Exam question 2 · Snowmen, woolly hats, draughts — today and tomorrow
Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the term "zaraz" as employed by a Ukrainian parent?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, employ · To what, where: term
This is exam question 2 of lesson 24 «Snowmen, woolly hats, draughts — today and tomorrow» 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 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 characterises | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 statements | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 statements | det |
| 4 | following | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 statements | amod |
| 5 | statements | statement | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 characterises | obl |
| 6 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 7 accurately | advmod |
| 7 | accurately | accurately | ADV | _ | 8 characterises | advmod |
| 8 | characterises | characteris | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 term | det |
| 10 | term | term | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 characterises | obj |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 zaraz | punct |
| 12 | zaraz | zaraz | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 term | appos |
| 13 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 zaraz | punct |
| 14 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 15 employed | mark |
| 15 | employed | employ | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 characterises | advcl |
| 16 | by | by | ADP | _ | 19 parent | case |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 19 parent | det |
| 18 | Ukrainian | ukrainian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 parent | amod |
| 19 | parent | parent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 employed | obl |
| 20 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 characterises | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | gerund | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | characteris | present | the term | of the following statements; accurately property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | employ | participle | by a Ukrainian parent | 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
It invariably signifies "tomorrow"
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 signifies | nsubj |
| 2 | invariably | invariably | ADV | _ | 3 signifies | advmod |
| 3 | signifies | signify | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 tomorrow | punct |
| 5 | tomorrow | tomorrow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 signifies | obl:unmarked |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 tomorrow | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | signify | present | It | tomorrow | invariably property | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
It may signify either "at once" or "in a moment", and the child should therefore wait
The tree, 16 words
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 signify | nsubj |
| 2 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 signify | aux |
| 3 | signify | signify | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | either | either | CCONJ | _ | 7 once | cc:preconj |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 once | punct |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 once | case |
| 7 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 3 signify | advmod |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 once | punct |
| 9 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 13 moment | cc |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 moment | punct |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 moment | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 moment | det |
| 13 | moment | moment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 once | conj |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 moment | punct |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 wait | punct |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 wait | cc |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 child | det |
| 18 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 wait | nsubj |
| 19 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 21 wait | aux |
| 20 | therefore | therefore | ADV | _ | 21 wait | advmod |
| 21 | wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 signify | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | signify | may | It | once property | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | ||||
| 2 | wait | should | the child | therefore property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
It invariably signifies a refusal
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 signifies | nsubj |
| 2 | invariably | invariably | ADV | _ | 3 signifies | advmod |
| 3 | signifies | signify | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 refusal | det |
| 5 | refusal | refusal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 signifies | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | signify | present | It | a refusal | invariably property | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot refusal=Theme |
Option 4
It signifies "never" and closes the matter
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 | 2 signifies | nsubj |
| 2 | signifies | signify | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 never | punct |
| 4 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 2 signifies | obj |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 never | punct |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 closes | cc |
| 7 | closes | close | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 signifies | conj |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 matter | det |
| 9 | matter | matter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 closes | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | signify | present | It | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot never=Theme | |||||
| 2 | close | present | the matter | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent matter=Patient |
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