Test 10 · ★★★ · The colours, and two kinds of blue

«grandad calls the flag zhovto-blakYtnyi but the law says SYniy, so grandad's wrong» Which is right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: grandad, law · What happens: call, say, be · To what, where: flag · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 10 «The colours, and two kinds of blue» of the Ukrainian street course of Mova's primary school. 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	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 calls	punct
2	grandad	grandad	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 calls	nsubj
3	calls	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 flag	det
5	flag	flag	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 calls	obj
6	zhovto	zhovto	X	Foreign=Yes	5 flag	dep
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 blakYtnyi	punct
8	blakYtnyi	blakYtnyi	X	Foreign=Yes	5 flag	conj
9	but	but	CCONJ	_	12 says	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 law	det
11	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 says	nsubj
12	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 blakYtnyi	conj
13	SYniy	SYniy	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 says	nsubj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 wrong	punct
15	so	so	ADV	_	18 wrong	advmod
16	grandad	grandad	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 wrong	nsubj
17	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 wrong	cop
18	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 calls	parataxis
19	»	»	PUNCT	_	18 wrong	punct
20	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	22 right	nsubj
21	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 right	cop
22	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 calls	parataxis
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 calls	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	call speech: assert in a quote	present	grandad	the flag		tree rules
2	say speech: assert in a quote	present	the law			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is in a quote	present	grandad		wrong property	tree rules
4	is	present			right property	tree rules

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

Yes, he is breaking the law

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 breaking	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 breaking	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 breaking	aux
5	breaking	break	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 law	det
7	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 breaking	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	present · progressive	he	the law					vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer law=Patient

Option 2

No, the law says CHOrnyi

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 says	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 law	det
4	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 says	nsubj
5	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	CHOrnyi	CHOrnyi	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 says	nsubj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	the law						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

No, zhovto-blakYtnyi is a very common, accepted way to say it

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	12 way	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 way	punct
3	zhovto	zhovto	X	Foreign=Yes	12 way	nsubj
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 blakYtnyi	punct
5	blakYtnyi	blakYtnyi	X	Foreign=Yes	3 zhovto	flat:foreign
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 way	cop
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 way	det
8	very	very	ADV	_	9 common	advmod
9	common	common	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 way	amod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 common	punct
11	accepted	accepted	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 way	amod
12	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
13	to	to	PART	_	14 say	mark
14	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 way	acl
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 say	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	zhovto	a common accepted way					tree rules
2	say speech: assert	to-infinitive		way					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic

Option 4

Yes, the flag is really green

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 green	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 flag	det
4	flag	flag	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 green	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 green	cop
6	really	really	ADV	_	7 green	advmod
7	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the flag					green property	tree rules

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