Exam question 1 · Bruises and hand-washing; cats, dogs and ponies

Identify the etymological basis of the Ukrainian noun "sinYak", denoting a bruise.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, denote · To what, where: etymological basis, bruise

This is exam question 1 of lesson 21 «Bruises and hand-washing; cats, dogs and ponies» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 basis	det
3	etymological	etymological	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 basis	amod
4	basis	basis	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 noun	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 noun	det
7	Ukrainian	ukrainian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 noun	amod
8	noun	noun	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 basis	nmod
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 sinYak	punct
10	sinYak	sinyak	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 noun	appos
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 sinYak	punct
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 denoting	punct
13	denoting	denote	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Identify	advcl
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 bruise	det
15	bruise	bruise	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 denoting	obj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the etymological basis of the Ukrainian noun					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent basis=Theme
2	denote	gerund	you not said here	a bruise					vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot bruise=Topic

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

A noun signifying a physician

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 noun	det
2	noun	noun	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	signifying	signify	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 noun	acl
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 physician	det
5	physician	physician	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 signifying	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	signify	gerund	a noun not said here	a physician					vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot physician=Theme

Option 2

The noun sin, signifying a transgression

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 sin	det
2	noun	noun	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sin	compound
3	sin	sin	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 signifying	punct
5	signifying	signify	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 sin	acl
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 transgression	det
7	transgression	transgression	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 signifying	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	signify	gerund	the noun sin not said here	a transgression					vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot transgression=Theme

Option 3

A verb signifying to fall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 verb	det
2	verb	verb	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	signifying	signify	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 verb	acl
4	to	to	PART	_	5 fall	mark
5	fall	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 signifying	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	signify	gerund	a verb not said here						tree rules
2	fall	to-infinitive	a verb not said here						vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The adjective syniy, signifying blue, after the colour of the contusion

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 syniy	det
2	adjective	adjective	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 syniy	amod
3	syniy	syniy	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 signifying	punct
5	signifying	signify	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 syniy	conj
6	blue	blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 signifying	xcomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 colour	punct
8	after	after	ADP	_	10 colour	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 colour	det
10	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 syniy	conj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 contusion	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 contusion	det
13	contusion	contusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 colour	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	signify	gerund						blue property	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot

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