Exam question 2 · Can he come out? Home time — and the school day

Identify the principal meaning of the exclamation "DOdomu!" when uttered by a parent in a residential street.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, utter, mean · To what, where: principal meaning, residential street, exclamation

This is exam question 2 of lesson 16 «Can he come out? Home time — and the school day» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 meaning	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 meaning	amod
4	meaning	meaning	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 exclamation	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 exclamation	det
7	exclamation	exclamation	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 meaning	nmod
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 DOdomu	punct
9	DOdomu	DOdomu	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 exclamation	appos
10	!	!	PUNCT	_	9 DOdomu	punct
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 DOdomu	punct
12	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	13 uttered	advmod
13	uttered	utter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 exclamation	acl
14	by	by	ADP	_	16 parent	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 parent	det
16	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 uttered	obl
17	in	in	ADP	_	20 street	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 street	det
19	residential	residential	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 street	amod
20	street	street	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 uttered	obl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal meaning of the exclamation			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent meaning=Theme
2	utter speech: other	participle			a residential street	by a parent	vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
3	mean			the exclamation			nom meaning «communication 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

An invitation for visitors to enter the house

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 invitation	det
2	invitation	invitation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	4 visitors	case
4	visitors	visitor	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 invitation	nmod
5	to	to	PART	_	6 enter	mark
6	enter	enter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 invitation	acl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 house	det
8	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 enter	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	enter	to-infinitive		the house					vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme house=Destination

Option 2

A declaration that a meal has concluded

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 declaration	det
2	declaration	declaration	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 concluded	nsubj:pass
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 meal	mark
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 meal	det
5	meal	meal	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 declaration	acl
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	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conclude	present · perfect · passive		a declaration					vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

A summons for the children to return home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 summons	det
2	summons	summons	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	5 children	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 children	det
5	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 summons	nmod
6	to	to	PART	_	7 return	mark
7	return	return	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 summons	acl
8	home	home	ADV	_	7 return	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	return	to-infinitive						home property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

A warning concerning approaching traffic

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 warning	det
2	warning	warning	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 warning	acl
4	approaching	approach	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 concerning	xcomp
5	traffic	traffic	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 approaching	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	concern	gerund	a warning not said here						tree rules
2	approach	gerund	a warning not said here	traffic					vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent traffic=Theme

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