Exam question 4 · Bruises and hand-washing; cats, dogs and ponies

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the nouns "kIn" and "kOnyk".

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, nouns

This is exam question 4 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	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 nouns	det
11	nouns	noun	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 concerning	obj
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 kIn	punct
13	kIn	kin	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 nouns	appos
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 kIn	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 kOnyk	cc
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	17 kOnyk	punct
17	kOnyk	konyk	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 kIn	conj
18	"	"	PUNCT	_	17 kOnyk	punct
19	.	.	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 nouns		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus noun=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 former denotes a pony and the latter a horse

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 former	det
2	former	former	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 denotes	nsubj
3	denotes	denote	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 pony	det
5	pony	pony	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 denotes	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 horse	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 latter	det
8	latter	latter	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 horse	amod
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 horse	det
10	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pony	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	denote	present	the former	a pony and a latter horse					vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot pony=Topic

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The former denotes a horse and the latter a pony

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 former	det
2	former	former	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 denotes	nsubj
3	denotes	denote	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 horse	det
5	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 denotes	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 pony	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 latter	det
8	latter	latter	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 pony	nsubj
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 pony	det
10	pony	pony	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 horse	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	denote	present	the former	a horse and a pony					vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot horse=Topic
2	pony		the latter						tree rules

Option 3

Both denote a cat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	2 denote	nsubj
2	denote	denote	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 cat	det
4	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 denote	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	denote	present	Both	a cat					vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot cat=Topic

Option 4

Both denote a dog

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	CCONJ	_	2 denote	cc:preconj
2	denote	denote	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 dog	det
4	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 denote	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	denote	imperative	you not said here	a dog					vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot dog=Topic

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