Test 4 · ★★ · Ukrainian compared with English
A Ukrainian girl calls "Олено!" and an English boy says "she said the name wrong". What's true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Ukrainian girl, English boy, girl · What happens: call, say, be · To what, where: name · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 33 «Ukrainian compared with English» of the language 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: A Ukrainian girl calls "Олено!" and an English boy says "she said the name wrong".
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 girl | det |
| 2 | Ukrainian | ukrainian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 girl | amod |
| 3 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 calls | nsubj |
| 4 | calls | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 Олено | punct |
| 6 | Олено | Олено | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 calls | xcomp |
| 7 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 6 Олено | punct |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 Олено | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 says | cc |
| 10 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 boy | det |
| 11 | English | English | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 boy | amod |
| 12 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 says | nsubj |
| 13 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 calls | conj |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 16 said | punct |
| 15 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 said | nsubj |
| 16 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 says | ccomp |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 name | det |
| 18 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 said | obj |
| 19 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 said | xcomp |
| 20 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 16 said | punct |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 calls | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call | present | a Ukrainian girl | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | present | a English boy | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | say speech: assert in a quote | past | girl | the name | wrong property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent name=Topic |
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 true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It's the vocative, the normal form for calling Olena
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 vocative | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 vocative | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 vocative | det |
| 4 | vocative | vocative | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 form | punct |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 form | det |
| 7 | normal | normal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 form | amod |
| 8 | form | form | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 vocative | appos |
| 9 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 10 calling | mark |
| 10 | calling | call | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 form | acl |
| 11 | Olena | Olena | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 calling | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | the vocative | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | call | gerund | the normal form not said here | Olena | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent olena=Recipient |
Option 2
He's right, it's a mistake
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 mistake | punct |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 mistake | nsubj |
| 6 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 mistake | cop |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 mistake | det |
| 8 | mistake | mistake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 right | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | it | a mistake | tree rules |
Option 3
It's a different name
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 name | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 name | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 name | det |
| 4 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 name | amod |
| 5 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a different name | tree rules |
Option 4
It's the plural of Olena
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 plural | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 plural | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 plural | det |
| 4 | plural | plural | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 Olena | case |
| 6 | Olena | Olena | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 plural | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | the plural | of Olena | tree rules |
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