Exam question 4 · What time is it? Days, weeks, seasons

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the terms "zavzhdy" and "nikoly".

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, terms

This is exam question 4 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	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	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 terms	det
11	terms	term	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 concerning	obj
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 zavzhdy	punct
13	zavzhdy	zavzhdy	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 terms	conj
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 zavzhdy	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 nikoly	cc
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	17 nikoly	punct
17	nikoly	nikoly	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 zavzhdy	conj
18	"	"	PUNCT	_	17 nikoly	punct
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	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
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the terms and zavzhdy and nikoly		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus term=Experiencer

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

Both signify "already"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	2 signify	advmod
2	signify	signify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 already	punct
4	already	already	ADV	_	2 signify	advmod
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 already	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	signify	present							vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot

Option 2

The former signifies "never" and the latter "always"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 former	det
2	former	former	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 signifies	nsubj
3	signifies	signify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 never	punct
5	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 signifies	obj
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 never	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 latter	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 latter	det
9	latter	latter	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 signifies	conj
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 always	punct
11	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	9 latter	advmod
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 always	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	signify	present	the former						vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot never=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The former signifies "always" and the latter "never"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 former	det
2	former	former	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 signifies	nsubj
3	signifies	signify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 always	punct
5	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	3 signifies	advmod
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 always	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 latter	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 latter	det
9	latter	latter	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 signifies	conj
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 never	punct
11	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	9 latter	advmod
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 signifies	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	signify	present	the former					always property	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot

Option 4

Both signify "later"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	2 signify	advmod
2	signify	signify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 later	punct
4	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	2 signify	advmod
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 signify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	signify	present						late property	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot

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