Exam question 4 · Vyshyvanka Day, midsummer, St Nicholas — and the polite gu…

Ascertain the conduct prescribed for a guest who wishes to take an object within the household of another.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, guest · What happens: ascertain, prescribe, wish, take · To what, where: conduct, object · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 4 of lesson 29 «Vyshyvanka Day, midsummer, St Nicholas — and the polite guest» 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 conduct	det
3	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	prescribed	prescribe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 conduct	acl
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 guest	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 guest	det
7	guest	guest	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 prescribed	obl
8	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 wishes	nsubj
9	wishes	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 guest	acl:relcl
10	to	to	PART	_	11 take	mark
11	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 wishes	ccomp
12	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 object	det
13	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 take	obj
14	within	within	ADP	_	16 household	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 household	det
16	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 take	obl
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 another	case
18	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	16 household	nmod
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the conduct		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conduct=Topic
2	prescribe	participle		the conduct not said here	for a guest	tree rules
3	wish	present	a guest			vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
4	take not said to happen	to-infinitive		a object	within the household of another	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent object=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.

The options

Option 1

The guest should enquire "de tualEt?"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 guest	det
2	guest	guest	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 enquire	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 enquire	aux
4	enquire	enquire	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 enquire	punct
6	de	de	X	Foreign=Yes	7 tualEt	compound
7	tualEt	tualet	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 enquire	obj
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 enquire	punct
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 enquire	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	enquire speech: other	should	the guest	de tualEt					vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent tualet=Recipient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

The guest should declare "DYAkuyu za hostynu"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 guest	det
2	guest	guest	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 declare	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 declare	aux
4	declare	declare	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 DYAkuyu	punct
6	DYAkuyu	DYAkuyu	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 declare	obj
7	za	za	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 hostynu	compound
8	hostynu	hostynu	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 DYAkuyu	appos
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 hostynu	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	declare speech: other	should	the guest	DYAkuyu					vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dyakuyu=Attribute

Option 3

The guest should take the object without enquiry

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 guest	det
2	guest	guest	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 take	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 take	aux
4	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 object	det
6	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 take	obj
7	without	without	ADP	_	8 enquiry	case
8	enquiry	enquiry	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 take	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	should	the guest	the object				without enquiry	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent object=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The guest should first enquire "mozhna vzyaty?"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 guest	det
2	guest	guest	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 enquire	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 enquire	aux
4	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	5 enquire	advmod
5	enquire	enquire	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 vzyaty	punct
7	mozhna	mozhna	X	_	8 vzyaty	compound
8	vzyaty	vzyaty	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 enquire	obj
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 enquire	punct
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 enquire	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	enquire speech: other	should	the guest	mozhna vzyaty				first property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent vzyaty=Recipient

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