Test 6 · Shchedryk, New Year, Easter eggs and birthdays
The family sings "mnohaya lita" at grandad's birthday. Why?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: family · What happens: sing · To what, where: mnohaya lita, birthday
This is test 6 of lesson 28 «Shchedryk, New Year, Easter eggs and birthdays» of the Ukrainian street course of Mova's primary school. 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: The family sings "mnohaya lita" at grandad's birthday.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 family | det |
| 2 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sings | nsubj |
| 3 | sings | sing | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 lita | punct |
| 5 | mnohaya | mnohaya | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 lita | compound |
| 6 | lita | lita | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sings | obj |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 lita | punct |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 birthday | case |
| 9 | grandad | grandad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 birthday | nmod:poss |
| 10 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 9 grandad | case |
| 11 | birthday | birthday | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sings | obl |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 sings | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sing speech: express | present | the family | mnohaya lita | grandad's birthday | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location lita=Theme |
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: Why?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Why | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
To start dinner at the table
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 start | mark |
| 2 | start | start | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | dinner | dinner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 start | obj |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 table | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 table | det |
| 6 | table | table | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 start | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | start | to-infinitive | dinner | the table | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dinner=Eventuality |
Option 2
To wish everyone a happy Easter
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 wish | mark |
| 2 | wish | wish | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 2 wish | obj |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 Easter | det |
| 5 | happy | happy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 Easter | amod |
| 6 | Easter | Easter | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 wish | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wish | to-infinitive | everyone | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
To wish him many years
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 wish | mark |
| 2 | wish | wish | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 wish | iobj |
| 4 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 years | amod |
| 5 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 wish | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wish | to-infinitive | him = he | year | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot he=Theme |
Option 4
To say goodbye to the guests
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 say | mark |
| 2 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | goodbye | goodbye | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 say | obj |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 guests | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 guests | det |
| 6 | guests | guest | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 say | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | to-infinitive | goodbye | the guests | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent goodbye=Topic to guest=Recipient |
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