Exam question 4 · Hungry, tired, hurt, offended, missing someone

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the exclamation "zhakh!".

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, exclamation

This is exam question 4 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 exclamation	det
11	exclamation	exclamation	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 zhakh	punct
13	zhakh	zhakh	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 exclamation	appos
14	!	!	PUNCT	_	13 zhakh	punct
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 zhakh	punct
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the exclamation		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus exclamation=Experiencer

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 right answer

It expresses dismay and is employed by children even for minor matters

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	dismay	dismay	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 expresses	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 employed	cc
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 employed	aux:pass
6	employed	employ	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 expresses	conj
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 children	case
8	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 employed	obl
9	even	even	ADV	_	12 matters	advmod
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 matters	case
11	minor	minor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 matters	amod
12	matters	matter	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 expresses	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	express	present	It	dismay				for minor matters	vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme dismay=Reflexive
2	employ	present · passive	children						vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

It expresses delight and is reserved for festivals

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	delight	delight	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 expresses	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 reserved	cc
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 reserved	aux:pass
6	reserved	reserve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 expresses	conj
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 festivals	case
8	festivals	festival	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 reserved	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	express	present	It	delight					vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme delight=Reflexive
2	reserve	present · passive						for festivals	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: for festival=Beneficiary

Option 3

It is a formal greeting addressed to elders

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	5 greeting	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 greeting	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 greeting	det
4	formal	formal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 greeting	amod
5	greeting	greeting	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	addressed	address	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 greeting	acl
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 elders	case
8	elders	elder	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 addressed	obl:agent

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a formal greeting					tree rules
2	address	participle		a formal greeting not said here					vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

It is an obscene expression prohibited in households

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	5 expression	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 expression	cop
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 expression	det
4	obscene	obscene	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 expression	amod
5	expression	expression	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 expression	acl
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 households	case
8	households	household	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 prohibited	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a obscene expression					tree rules
2	prohibit	participle		a obscene expression not said here		households			vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Causer

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