Exam question 3 · Granny's "a little more", festival food — and "come on!"

Select the response consistent with the established distinction between paska and Velykden.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: select, establish · To what, where: response

This is exam question 3 of lesson 13 «Granny's "a little more", festival food — and "come on!"» 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	3 response	amod
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 distinction	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 distinction	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 distinction	amod
8	distinction	distinction	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consistent	obl
9	between	between	ADP	_	10 paska	case
10	paska	paska	X	Foreign=Yes	8 distinction	nmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 Velykden	cc
12	Velykden	Velykden	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 distinction	conj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response					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

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

paska denotes the festival, whereas Velykden denotes the bread

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	paska	paska	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 denotes	nsubj
2	denotes	denote	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 festival	det
4	festival	festival	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 denotes	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 denotes	punct
6	whereas	whereas	SCONJ	_	8 denotes	mark
7	Velykden	Velykden	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 denotes	nsubj
8	denotes	denote	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 denotes	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 bread	det
10	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 denotes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	denote	present	paska	the festival					vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot festival=Topic
2	denote	present	Velykden	the bread					vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot bread=Topic

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

paska denotes the Easter bread, whereas Velykden denotes the festival itself

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	paska	paska	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 denotes	nsubj
2	denotes	denote	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bread	det
4	Easter	Easter	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 bread	compound
5	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 denotes	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 denotes	punct
7	whereas	whereas	SCONJ	_	9 denotes	mark
8	Velykden	Velykden	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 denotes	nsubj
9	denotes	denote	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 denotes	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 festival	det
11	festival	festival	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 denotes	obj
12	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes	11 festival	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	denote	present	paska	the Easter bread					vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot bread=Topic
2	denote	present	Velykden	the festival festival					vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot festival=Topic

Option 3

Both denote the Christmas Eve dinner

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	CCONJ	_	2 denote	cc:preconj
2	denote	denote	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 dinner	det
4	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Eve	compound
5	Eve	Eve	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 dinner	compound
6	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 denote	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	denote	imperative	you not said here	the Eve dinner					vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot dinner=Topic

Option 4

Both denote painted eggs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	2 denote	nsubj
2	denote	denote	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	painted	paint	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 eggs	amod
4	eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 denote	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	denote	present	Both	painted eggs					vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot egg=Topic
2	paint	participle							vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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