Exam question 4 · Only joking! Swearing — and Christmas Eve

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the terms "mat" and "matyuky".

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

This is exam question 4 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	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 mat	punct
13	mat	mat	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 terms	appos
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 mat	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 matyuky	cc
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	17 matyuky	punct
17	matyuky	matyuky	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 mat	conj
18	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 mat	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		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 · ✓ the right answer

They designate the strong swear words, which are not to be used in a friend's household

The tree, 17 words

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 designate	nsubj
2	designate	designate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 words	det
4	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 words	amod
5	swear	swear	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 words	compound
6	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 designate	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 used	punct
8	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 used	obj
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 used	aux:pass
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 used	advmod
11	to	to	PART	_	13 used	mark
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 used	aux:pass
13	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 words	conj
14	in	in	ADP	_	18 household	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 friend	det
16	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 household	nmod:poss
17	's	's	PART	_	16 friend	case
18	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 used	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	designate	present	They	the strong swear words					vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme
2	not use	present · passive	They not said here	the strong swear words		a friend's household			vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: which=Patient

Option 2

They designate Christmas carols sung by children

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 designate	nsubj
2	designate	designate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 sung	nsubj
4	carols	carol	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 sung	aux:pass
5	sung	sing	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 designate	ccomp
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 children	case
7	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 sung	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	designate	present	They						tree rules
2	sing speech: express	present · passive	children	Christmas					vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location subject=Theme

Option 3

They designate polite forms of address

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 designate	nsubj
2	designate	designate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	polite	polite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 forms	amod
4	forms	form	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 designate	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 address	case
6	address	address	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 forms	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	designate	present	They	polite forms of address					vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent form=Theme
2	form			address					nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

They designate affectionate nicknames for infants

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 designate	nsubj
2	designate	designate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	affectionate	affectionate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 nicknames	amod
4	nicknames	nickname	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 designate	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 infants	case
6	infants	infant	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 designate	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	designate	present	They	affectionate nicknames				for infants	vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nickname=Theme

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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