Exam question 2 · Ukraine: refugees, aid, sanctions and children's lives

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the sanctions imposed upon Russia?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris, impose · To what, where: sanctions

This is exam question 2 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 sanctions	det
10	sanctions	sanction	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obj
11	imposed	impose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 sanctions	acl
12	upon	upon	ADP	_	13 Russia	case
13	Russia	Russia	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 imposed	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the sanctions	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	impose	participle	the sanctions not said here	upon Russia	vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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

A deployment of foreign armies into Russian territory, undertaken with the consent of the Russian government

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 deployment	det
2	deployment	deployment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 armies	case
4	foreign	foreign	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 armies	amod
5	armies	army	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 deployment	nmod
6	into	into	ADP	_	8 territory	case
7	Russian	Russian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 territory	amod
8	territory	territory	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 armies	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 undertaken	punct
10	undertaken	undertake	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 deployment	acl
11	with	with	ADP	_	13 consent	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 consent	det
13	consent	consent	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 undertaken	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	17 government	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 government	det
16	Russian	Russian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 government	amod
17	government	government	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 consent	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	undertake	participle	a deployment of foreign armies into Russian territory not said here	with the consent of the Russian government	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V PP.subeventuality»: agent=Eventuality with consent=Subeventuality
2	deploy		foreign armies into Russian territory		nom deployment «act transitive»: of=patient
3	consent		the Russian government		nom consent «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

Rewards conferred upon Russia in respect of its conduct

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rewards	reward	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	conferred	confer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Rewards	acl
3	upon	upon	ADP	_	4 Russia	case
4	Russia	Russia	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 conferred	obl
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 respect	case
6	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 conferred	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 conduct	case
8	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 conduct	nmod:poss
9	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 respect	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	confer	participle		Rewards not said here	respect of respect's conduct	upon Russia	vn chit_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	respect			respect's conduct			nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient
3	conduct		respect				nom conduct «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

A programme for hosting Russian families in spare rooms

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 programme	det
2	programme	programme	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	for	for	SCONJ	_	4 hosting	mark
4	hosting	host	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 programme	acl
5	Russian	Russian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 families	amod
6	families	family	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 hosting	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 rooms	case
8	spare	spare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 rooms	amod
9	rooms	room	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 hosting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	host	gerund	a programme not said here	Russian families		spare rooms			vn captain-29.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent family=Beneficiary

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Penalties restricting trade and freezing assets, intended to impede the financing of the war

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Penalties	penalty	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 intended	nsubj:pass
2	restricting	restrict	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Penalties	acl
3	trade	trade	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 restricting	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 assets	cc
5	freezing	freezing	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 assets	compound
6	assets	asset	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 trade	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 intended	punct
8	intended	intend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	to	to	PART	_	10 impede	mark
10	impede	impede	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 intended	xcomp
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 financing	det
12	financing	financing	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 impede	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 war	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 war	det
15	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 financing	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	restrict	gerund	Penalties not said here	trade and freezing assets	vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer trade=Patient
2	intend	participle · passive		Penalties	tree rules
3	impede not said to happen	to-infinitive		the financing of the war	vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer financing=Eventuality
4	finance			the war	nom financing «act transitive»: of=patient

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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