Exam question 2 · Bruises and hand-washing; cats, dogs and ponies
It is given that a hostess pronounces "pomyi ruky" prior to a meal. Determine the action required of the guest.
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: hostess, you · What happens: give, pronounce, determine, require · To what, where: It, pomyi ruky, action
This is exam question 2 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
Sentence 1: It is given that a hostess pronounces "pomyi ruky" prior to a meal.
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 | 3 given | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | aux:pass |
| 3 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 7 pronounces | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 hostess | det |
| 6 | hostess | hostess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 pronounces | nsubj |
| 7 | pronounces | pronounce | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | advcl |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 ruky | punct |
| 9 | pomyi | pomyi | X | _ | 10 ruky | compound |
| 10 | ruky | ruky | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 pronounces | obl |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 prior | punct |
| 12 | prior | prior | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 ruky | amod |
| 13 | to | to | ADP | _ | 15 meal | case |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 meal | det |
| 15 | meal | meal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 prior | obl |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 given | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present · passive | It | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | pronounce | present | a hostess | pomyi ruky | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=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.
Sentence 2: Determine the action required of the guest.
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 action | det |
| 3 | action | action | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Determine | obj |
| 4 | required | require | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 action | acl |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 guest | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 guest | det |
| 7 | guest | guest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 required | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Determine | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | determine | imperative | you not said here | the action | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent action=Topic | ||||
| 2 | require | participle | the action not said here | of the guest | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1
The removal of the shoes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 removal | det |
| 2 | removal | removal | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 shoes | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 shoes | det |
| 5 | shoes | shoe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 removal | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | remove | the shoes | nom removal «act transitive»: of=patient |
Option 2
The laying of the table
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 laying | det |
| 2 | laying | laying | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 table | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 table | det |
| 5 | table | table | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 laying | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
The washing of the face
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 washing | det |
| 2 | washing | washing | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 face | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 face | det |
| 5 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 washing | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wash | the face | nom washing «act transitive»: of=patient |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The washing of the hands
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 washing | det |
| 2 | washing | washing | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 hands | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 hands | det |
| 5 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 washing | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wash | the hands | nom washing «act transitive»: of=patient |
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