Exam question 4 · Hi, hello and how are you

Ascertain the customary reply to the enquiry yak spRAvy?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain · To what, where: customary reply

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1 «Hi, hello and how are you» of the Ukrainian street 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 reply	det
3	customary	customary	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reply	compound
4	reply	reply	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	9 spRAvy	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 spRAvy	det
7	enquiry	enquiry	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 yak	compound
8	yak	yak	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 spRAvy	compound
9	spRAvy	spravy	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obl
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the customary reply				to the yak spRAvy	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reply=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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

A brief answer such as NOrmalno, possibly followed by a reciprocal enquiry

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 answer	det
2	brief	brief	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 answer	amod
3	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	6 NOrmalno	case
5	as	as	ADP	_	4 such	fixed
6	NOrmalno	NOrmalno	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 answer	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 followed	punct
8	possibly	possibly	ADV	_	9 followed	advmod
9	followed	follow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 answer	acl
10	by	by	ADP	_	13 enquiry	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 enquiry	det
12	reciprocal	reciprocal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 enquiry	amod
13	enquiry	enquiry	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 followed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	participle		a brief answer such NOrmalno not said here				by a reciprocal enquiry; possibly property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by enquiry=Location

Option 2

An exhaustive account of the day's events

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 account	det
2	exhaustive	exhaustive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 account	amod
3	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	8 events	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 day	det
6	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 events	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 day	case
8	events	event	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 account	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	account			the day's events					nom account «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

A formal valediction

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 valediction	det
2	formal	formal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 valediction	amod
3	valediction	valediction	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

A statement of one's age and address

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 statement	det
2	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 age	case
4	one	one	PRON	Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 age	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 one	case
6	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 statement	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 address	cc
8	address	address	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 age	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	state			one's age and address					nom statement «communication transitive»: of=patient

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