Exam question 4 · Granny's "a little more", festival food — and "come on!"

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the repeated offer shche trOshky made by a grandmother?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, repeat offer, make · To what, where: repeated shche trOshky

This is exam question 4 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	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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 trOshky	det
10	repeated	repeat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 trOshky	amod
11	offer	offer	ADP	_	10 repeated	compound:prt
12	shche	shche	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 trOshky	compound
13	trOshky	troshky	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
14	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 trOshky	acl
15	by	by	ADP	_	17 grandmother	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 grandmother	det
17	grandmother	grandmother	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 made	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the repeated shche trOshky	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	repeat offer	participle			vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
4	make	participle	the repeated shche trOshky not said here	by a grandmother	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset

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

It is an expression of displeasure

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 expression	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 expression	cop
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 expression	det
4	expression	expression	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 displeasure	case
6	displeasure	displeasure	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 expression	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a expression				of displeasure	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

It signifies that the meal has concluded

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 signifies	nsubj
2	signifies	signify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 concluded	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 meal	det
5	meal	meal	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 concluded	nsubj:pass
6	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 concluded	aux
7	concluded	conclude	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 signifies	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	signify	present	It						vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot
2	conclude	present · perfect · passive		the meal					vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It forms part of a customary courtesy, to be answered with a kind but firm refusal when one is satisfied

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 forms	nsubj
2	forms	form	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 forms	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 courtesy	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 courtesy	det
6	customary	customary	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 courtesy	compound
7	courtesy	courtesy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 part	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 answered	punct
9	to	to	PART	_	11 answered	mark
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 answered	aux:pass
11	answered	answer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 forms	advcl
12	with	with	ADP	_	17 refusal	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 refusal	det
14	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 refusal	amod
15	but	but	CCONJ	_	16 firm	cc
16	firm	firm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 kind	conj
17	refusal	refusal	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 answered	obl
18	when	when	SCONJ	_	21 satisfied	mark
19	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	21 satisfied	nsubj
20	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 satisfied	cop
21	satisfied	satisfied	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 forms	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	form	present	It	part of a customary courtesy		vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location part=Theme
2	answer speech: assert	to-infinitive · passive			with a kind refusal	vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»
3	is	present	one		satisfied property	tree rules

Option 4

It constitutes a command that must be obeyed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 constitutes	nsubj
2	constitutes	constitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 command	det
4	command	command	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 constitutes	obj
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 obeyed	nsubj:pass
6	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 obeyed	aux
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 obeyed	aux:pass
8	obeyed	obey	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 command	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	constitute	present	It	a command					vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme command=Pivot
2	obey	must · passive		a command					vn abide_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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