Exam question 3 · Snowmen, woolly hats, draughts — today and tomorrow
It is given that a grandmother attributes a common cold to a "protYah". Select the response consistent with the established scientific facts.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: grandmother, you · What happens: give, attribute, select, establish · To what, where: It, common cold, response
This is exam question 3 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
Sentence 1: It is given that a grandmother attributes a common cold to a "protYah".
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 attributes | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 grandmother | det |
| 6 | grandmother | grandmother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 attributes | nsubj |
| 7 | attributes | attribute | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | advcl |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 cold | det |
| 9 | common | common | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 cold | amod |
| 10 | cold | cold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 attributes | obj |
| 11 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 protYah | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 protYah | det |
| 13 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 protYah | punct |
| 14 | protYah | protyah | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 attributes | obl |
| 15 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 protYah | punct |
| 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 | attribute | present | a grandmother | a common cold | to a protYah | tree rules |
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: Select the response consistent with the established scientific facts.
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 | 3 response | amod |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 facts | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 facts | det |
| 7 | established | establish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 facts | amod |
| 8 | scientific | scientific | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 facts | amod |
| 9 | facts | fact | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 consistent | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Select | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | select | imperative | you not said here | the response | 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 |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Common colds are caused by viruses rather than by currents of air
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Common | common | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 colds | amod |
| 2 | colds | cold | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 caused | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 caused | aux:pass |
| 4 | caused | cause | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 6 viruses | case |
| 6 | viruses | virus | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 caused | obl |
| 7 | rather | rather | ADV | ExtPos=CCONJ | 6 viruses | advmod |
| 8 | than | than | ADP | _ | 7 rather | fixed |
| 9 | by | by | ADP | _ | 10 currents | case |
| 10 | currents | current | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 caused | obl |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 air | case |
| 12 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 currents | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cause | present · passive | viruses | Common colds | by currents of air | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition subject=Patient |
Option 2
Common colds are caused by snow
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Common | common | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 colds | amod |
| 2 | colds | cold | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 caused | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 caused | aux:pass |
| 4 | caused | cause | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 6 snow | case |
| 6 | snow | snow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 caused | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cause | present · passive | snow | Common colds | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition subject=Patient |
Option 3
Currents of air are the sole cause of common colds
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Currents | current | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 cause | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 3 air | case |
| 3 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Currents | nmod |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 cause | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 cause | det |
| 6 | sole | sole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 cause | amod |
| 7 | cause | cause | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 colds | case |
| 9 | common | common | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 colds | amod |
| 10 | colds | cold | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 cause | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Currents of air | the sole cause | of common colds | tree rules |
Option 4
Common colds are caused by the wearing of hats
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Common | common | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 colds | amod |
| 2 | colds | cold | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 caused | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 caused | aux:pass |
| 4 | caused | cause | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 hats | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 hats | det |
| 7 | wearing | wear | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 9 hats | amod |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 wearing | obl |
| 9 | hats | hat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 caused | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cause | present · passive | Common colds | by the wearing hats | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ||||
| 2 | wear | gerund | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent |
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