Exam question 1 · Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the events of 24 February 2022.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, events

This is exam question 1 of lesson 24 «Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine» of the politics 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	11 events	det
11	events	event	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 February	case
13	24	24	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	14 February	nummod
14	February	February	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 events	nmod
15	2022	2022	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	14 February	flat
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	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 events of 24 February		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus event=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

Ukraine commenced a full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ukraine	Ukraine	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 commenced	nsubj
2	commenced	commence	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 invasion	det
4	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 scale	amod
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 full	punct
6	scale	scale	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 invasion	compound
7	invasion	invasion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 commenced	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	11 Federation	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Federation	det
10	Russian	Russian	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 Federation	amod
11	Federation	Federation	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 invasion	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	commence	past	Ukraine	a scale invasion of the Russian Federation					vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent invasion=Eventuality
2	invade			the Russian Federation					nom invasion «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

The two states concluded a treaty of perpetual peace

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 states	det
2	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 states	nummod
3	states	state	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 concluded	nsubj
4	concluded	conclude	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 treaty	det
6	treaty	treaty	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 concluded	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 peace	case
8	perpetual	perpetual	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 peace	compound
9	peace	peace	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 treaty	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conclude	past	the two states	a treaty of perpetual peace					vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent treaty=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The Russian Federation commenced a full-scale invasion of Ukraine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Federation	det
2	Russian	Russian	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Federation	amod
3	Federation	Federation	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 commenced	nsubj
4	commenced	commence	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 invasion	det
6	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 scale	amod
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 full	punct
8	scale	scale	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 invasion	compound
9	invasion	invasion	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 commenced	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 Ukraine	case
11	Ukraine	Ukraine	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 invasion	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	commence	past	the Russian Federation	a scale invasion of Ukraine					vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent invasion=Eventuality
2	invade			Ukraine					nom invasion «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

Both states acceded to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	2 states	det
2	states	state	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 acceded	nsubj
3	acceded	accede	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	9 Organization	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Organization	det
6	North	North	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Atlantic	compound
7	Atlantic	Atlantic	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Organization	compound
8	Treaty	Treaty	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Organization	compound
9	Organization	Organization	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 acceded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accede	past	both states					to the Atlantic Treaty Organization	vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.pivot»: agent=Agent to organization=Pivot

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