Exam question 4 · Ukrainian compared with English

In respect of the pronouns "ти" and "ви", ascertain the circumstance in which "ви" is appropriately employed.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, employ, respect · To what, where: circumstance, respect, ви, pronouns

This is exam question 4 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	In	in	ADP	_	2 respect	case
2	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 ascertain	obl
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 pronouns	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 pronouns	det
5	pronouns	pronoun	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 respect	nmod
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 ти	punct
7	ти	ти	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 pronouns	appos
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 ти	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 ви	cc
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 ви	punct
11	ви	ви	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 ти	conj
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 ви	punct
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 respect	punct
14	ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 circumstance	det
16	circumstance	circumstance	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 ascertain	obj
17	in	in	ADP	_	18 which	case
18	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	24 employed	obl
19	"	"	PUNCT	_	20 ви	punct
20	ви	ви	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 employed	nsubj:pass
21	"	"	PUNCT	_	20 ви	punct
22	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	24 employed	aux
23	appropriately	appropriately	ADV	_	24 employed	advmod
24	employed	employ	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 circumstance	acl:relcl
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	14 ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the circumstance	respect of the pronouns		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent circumstance=Topic
2	employ	present · passive		ви	the circumstance	appropriately property	vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
3	respect			the pronouns			nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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

In addressing a younger sibling

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	SCONJ	_	2 addressing	mark
2	addressing	address	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 sibling	det
4	younger	young	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 sibling	amod
5	sibling	sibling	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 addressing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	address	gerund		a younger sibling					vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sibling=Destination

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

In addressing a teacher, a stranger or several persons

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	SCONJ	_	2 addressing	mark
2	addressing	address	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 stranger	advcl
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 teacher	det
4	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 addressing	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 addressing	punct
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 stranger	det
7	stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 persons	cc
9	several	several	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 persons	amod
10	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 stranger	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	address	gerund			a teacher				vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent teacher=Destination

Option 3

In addressing oneself

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	SCONJ	_	2 addressing	mark
2	addressing	address	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	oneself	oneself	PRON	Case=Acc Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 addressing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	address	gerund		oneself					vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oneself=Destination

Option 4

In addressing a domestic animal

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	SCONJ	_	2 addressing	mark
2	addressing	address	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 animal	det
4	domestic	domestic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 animal	amod
5	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 addressing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	address	gerund			a domestic animal				vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Destination

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