Exam question 4 · Friendly name-calling and real insults (meanings only)

Ascertain the meaning and standing of the slang terms "lokh" and "loshara".

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, slang terms · What happens: ascertain, stand · To what, where: meaning

This is exam question 4 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 meaning	det
3	meaning	meaning	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 standing	cc
5	standing	standing	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 meaning	conj
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 terms	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 terms	det
8	slang	slang	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 terms	compound
9	terms	term	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 standing	nmod
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 lokh	punct
11	lokh	lokh	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 terms	conj
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 lokh	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 loshara	cc
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 loshara	punct
15	loshara	loshara	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 lokh	conj
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 loshara	punct
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the meaning and standing of the slang terms and lokh and loshara					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meaning=Topic
2	stand		the slang terms and lokh and loshara						nom standing «state intransitive»: of=agent

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

"Lucky" or "fortunate"; complimentary

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Lucky	punct
2	Lucky	Lucky	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Lucky	punct
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 fortunate	cc
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 fortunate	punct
6	fortunate	fortunate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 Lucky	conj
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 fortunate	punct
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 complimentary	punct
9	complimentary	complimentary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 Lucky	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

"Teacher" or "head"; formal and neutral

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Teacher	punct
2	Teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 formal	nsubj
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Teacher	punct
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 head	cc
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 head	punct
6	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Teacher	conj
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 head	punct
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 formal	punct
9	formal	formal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 neutral	cc
11	neutral	neutral	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 formal	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

"Friend" or "comrade"; polite and approved

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Friend	punct
2	Friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 polite	nsubj
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Friend	punct
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 comrade	cc
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 comrade	punct
6	comrade	comrade	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Friend	conj
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 comrade	punct
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 polite	punct
9	polite	polite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 approved	cc
11	approved	approve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 polite	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	approve	participle							vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

"Sucker" or "loser"; rude, and disliked by parents

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Sucker	punct
2	Sucker	sucker	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 rude	nsubj
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Sucker	punct
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 loser	cc
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 loser	punct
6	loser	loser	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Sucker	conj
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 loser	punct
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 rude	punct
9	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 disliked	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 disliked	cc
12	disliked	dislike	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 rude	conj
13	by	by	ADP	_	14 parents	case
14	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 disliked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dislike	participle						by parents	vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer

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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