there to the rest of the world

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 potatoes	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	potatoes	potato	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 grew	nsubj
4	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 grew	xcomp
6	only	only	ADV	_	8 Ukraine	advmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 Ukraine	case
8	Ukraine	Ukraine	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 grew	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 spread	cc
10	spread	spread	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 grew	conj
11	from	from	ADP	_	12 there	case
12	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 spread	obl
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 rest	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 rest	det
15	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 spread	obl
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 world	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 world	det
18	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 rest	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	past	potatoes			Ukraine		wild property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in ukraine=Location
2	spread	past	potatoes not said here					to the rest of the world	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Potatoes came from the Andes and spread to Ukraine in the 1700s and 1800s

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Potatoes	potato	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 came	nsubj
2	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 Andes	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Andes	det
5	Andes	Ande	PROPN	Number=Plur	2 came	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 spread	cc
7	spread	spread	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 came	conj
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 Ukraine	case
9	Ukraine	Ukraine	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 spread	obl
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 1700s	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 1700s	det
12	1700s	1700	NOUN	Number=Ptan NumForm=Combi NumType=Card	7 spread	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 1800s	cc
14	1800s	1800	NOUN	Number=Ptan NumForm=Combi NumType=Card	12 1700s	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	Potatoes			the Andes			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from ande=Initial_Location
2	spread	past	Potatoes not said here		Ukraine	the 1700s and 1800s			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in 1700=Location

Option 3

Potatoes were brought to Ukraine by the Vikings in about 900

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Potatoes	potato	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 brought	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 brought	aux:pass
3	brought	bring	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 Ukraine	case
5	Ukraine	Ukraine	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 brought	obl
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 Vikings	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Vikings	det
8	Vikings	Viking	PROPN	Number=Plur	3 brought	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 900	case
10	about	about	ADV	_	11 900	advmod
11	900	900	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 brought	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	past · passive	the Vikings	Potatoes	Ukraine	900			vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Theme to ukraine=Destination

Option 4

Potatoes came to Ukraine from Ireland back in Roman times

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Potatoes	potato	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 came	nsubj
2	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	4 Ukraine	case
4	Ukraine	Ukraine	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 came	obl
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 Ireland	case
6	Ireland	Ireland	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 came	obl
7	back	back	ADV	_	2 came	advmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 times	case
9	Roman	roman	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 times	amod
10	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 came	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	Potatoes		Ukraine	Ireland	time		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme to ukraine=Initial_Location from ireland=Destination

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