Exam question 4 · Marks, exercise books, tests and holidays

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the term "kanIkuly"?

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

This is exam question 4 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

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 term	det
10	term	term	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 kanIkuly	punct
12	kanIkuly	kanIkuly	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 term	appos
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 kanIkuly	punct
14	?	?	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 term				of the following statements; 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

It designates a written examination at term's end

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 designates	nsubj
2	designates	designate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 examination	det
4	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 examination	amod
5	examination	examination	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 designates	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	9 end	case
7	term	term	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 end	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 term	case
9	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 examination	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	designate	present	It	a written examination			at term's end		vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent examination=Theme
2	write	participle							vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It designates the period of school holidays

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 designates	nsubj
2	designates	designate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 period	det
4	period	period	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 designates	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 holidays	case
6	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 holidays	compound
7	holidays	holiday	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 period	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	designate	present	It	the period of school holidays					vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent period=Theme

Option 3

It designates the bell concluding a lesson

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 designates	nsubj
2	designates	designate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bell	det
4	bell	bell	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 designates	obj
5	concluding	conclude	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 bell	acl
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 lesson	det
7	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 concluding	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	designate	present	It	the bell					vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bell=Theme
2	conclude	gerund	the bell not said here	a lesson					vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lesson=Theme

Option 4

It designates the mark of twelve

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 designates	nsubj
2	designates	designate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 mark	det
4	mark	mark	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 designates	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 twelve	case
6	twelve	twelve	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 mark	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	designate	present	It	the mark of twelve					vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mark=Theme

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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