Exam question 3 · Only joking! Swearing — and Christmas Eve

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the twelve dishes of "SvYat-vechir"?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: twelve dishes

This is exam question 3 of lesson 27 «Only joking! Swearing — and Christmas Eve» 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	11 dishes	det
10	twelve	twelve	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 dishes	nummod
11	dishes	dish	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	16 vechir	case
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	16 vechir	punct
14	SvYat	SvYat	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 vechir	compound
15	-	-	PUNCT	_	16 vechir	punct
16	vechir	vechir	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 dishes	nmod
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 dishes	punct
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the twelve dishes of SvYat vechir				of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules

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 · ✓ the right answer

They are prepared without meat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 prepared	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 prepared	aux:pass
3	prepared	prepare	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	without	without	ADP	_	5 meat	case
5	meat	meat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 prepared	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prepare	present · passive		They				without meat	vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 2

They are served on New Year's Day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 served	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 served	aux:pass
3	served	serve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	8 Day	case
5	New	New	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Year	compound
6	Year	Year	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Day	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Year	case
8	Day	Day	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 served	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	serve	present · passive		They			on New Year's Day		vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Attribute

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

They consist chiefly of meat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 consist	nsubj
2	consist	consist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	chiefly	chiefly	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 consist	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 meat	case
5	meat	meat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 chiefly	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consist	present	They	chiefly of meat					tree rules

Option 4

They are confined to sweet pastries

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 confined	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 confined	aux:pass
3	confined	confine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 pastries	case
5	sweet	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 pastries	amod
6	pastries	pastry	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 confined	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	confine	present · passive		They		sweet pastries			vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to pastry=Destination

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