Exam question 1 · Ukraine: refugees, aid, sanctions and children's lives

Identify the principal reason for which millions of Ukrainians departed their country after February 2022.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, millions · What happens: identify, depart · To what, where: principal reason, country

This is exam question 1 of lesson 25 «Ukraine: refugees, aid, sanctions and children's lives» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 departed	obl
7	millions	million	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 departed	nsubj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 Ukrainians	case
9	Ukrainians	Ukrainian	PROPN	Number=Plur	7 millions	nmod
10	departed	depart	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 reason	acl:relcl
11	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 country	nmod:poss
12	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 departed	obj
13	after	after	ADP	_	14 February	case
14	February	February	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 departed	obl
15	2022	2022	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	14 February	nmod:unmarked
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal reason					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	depart	past	millions of Ukrainians	millions's country			february	for the principal reason	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme country=Initial_Location

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

To participate in an international sporting competition

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 participate	mark
2	participate	participate	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	7 competition	case
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 competition	det
5	international	international	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 competition	amod
6	sporting	sport	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 competition	amod
7	competition	competition	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 participate	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	participate	to-infinitive						in a international sporting competition	vn cooperate-73.1-2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in competition=Theme
2	sport	gerund							tree rules

Option 2

To pursue seasonal employment abroad

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 pursue	mark
2	pursue	pursue	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	seasonal	seasonal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 employment	amod
4	employment	employment	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pursue	obj
5	abroad	abroad	ADV	_	2 pursue	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pursue	to-infinitive		seasonal employment				abroad property	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent employment=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

To escape the dangers occasioned by the full-scale invasion

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 escape	mark
2	escape	escape	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 dangers	det
4	dangers	danger	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 escape	obj
5	occasioned	occasion	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 dangers	acl
6	by	by	ADP	_	11 invasion	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 invasion	det
8	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 scale	amod
9	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 full	punct
10	scale	scale	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 invasion	compound
11	invasion	invasion	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 occasioned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	escape	to-infinitive		the dangers					vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme danger=Initial_Location
2	occasion	participle		the dangers not said here				by the scale invasion	tree rules

Option 4

Pursuant to a compulsory programme of foreign education imposed by the government

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pursuant	pursuant	ADV	_	5 programme	advmod
2	to	to	ADP	_	5 programme	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 programme	det
4	compulsory	compulsory	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 programme	amod
5	programme	programme	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 education	case
7	foreign	foreign	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 education	amod
8	education	education	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 programme	nmod
9	imposed	impose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 programme	acl
10	by	by	ADP	_	12 government	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 government	det
12	government	government	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 imposed	obl:agent

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	impose	participle		a compulsory programme of foreign education not said here					vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	programme		foreign education						nom programme «communication intransitive»: of=agent

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