Exam question 1 · Head, hands, feet and the rest of the body

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the scope of the Ukrainian noun "ruka"?

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

This is exam question 1 of lesson 20 «Head, hands, feet and the rest of the body» 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 scope	det
10	scope	scope	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 noun	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 noun	det
13	Ukrainian	ukrainian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 noun	amod
14	noun	noun	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 scope	nmod
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	16 ruka	punct
16	ruka	ruka	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 noun	appos
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	16 ruka	punct
18	?	?	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 scope of the Ukrainian noun				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 the arm exclusively

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 arm	det
4	arm	arm	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 designates	obj
5	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	2 designates	advmod

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

Option 2

It designates the leg and the foot

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 leg	det
4	leg	leg	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 designates	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 foot	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 foot	det
7	foot	foot	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 leg	conj

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

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It designates both the arm and the hand

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	both	both	CCONJ	_	5 arm	cc:preconj
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 arm	det
5	arm	arm	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 designates	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 hand	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 hand	det
8	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 arm	conj

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

Option 4

It designates the hand exclusively

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 hand	det
4	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 designates	obj
5	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	2 designates	advmod

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

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