Exam question 1 · Please, thank you, sorry, okay

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the expression BUD laska?

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

This is exam question 1 of lesson 3 «Please, thank you, sorry, okay» 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	10 expression	det
10	expression	expression	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	BUD	BUD	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 expression	appos
12	laska	laska	X	Foreign=Yes	11 BUD	flat:foreign
13	?	?	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 expression				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 · ← Mova's choice

It is an apology of considerable gravity

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 apology	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 apology	cop
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 apology	det
4	apology	apology	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 gravity	case
6	considerable	considerable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 gravity	amod
7	gravity	gravity	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 apology	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a apology				of considerable gravity	tree rules

Option 2

It is a valediction reserved for the evening

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 valediction	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 valediction	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 valediction	det
4	valediction	valediction	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	reserved	reserve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 valediction	acl
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 evening	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 evening	det
8	evening	evening	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 reserved	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a valediction					tree rules
2	reserve	participle		a valediction not said here			evening		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It signifies please and is equally employed as a reply to thanks and when handing an object

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 signifies	nsubj
2	signifies	signify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	please	please	INTJ	_	2 signifies	discourse
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 employed	cc
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 employed	aux
6	equally	equally	ADV	_	7 employed	advmod
7	employed	employ	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 signifies	conj
8	as	as	ADP	_	10 reply	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 reply	det
10	reply	reply	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 employed	obl
11	to	to	ADP	_	12 thanks	case
12	thanks	thanks	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 reply	nmod
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 handing	cc
14	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	15 handing	advmod
15	handing	hand	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 thanks	conj
16	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 object	det
17	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 handing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	signify	present	It			vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot
2	employ	present · passive			as a reply to thanks; equally property	vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as reply=Attribute
3	hand	gerund		a object		vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent object=Theme

Option 4

It signifies thank you exclusively

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 signifies	nsubj
2	signifies	signify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	thank	thank	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 signifies	ccomp
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 thank	obj
5	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	3 thank	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	signify	present	It						tree rules
2	thank speech: thank	present			you			exclusively property	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme

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