Exam question 2 · The flag, and what's cooking at the friend's house

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning borshch and UNESCO.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, borshch

This is exam question 2 of lesson 11 «The flag, and what's cooking at the friend's house» 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	borshch	borshch	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 UNESCO	cc
12	UNESCO	UNESCO	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 borshch	conj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	borshch and UNESCO		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus borshch=Experiencer

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

UNESCO declared borshch to be of French origin

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	UNESCO	UNESCO	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 declared	nsubj
2	declared	declare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	borshch	borshch	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 declared	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	8 origin	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 origin	cop
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 origin	case
7	French	French	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 origin	amod
8	origin	origin	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 declared	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	declare speech: other	past	UNESCO	borshch					vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent borshch=Attribute
2	is	to-infinitive	UNESCO not said here					of French origin	tree rules

Option 2

UNESCO has never considered borshch

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	UNESCO	unesco	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 considered	nsubj:pass
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 considered	aux
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 considered	advmod
4	considered	consider	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	borshch	borshch	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 considered	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not consider	present · perfect · passive		UNESCO					vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

In 2022 the culture of Ukrainian borshch cooking was inscribed as heritage in need of urgent safeguarding

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	2 2022	case
2	2022	2022	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	10 inscribed	obl
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 culture	det
4	culture	culture	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 inscribed	nsubj:pass
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 cooking	case
6	Ukrainian	ukrainian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 cooking	amod
7	borshch	borshch	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cooking	compound
8	cooking	cooking	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 culture	nmod
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 inscribed	aux:pass
10	inscribed	inscribe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
11	as	as	ADP	_	12 heritage	case
12	heritage	heritage	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 inscribed	obl
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 need	case
14	need	need	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 inscribed	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 safeguarding	case
16	urgent	urgent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 safeguarding	amod
17	safeguarding	safeguarding	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 need	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	inscribe	past · passive		the culture of Ukrainian borshch cooking		2022		as heritage; in need of urgent safeguarding	vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: subject=Theme in 2022=Destination
2	need			urgent safeguarding					nom need «state transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

UNESCO prohibited the preparation of borshch

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	UNESCO	UNESCO	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 prohibited	nsubj
2	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 preparation	det
4	preparation	preparation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 prohibited	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 borshch	case
6	borshch	borshch	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 preparation	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prohibit	past	UNESCO	the preparation of borshch					vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer preparation=Theme
2	prepare			borshch					nom preparation «act transitive»: of=patient

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