Exam question 1 · Friendly name-calling and real insults (meanings only)

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the term "durnyk" in the speech of Ukrainian children?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, speak · To what, where: term, speech, Ukrainian children · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 1 of lesson 26 «Friendly name-calling and real insults (meanings only)» 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 durnyk	punct
12	durnyk	durnyk	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 term	appos
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 durnyk	punct
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 speech	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 speech	det
16	speech	speech	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obl
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 children	case
18	Ukrainian	ukrainian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 children	amod
19	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 speech	nmod
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the term	the speech of Ukrainian children	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	speak		Ukrainian children			nom speech «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

It is invariably a grave insult

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	6 insult	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 insult	cop
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	6 insult	advmod
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 insult	det
5	grave	grave	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 insult	amod
6	insult	insult	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a grave insult				invariably property	tree rules

Option 2

It is a formal title addressed to elders

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	5 title	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 title	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 title	det
4	formal	formal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 title	amod
5	title	title	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	addressed	address	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 title	acl
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 elders	case
8	elders	elder	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 addressed	obl:agent

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a formal title					tree rules
2	address	participle		a formal title not said here					vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

It is invariably a compliment

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	5 compliment	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 compliment	cop
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	5 compliment	advmod
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 compliment	det
5	compliment	compliment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a compliment				invariably property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Its force depends upon tone, being amicable in jest and hurtful in anger

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 force	nmod:poss
2	force	force	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 depends	nsubj
3	depends	depend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	5 tone	case
5	tone	tone	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 depends	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 amicable	punct
7	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 amicable	cop
8	amicable	amicable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 tone	amod
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 jest	case
10	jest	jest	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 amicable	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 hurtful	cc
12	hurtful	hurtful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 amicable	conj
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 anger	case
14	anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 depends	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	depend	present	Its force	anger	upon tone	vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent
2	is	gerund		jest	amicable property	tree rules
3	be					tree rules

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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