Exam question 4 · Can he come out? Home time — and the school day

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the distinction between "vchYtel" and "vchYtelka"?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: distinction

This is exam question 4 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	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	10 distinction	det
10	distinction	distinction	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	between	between	ADP	_	13 vchYtel	case
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 vchYtel	punct
13	vchYtel	vchytel	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 distinction	nmod
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 vchYtel	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 vchYtelka	cc
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	17 vchYtelka	punct
17	vchYtelka	vchYtelka	X	Foreign=Yes	13 vchYtel	conj
18	"	"	PUNCT	_	17 vchYtelka	punct
19	?	?	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		the distinction				of the following statements; between vchYtel; 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

The former denotes a school, the latter a classroom

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 former	det
2	former	former	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 denotes	nsubj
3	denotes	denote	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 school	det
5	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 denotes	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 classroom	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 latter	det
8	latter	latter	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 classroom	nsubj
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 classroom	det
10	classroom	classroom	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 school	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	denote	present	the former	a school and a classroom					vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot school=Topic
2	classroom		the latter						tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The former denotes a male teacher, the latter a female teacher

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 former	det
2	former	former	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 denotes	nsubj
3	denotes	denote	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 teacher	det
5	male	male	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 teacher	amod
6	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 denotes	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 teacher	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 latter	det
9	latter	latter	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 teacher	nsubj
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 teacher	det
11	female	female	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 teacher	amod
12	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 teacher	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	denote	present	the former	a male teacher and a female teacher					vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot teacher=Topic
2	teacher		the latter						tree rules

Option 3

The former denotes a lesson, the latter a teacher

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 former	det
2	former	former	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 denotes	nsubj
3	denotes	denote	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 lesson	det
5	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 denotes	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 teacher	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 latter	det
8	latter	latter	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 teacher	amod
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 teacher	det
10	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lesson	appos

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	denote	present	the former	a lesson					vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot lesson=Topic

Option 4

The former denotes a pupil, the latter a teacher

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 former	det
2	former	former	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 denotes	nsubj
3	denotes	denote	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 pupil	det
5	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 denotes	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 teacher	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 latter	det
8	latter	latter	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 teacher	amod
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 teacher	det
10	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pupil	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	denote	present	the former	a pupil and a latter teacher					vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot pupil=Topic

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