Exam question 2 · The colours, and two kinds of blue

State the arrangement of the colours of the Ukrainian flag as described in its constitution.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, flag · What happens: state, describe, arrange, constitute · To what, where: arrangement, Ukrainian flag, constitution, colours

This is exam question 2 of lesson 10 «The colours, and two kinds of blue» 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	State	state	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 arrangement	det
3	arrangement	arrangement	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 colours	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 colours	det
6	colours	colour	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 arrangement	nmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 flag	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 flag	det
9	Ukrainian	ukrainian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 flag	amod
10	flag	flag	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 colours	nmod
11	as	as	SCONJ	_	12 described	mark
12	described	describe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 flag	acl
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 constitution	case
14	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 constitution	nmod:poss
15	constitution	constitution	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 described	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 State	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	state speech: other	imperative	you not said here	the arrangement of the colours of the Ukrainian flag		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent arrangement=Topic
2	describe	participle		the Ukrainian flag not said here	flag's constitution	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
3	arrange			the colours of the Ukrainian flag		nom arrangement «cognition transitive»: of=patient
4	constitute		flag			nom constitution «communication transitive»: poss=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Blue above and yellow below, in two equal stripes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Blue	Blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 yellow	nsubj
2	above	above	ADV	_	4 yellow	advmod
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 yellow	cc
4	yellow	yellow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	below	below	ADV	_	4 yellow	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 stripes	punct
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 stripes	case
8	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 stripes	nummod
9	equal	equal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 stripes	amod
10	stripes	stripe	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 yellow	conj

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

Option 2

Blue, yellow and white in three stripes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Blue	blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 yellow	punct
3	yellow	yellow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Blue	conj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 white	cc
5	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Blue	conj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 stripes	case
7	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 stripes	nummod
8	stripes	stripe	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 white	obl

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

Option 3

Yellow upon a blue field with a star

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yellow	yellow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	upon	upon	ADP	_	5 field	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 field	det
4	blue	blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 field	amod
5	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Yellow	obl
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 star	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 star	det
8	star	star	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 field	nmod

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

Option 4

Yellow above and blue below, in two equal stripes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yellow	yellow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 stripes	amod
2	above	above	ADV	_	1 Yellow	advmod
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 blue	cc
4	blue	blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Yellow	conj
5	below	below	ADV	_	4 blue	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 stripes	punct
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 stripes	case
8	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 stripes	nummod
9	equal	equal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 stripes	amod
10	stripes	stripe	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

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

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