Exam question 4 · Drinks, sweets and "enjoy your meal"
Ascertain the conduct regarded as discourteous upon the conclusion of a meal.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, regard, conclude · To what, where: conduct, meal
This is exam question 4 of lesson 12 «Drinks, sweets and "enjoy your meal"» 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 | 3 conduct | det |
| 3 | conduct | conduct | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ascertain | obj |
| 4 | regarded | regard | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 conduct | acl |
| 5 | as | as | ADP | _ | 6 discourteous | case |
| 6 | discourteous | discourteous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 regarded | obl |
| 7 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 9 conclusion | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 conclusion | det |
| 9 | conclusion | conclusion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 regarded | obl |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 meal | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 meal | det |
| 12 | meal | meal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 conclusion | nmod |
| 13 | . | . | 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 conduct | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conduct=Topic | ||||
| 2 | regard | participle | the conduct not said here | as discourteous; upon the conclusion of a meal | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.value»: agent=Agent as discourteous=Value | ||||
| 3 | conclude | a meal | nom conclusion «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
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
Consuming the whole portion
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Consuming | consume | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 portion | det |
| 3 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 portion | amod |
| 4 | portion | portion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Consuming | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | consume | gerund | the whole portion | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent portion=Asset |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Departure from the table without an expression of thanks
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Departure | departure | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | from | from | ADP | _ | 4 table | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 table | det |
| 4 | table | table | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Departure | nmod |
| 5 | without | without | ADP | _ | 7 expression | case |
| 6 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 expression | det |
| 7 | expression | expression | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 table | nmod |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 thanks | case |
| 9 | thanks | thanks | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 expression | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Commending the food as SMAchno
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Commending | commend | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 food | det |
| 3 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Commending | obj |
| 4 | as | as | ADP | _ | 5 SMAchno | case |
| 5 | SMAchno | SMAchno | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Commending | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | commend | gerund | the food | as SMAchno | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent food=Theme as smachno=Attribute |
Option 4
Requesting a glass of water
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Requesting | request | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 glass | det |
| 3 | glass | glass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Requesting | obj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 water | case |
| 5 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 glass | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | request | gerund | a glass of water | vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent glass=Recipient |
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