Exam question 1 · Animal sounds, rain, snow, sun and rainbows

Determine the meaning of the expression "ide doshch" when rendered literally and in its customary sense.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, doshch · What happens: determine, render, mean, sense · To what, where: meaning, expression

This is exam question 1 of lesson 23 «Animal sounds, rain, snow, sun and rainbows» 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	Determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 meaning	det
3	meaning	meaning	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Determine	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 expression	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 expression	det
6	expression	expression	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 meaning	nmod
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 doshch	punct
8	ide	ide	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 doshch	compound
9	doshch	doshch	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 expression	appos
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 doshch	punct
11	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	12 rendered	advmod
12	rendered	render	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Determine	advcl
13	literally	literally	ADV	_	12 rendered	advmod
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 sense	cc
15	in	in	ADP	_	18 sense	case
16	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 sense	nmod:poss
17	customary	customary	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 sense	compound
18	sense	sense	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 literally	conj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Determine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	determine	imperative	you not said here	the meaning of the expression		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meaning=Topic
2	render	participle	you not said here		literally property	vn give-13.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent
3	mean			the expression		nom meaning «communication transitive»: of=patient
4	sense		doshch			nom sense «cognition transitive»: poss=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

Literally "rain has gone", meaning "the rain has ceased"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Literally	literally	ADV	_	5 gone	advmod
2	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 gone	punct
3	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 gone	nsubj
4	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 gone	aux
5	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 gone	punct
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 meaning	punct
8	meaning	mean	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 gone	advcl
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 ceased	punct
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 rain	det
11	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 ceased	nsubj:pass
12	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 ceased	aux
13	ceased	cease	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 meaning	ccomp
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 ceased	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	go in a quote	present · perfect	rain		literally property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	mean	gerund	rain not said here			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	cease in a quote	present · perfect · passive		the rain		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality

Option 2

Literally "go to the rain", meaning "go outside"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Literally	literally	ADV	_	3 go	advmod
2	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 go	punct
3	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 rain	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 rain	det
6	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 go	obl
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 rain	punct
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 meaning	punct
9	meaning	mean	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 go	advcl
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 go	punct
11	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	9 meaning	ccomp
12	outside	outside	ADV	_	11 go	advmod
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 go	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	go in a quote	imperative	you not said here	the rain	literally property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to rain=Initial_Location
2	mean	gerund	you not said here			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	go in a quote	infinitive			outside property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Literally "rain is going", meaning "it is raining"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Literally	literally	ADV	_	5 going	advmod
2	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 going	punct
3	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 going	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 going	aux
5	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 going	punct
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 meaning	punct
8	meaning	mean	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 going	advcl
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 raining	punct
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 raining	nsubj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 raining	aux
12	raining	rain	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 meaning	ccomp
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 raining	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	go in a quote	present · progressive	rain	literally property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	mean	gerund	rain not said here		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	rain in a quote	present · progressive	it		vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme»

Option 4

Literally "rain is coming", meaning "rain is forecast for tomorrow"

The tree, 10 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Literally	literally	ADV	_	5 coming	advmod
2	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 coming	punct
3	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 coming	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 coming	aux
5	coming	come	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 coming	punct
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 meaning	punct
8	meaning	mean	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 coming	advcl
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 forecast	punct
10	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 forecast	nsubj:pass
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 forecast	aux:pass
12	forecast	forecast	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 meaning	ccomp
13	for	for	ADP	_	14 tomorrow	case
14	tomorrow	tomorrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 forecast	obl
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 forecast	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	come in a quote	present · progressive	rain			literally property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	mean	gerund	rain not said here				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	forecast in a quote	present · passive		rain	tomorrow		tree rules

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