Exam question 4 · Please, thank you, sorry, okay

Select the response consistent with the established usage of LAdno pronounced with a pronounced sigh.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, response · What happens: select, establish, pronounce, use · To what, where: LAdno

This is exam question 4 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	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	11 pronounced	nsubj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	amod
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 usage	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 usage	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 usage	amod
8	usage	usage	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consistent	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 LAdno	case
10	LAdno	LAdno	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 usage	nmod
11	pronounced	pronounce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Select	parataxis
12	with	with	ADP	_	15 sigh	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 sigh	det
14	pronounced	pronounce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 sigh	amod
15	sigh	sigh	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 pronounced	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	pronounce	past	the response		with a pronounced sigh	vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent with sigh=Manner
4	pronounce	participle				vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
5	use			LAdno		nom usage «act transitive»: of=patient

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 a greeting upon arrival

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 greeting	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 greeting	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 greeting	det
4	greeting	greeting	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 arrival	case
6	arrival	arrival	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 greeting	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a greeting				upon arrival	tree rules

Option 2

It conveys enthusiastic agreement and evident delight at the proposal

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 conveys	nsubj
2	conveys	convey	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	enthusiastic	enthusiastic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 agreement	amod
4	agreement	agreement	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 conveys	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 delight	cc
6	evident	evident	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 delight	amod
7	delight	delight	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 agreement	conj
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 proposal	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 proposal	det
10	proposal	proposal	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 conveys	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	convey	present	It	enthusiastic agreement and evident delight		the proposal			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent agreement=Topic

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It conveys reluctant consent, approximately «fine, whatever»

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 conveys	nsubj
2	conveys	convey	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	reluctant	reluctant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 consent	amod
4	consent	consent	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 conveys	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 fine	punct
6	approximately	approximately	ADV	_	8 fine	advmod
7	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 fine	punct
8	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 conveys	parataxis
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 whatever	punct
10	whatever	whatever	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 fine	conj
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 conveys	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	convey	present	It	reluctant consent					tree rules

Option 4

It constitutes a firm refusal

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 constitutes	nsubj
2	constitutes	constitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 refusal	det
4	firm	firm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 refusal	amod
5	refusal	refusal	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 constitutes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	constitute	present	It	a firm refusal					vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme refusal=Pivot

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