Test 3 · ★★ · Vyshyvanka Day, midsummer, St Nicholas — and the polite gu…
Sashko gets a twig on St Nicholas Day and laughs. What's going on?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Sashko · What happens: get, laugh, go on · To what, where: twig
This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 29 «Vyshyvanka Day, midsummer, St Nicholas — and the polite guest» 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: Sashko gets a twig on St Nicholas Day and laughs.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sashko | Sashko | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 gets | nsubj |
| 2 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 twig | det |
| 4 | twig | twig | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 gets | obj |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 Day | case |
| 6 | St | St | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 Day | flat |
| 7 | Nicholas | Nicholas | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 Day | compound |
| 8 | Day | Day | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 twig | nmod |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 laughs | cc |
| 10 | laughs | laugh | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 gets | conj |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 gets | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | Sashko | a twig | on St Nicholas Day | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent twig=Theme on day=Source | |||
| 2 | laugh | present | Sashko not said here | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=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.
Sentence 2: What's going on?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 going | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 going | aux |
| 3 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 3 going | compound:prt |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 going | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go on | present · progressive | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
A jokey "you were naughty" present
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 present | det |
| 2 | jokey | jokey | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 present | amod |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 naughty | punct |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 naughty | nsubj |
| 5 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 naughty | cop |
| 6 | naughty | naughty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 present | amod |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 naughty | punct |
| 8 | present | present | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | past | you | naughty property | tree rules |
Option 2
A real punishment for a bad mark at school
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 punishment | det |
| 2 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 punishment | amod |
| 3 | punishment | punishment | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 mark | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 mark | det |
| 6 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 mark | amod |
| 7 | mark | mark | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 punishment | nmod |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 school | case |
| 9 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 mark | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
A broken present
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 present | det |
| 2 | broken | break | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 present | amod |
| 3 | present | present | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | break | participle | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
Option 4
A gift for the yalYnka
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 gift | det |
| 2 | gift | gift | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 yalYnka | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 yalYnka | det |
| 5 | yalYnka | yalYnka | X | Foreign=Yes | 2 gift | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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