Exam question 3 · The flag, and what's cooking at the friend's house

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises holubtsI?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris

This is exam question 3 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	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	holubtsI	holubtsI	X	_	8 characterises	dep
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present						of the following statements; accurately 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

They are roasted doves

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 roasted	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 roasted	aux:pass
3	roasted	roast	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	doves	dove	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 roasted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	roast	present · passive		They					vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary dove=Patient

Option 2

They are thin pancakes rolled with cheese

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 pancakes	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 pancakes	cop
3	thin	thin	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 pancakes	amod
4	pancakes	pancake	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	rolled	roll	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 pancakes	acl
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 cheese	case
7	cheese	cheese	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 rolled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	They	thin pancakes					tree rules
2	roll	participle		thin pancakes not said here				with cheese	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with cheese=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

They are rolls of cabbage filled with rice and meat, the name signifying «little doves»

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 rolls	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 rolls	cop
3	rolls	roll	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 cabbage	case
5	cabbage	cabbage	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rolls	nmod
6	filled	fill	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 cabbage	acl
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 rice	case
8	rice	rice	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 filled	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 meat	cc
10	meat	meat	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 rice	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 name	punct
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 name	det
13	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 rice	conj
14	signifying	signify	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 name	acl
15	«	«	PUNCT	_	17 doves	punct
16	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 doves	amod
17	doves	dove	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 signifying	obj
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	17 doves	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	They	rolls	of cabbage	tree rules
2	fill	participle		cabbage not said here	with rice and meat and the name	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with rice=Instrument
3	signify	gerund	the name not said here	little doves		vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot dove=Theme

Option 4

They are dumplings filled with cherries

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 dumplings	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 dumplings	cop
3	dumplings	dumpling	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	filled	fill	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 dumplings	acl
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 cherries	case
6	cherries	cherry	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 filled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	They	dumplings					tree rules
2	fill	participle		dumplings not said here				with cherries	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with cherry=Instrument

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