Exam question 3 · Friendly name-calling and real insults (meanings only)
It is given that persons are designated by the names of animals such as "kozel", "korOva" or "svynya". Select the response consistent with the established facts.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: names, you · What happens: give, designate, name, select, establish · To what, where: It, persons, animals, response
This is exam question 3 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
Sentence 1: It is given that persons are designated by the names of animals such as "kozel", "korOva" or "svynya".
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 designated | mark |
| 5 | persons | person | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 designated | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 designated | aux:pass |
| 7 | designated | designate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 given | advcl |
| 8 | by | by | ADP | _ | 10 names | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 names | det |
| 10 | names | name | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 designated | obl |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 animals | case |
| 12 | animals | animal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 names | nmod |
| 13 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP | 16 kozel | case |
| 14 | as | as | ADP | _ | 13 such | fixed |
| 15 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 16 kozel | punct |
| 16 | kozel | kozel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 animals | nmod |
| 17 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 16 kozel | punct |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 korOva | punct |
| 19 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 20 korOva | punct |
| 20 | korOva | korova | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 kozel | appos |
| 21 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 20 korOva | punct |
| 22 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 24 svynya | cc |
| 23 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 24 svynya | punct |
| 24 | svynya | svynya | NOUN | _ | 16 kozel | conj |
| 25 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 24 svynya | punct |
| 26 | . | . | 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 | designate | present · passive | the names of animals such kozel or svynya | persons | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | ||||
| 3 | name | animals such kozel or svynya | nom name «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.
Sentence 2: Select the response consistent with the established 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 | _ | 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 | . | . | 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
Such designation is rude and constitutes an insult
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 designation | amod |
| 2 | designation | designation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 rude | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 rude | cop |
| 4 | rude | rude | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 constitutes | cc |
| 6 | constitutes | constitute | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 rude | conj |
| 7 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 insult | det |
| 8 | insult | insult | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 constitutes | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Such designation | rude property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | constitute | present | Such designation not said here | a insult | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme insult=Pivot |
Option 2
Such designation is formal and respectful
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 designation | amod |
| 2 | designation | designation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 formal | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 formal | cop |
| 4 | formal | formal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 respectful | cc |
| 6 | respectful | respectful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 formal | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Such designation | formal property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | Such designation not said here | tree rules |
Option 3
Such designation is a religious greeting
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 designation | amod |
| 2 | designation | designation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 greeting | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 greeting | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 greeting | det |
| 5 | religious | religious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 greeting | amod |
| 6 | greeting | greeting | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Such designation | a religious greeting | tree rules |
Option 4
Such designation is affectionate, as among close friends
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 designation | amod |
| 2 | designation | designation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 affectionate | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 affectionate | cop |
| 4 | affectionate | affectionate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 friends | punct |
| 6 | as | as | ADP | ExtPos=ADP | 9 friends | case |
| 7 | among | among | ADP | _ | 6 as | fixed |
| 8 | close | close | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 friends | amod |
| 9 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 affectionate | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Such designation | as close friends; affectionate property | 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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