Exam question 3 · Ukrainian compared with English

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the vocative case in Ukrainian.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, vocative case, Ukrainian

This is exam question 3 of lesson 33 «Ukrainian compared with English» of the language course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 case	det
11	vocative	vocative	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 case	amod
12	case	case	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 Ukrainian	case
14	Ukrainian	Ukrainian	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 case	nmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle					vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the vocative case	Ukrainian		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus case=Experiencer

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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

It denotes the plural number

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	2 denotes	nsubj
2	denotes	denote	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 number	det
4	plural	plural	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 number	amod
5	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 denotes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	denote	present	It	the plural number					vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot number=Topic

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It is the form employed in calling or addressing a person, as in "Мамо!"

The tree, 14 words

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	5 employed	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 form	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 form	det
4	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 employed	csubj
5	employed	employ	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	in	in	SCONJ	_	7 calling	mark
7	calling	call	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 employed	advcl
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 addressing	cc
9	addressing	address	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 calling	conj
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 person	det
11	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 addressing	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 Мамо	punct
13	as	as	ADP	_	16 Мамо	case
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 Мамо	case
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	16 Мамо	punct
16	Мамо	Мамо	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 employed	parataxis
17	!	!	PUNCT	_	16 Мамо	punct
18	"	"	PUNCT	_	16 Мамо	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	is a	present		the form		tree rules
2	employ	past	It			vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent clause=Attribute
3	call	gerund				vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	address	gerund			a person	vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=Destination

Option 3

It is an error committed by young speakers

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	4 error	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 error	cop
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 error	det
4	error	error	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	committed	commit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 error	acl
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 speakers	case
7	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 speakers	amod
8	speakers	speaker	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 committed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a error					tree rules
2	commit	participle		a error not said here				by young speakers	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

It is the form employed exclusively in written letters and official correspondence

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	5 employed	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 employed	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 form	det
4	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 employed	nsubj
5	employed	employ	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	5 employed	advmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 letters	case
8	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 letters	amod
9	letters	letter	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 employed	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 correspondence	cc
11	official	official	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 correspondence	amod
12	correspondence	correspondence	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 letters	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It			written letters and official correspondence		employ, exclusively property	tree rules
2	write	participle							vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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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