Exam question 1 · Hungry, tired, hurt, offended, missing someone

Determine the meaning of the utterance "ya khochu pyty" when rendered literally and in its customary sense.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, pyty · What happens: determine, render, mean, sense · To what, where: meaning, utterance

This is exam question 1 of lesson 19 «Hungry, tired, hurt, offended, missing someone» 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	Determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 meaning	det
3	meaning	meaning	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Determine	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 utterance	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 utterance	det
6	utterance	utterance	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 meaning	nmod
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 pyty	punct
8	ya	ya	X	_	10 pyty	compound
9	khochu	khochu	X	_	10 pyty	compound
10	pyty	pyty	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 utterance	appos
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 pyty	punct
12	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	13 rendered	advmod
13	rendered	render	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Determine	advcl
14	literally	literally	ADV	_	13 rendered	advmod
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 sense	cc
16	in	in	ADP	_	19 sense	case
17	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 sense	nmod:poss
18	customary	customary	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 sense	compound
19	sense	sense	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 literally	conj
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Determine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	determine	imperative	you not said here	the meaning of the utterance		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meaning=Topic
2	render	participle	you not said here		literally property	vn give-13.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent
3	mean			the utterance		nom meaning «communication transitive»: of=patient
4	sense		pyty			nom sense «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

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

Literally "I want to sing", meaning "I am cheerful"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Literally	literally	ADV	_	4 want	advmod
2	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 want	punct
3	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 want	nsubj
4	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 meaning	advcl
5	to	to	PART	_	6 sing	mark
6	sing	sing	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 want	xcomp
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 want	punct
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 meaning	punct
9	meaning	mean	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 cheerful	punct
11	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	13 cheerful	nsubj
12	am	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 cheerful	cop
13	cheerful	cheerful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 meaning	ccomp
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 cheerful	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	want in a quote	present	I	literally property	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	sing speech: express not said to happen, in a quote	to-infinitive	I not said here		vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	mean	gerund			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
4	is in a quote	present	I	cheerful property	tree rules

Option 2

Literally "I want to sleep", meaning "I am sleepy"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Literally	literally	ADV	_	4 want	advmod
2	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 want	punct
3	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 want	nsubj
4	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 meaning	advcl
5	to	to	PART	_	6 sleep	mark
6	sleep	sleep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 want	xcomp
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 want	punct
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 meaning	punct
9	meaning	mean	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 sleepy	punct
11	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	13 sleepy	nsubj
12	am	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 sleepy	cop
13	sleepy	sleepy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 meaning	ccomp
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 sleepy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	want in a quote	present	I	literally property	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	sleep not said to happen, in a quote	to-infinitive	I not said here		vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	mean	gerund			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
4	is in a quote	present	I	sleepy property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Literally "I want to drink", meaning "I am thirsty"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Literally	literally	ADV	_	4 want	advmod
2	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 want	punct
3	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 want	nsubj
4	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 meaning	advcl
5	to	to	PART	_	6 drink	mark
6	drink	drink	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 want	xcomp
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 want	punct
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 meaning	punct
9	meaning	mean	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 thirsty	punct
11	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	13 thirsty	nsubj
12	am	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 thirsty	cop
13	thirsty	thirsty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 meaning	ccomp
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 thirsty	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	want in a quote	present	I	literally property	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	drink not said to happen, in a quote	to-infinitive	I not said here		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	mean	gerund			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
4	is in a quote	present	I	thirsty property	tree rules

Option 4

Literally "I want to eat", meaning "I am hungry"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Literally	literally	ADV	_	4 want	advmod
2	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 want	punct
3	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 want	nsubj
4	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 meaning	advcl
5	to	to	PART	_	6 eat	mark
6	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 want	xcomp
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 want	punct
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 meaning	punct
9	meaning	mean	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 hungry	punct
11	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	13 hungry	nsubj
12	am	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 hungry	cop
13	hungry	hungry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 meaning	ccomp
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 hungry	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	want in a quote	present	I	literally property	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	eat not said to happen, in a quote	to-infinitive	I not said here		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	mean	gerund			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
4	is in a quote	present	I	hungry property	tree rules

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