Exam question 1 · Marks, exercise books, tests and holidays
It is given that a Ukrainian pupil reports a mark of "dvanAdtsyat". Ascertain the evaluation which the said mark denotes.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ukrainian pupil, you, said mark · What happens: give, report, mark, ascertain, say, denote · To what, where: It, mark, dvanAdtsyat, evaluation · Speech: someone speaks here
This is exam question 1 of lesson 17 «Marks, exercise books, tests and holidays» 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
Sentence 1: It is given that a Ukrainian pupil reports a mark of "dvanAdtsyat".
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 | 3 given | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | aux:pass |
| 3 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 8 reports | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 pupil | det |
| 6 | Ukrainian | ukrainian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 pupil | amod |
| 7 | pupil | pupil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 reports | nsubj |
| 8 | reports | report | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | advcl |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 mark | det |
| 10 | mark | mark | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 reports | obj |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 dvanAdtsyat | case |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 dvanAdtsyat | punct |
| 13 | dvanAdtsyat | dvanAdtsyat | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 mark | nmod |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 dvanAdtsyat | punct |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 given | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present · passive | It | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | report | present | a Ukrainian pupil | a mark of dvanAdtsyat | vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mark=Patient | ||||
| 3 | mark | dvanAdtsyat | nom mark «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.
Sentence 2: Ascertain the evaluation which the said mark denotes.
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 evaluation | det |
| 3 | evaluation | evaluation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ascertain | obj |
| 4 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 denotes | obj |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 mark | det |
| 6 | said | say | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 mark | amod |
| 7 | mark | mark | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 denotes | nsubj |
| 8 | denotes | denote | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 evaluation | acl:relcl |
| 9 | . | . | 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 evaluation | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent evaluation=Topic | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | participle | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | denote | present | the said mark | the evaluation | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot which=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
A failing assessment requiring re-examination
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 assessment | det |
| 2 | failing | fail | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 assessment | amod |
| 3 | assessment | assessment | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | requiring | require | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 assessment | acl |
| 5 | re-examination | re-examination | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 requiring | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fail | gerund | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | require | gerund | a failing assessment not said here | re-examination | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme re-examination=Precondition |
Option 2
A median assessment of average merit
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 assessment | det |
| 2 | median | median | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 assessment | amod |
| 3 | assessment | assessment | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 merit | case |
| 5 | average | average | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 merit | amod |
| 6 | merit | merit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 assessment | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | assess | average merit | nom assessment «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
The highest attainable assessment
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 assessment | det |
| 2 | highest | high | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 4 assessment | amod |
| 3 | attainable | attainable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 assessment | amod |
| 4 | assessment | assessment | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
The lowest attainable assessment
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 assessment | det |
| 2 | lowest | low | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 4 assessment | amod |
| 3 | attainable | attainable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 assessment | amod |
| 4 | assessment | assessment | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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