Exam question 1 · What time is it? Days, weeks, seasons

Ascertain the literal signification of the Ukrainian noun "nedilya", designating the seventh day of the week.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, designate, signify · To what, where: literal signification, Ukrainian noun

This is exam question 1 of lesson 25 «What time is it? Days, weeks, seasons» 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	4 signification	det
3	literal	literal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 signification	amod
4	signification	signification	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 noun	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 noun	det
7	Ukrainian	ukrainian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 noun	amod
8	noun	noun	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 signification	nmod
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 nedilya	punct
10	nedilya	nedilya	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 noun	appos
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 nedilya	punct
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 designating	punct
13	designating	designate	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Ascertain	advcl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 day	det
15	seventh	seventh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 day	amod
16	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 designating	obj
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 week	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 week	det
19	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 day	nmod
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the literal signification of the Ukrainian noun		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent signification=Topic
2	designate	gerund	you not said here		day	vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	signify			the Ukrainian noun		nom signification «communication transitive»: of=patient

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

"Middle day", that is, the midpoint of the week

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 day	punct
2	Middle	Middle	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 day	compound
3	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 day	punct
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 midpoint	punct
6	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	10 midpoint	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 midpoint	cop
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 is	punct
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 midpoint	det
10	midpoint	midpoint	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 day	appos
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 week	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 week	det
13	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 midpoint	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	that	the midpoint			week		tree rules

Option 2

"First day", that is, the commencement of the week

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 day	punct
2	First	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	3 day	amod
3	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 day	punct
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 commencement	punct
6	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	10 commencement	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 commencement	cop
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 is	punct
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 commencement	det
10	commencement	commencement	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 day	appos
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 week	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 week	det
13	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 commencement	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	that	the commencement			week		tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

"No work", that is, a day of rest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 work	punct
2	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	3 work	det
3	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 work	punct
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 day	punct
6	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	10 day	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 day	cop
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 is	punct
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 day	det
10	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 work	conj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 rest	case
12	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 day	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	that	a day				of rest	tree rules

Option 4

"Market day", that is, a day of trade

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 day	punct
2	Market	Market	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 day	compound
3	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 day	punct
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 day	punct
6	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	10 day	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 day	cop
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 is	punct
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 day	det
10	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 day	appos
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 trade	case
12	trade	trade	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 day	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	that	a day				of trade	tree rules

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