Exam question 3 · Hungry, tired, hurt, offended, missing someone

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the expression "ya skuchAyu"?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: expression

This is exam question 3 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	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 expression	det
10	expression	expression	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 skuchAyu	punct
12	ya	ya	X	_	13 skuchAyu	advmod
13	skuchAyu	skuchAyu	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 expression	appos
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 skuchAyu	punct
15	?	?	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 expression				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 expresses anger and warrants a reprimand

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 expresses	nsubj
2	expresses	express	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 expresses	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 warrants	cc
5	warrants	warrant	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 expresses	conj
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 reprimand	det
7	reprimand	reprimand	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 warrants	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	express	present	It	anger					vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme anger=Reflexive
2	warrant	present		a reprimand					tree rules

Option 2

It expresses hunger and warrants the offer of food

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 expresses	nsubj
2	expresses	express	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	hunger	hunger	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 expresses	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 warrants	cc
5	warrants	warrant	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 expresses	conj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 offer	det
7	offer	offer	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 warrants	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 food	case
9	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 offer	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	express	present	It	hunger	vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme hunger=Reflexive
2	warrant	present		the offer of food	tree rules
3	offer			food	nom offer «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It expresses the speaker's longing for an absent person and warrants a gentle response

The tree, 15 words

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 expresses	nsubj
2	expresses	express	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 speaker	det
4	speaker	speaker	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 longing	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 speaker	case
6	longing	longing	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 expresses	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	10 person	case
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 person	det
9	absent	absent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 person	amod
10	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 expresses	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 warrants	cc
12	warrants	warrant	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 expresses	conj
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 response	det
14	gentle	gentle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 response	amod
15	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 warrants	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	express	present	It	the speaker's longing	for a absent person	vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme longing=Reflexive
2	warrant	present		a gentle response		tree rules
3	long		the speaker			nom longing «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

It expresses boredom and warrants a proposal of a game

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 expresses	nsubj
2	expresses	express	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	boredom	boredom	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 expresses	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 warrants	cc
5	warrants	warrant	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 expresses	conj
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 proposal	det
7	proposal	proposal	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 warrants	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 game	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 game	det
10	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 proposal	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	express	present	It	boredom	vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme boredom=Reflexive
2	warrant	present		a proposal of a game	tree rules
3	propose		a game		nom proposal «communication intransitive»: of=agent

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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