Exam question 4 · Farm animals, forest animals and pets

Ascertain the significance of the diminutive "zaichyk" when employed by a mother towards a small child.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, employ · To what, where: significance

This is exam question 4 of lesson 22 «Farm animals, forest animals and pets» 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 significance	det
3	significance	significance	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 diminutive	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 diminutive	det
6	diminutive	diminutive	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 significance	nmod
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 zaichyk	punct
8	zaichyk	zaichyk	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 diminutive	appos
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 zaichyk	punct
10	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	11 employed	advmod
11	employed	employ	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Ascertain	advcl
12	by	by	ADP	_	14 mother	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 mother	det
14	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 employed	obl
15	towards	towards	ADP	_	18 child	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 child	det
17	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 child	amod
18	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 employed	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the significance of the diminutive					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent significance=Topic
2	employ	participle	you not said here					by a mother; towards a small child	vn hire-13.5.3 «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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It is an expression of affection

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	4 expression	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 expression	cop
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 expression	det
4	expression	expression	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 affection	case
6	affection	affection	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 expression	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a expression				of affection	tree rules

Option 2

It is a reproach for slowness

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	4 reproach	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 reproach	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 reproach	det
4	reproach	reproach	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 slowness	case
6	slowness	slowness	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reproach	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a reproach				for slowness	tree rules

Option 3

It is an accusation of cowardice

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	4 accusation	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 accusation	cop
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 accusation	det
4	accusation	accusation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 cowardice	case
6	cowardice	cowardice	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 accusation	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a accusation				of cowardice	tree rules

Option 4

It is an instruction to be silent

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	4 instruction	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 instruction	cop
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 instruction	det
4	instruction	instruction	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	7 silent	mark
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 silent	cop
7	silent	silent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 instruction	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a instruction					tree rules
2	is	to-infinitive						silent property	tree rules

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