Exam question 1 · Granny's rules, superstitions and good manners

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the injunction "ne svystY v khati"?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: injunction

This is exam question 1 of lesson 30 «Granny's rules, superstitions and good manners» 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 injunction	det
10	injunction	injunction	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 svystY	punct
12	ne	ne	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 svystY	compound
13	svystY	svysty	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 injunction	appos
14	v	v	X	Foreign=Yes	15 khati	flat:foreign
15	khati	khati	X	_	13 svystY	appos
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 svystY	punct
17	?	?	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 injunction				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 a regulation of the Ukrainian government

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 regulation	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 regulation	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 regulation	det
4	regulation	regulation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 government	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 government	det
7	Ukrainian	ukrainian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 government	amod
8	government	government	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 regulation	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a regulation				of the Ukrainian government	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It is a household superstition holding that indoor whistling dispels wealth, not an established fact

The tree, 15 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	5 superstition	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 superstition	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 superstition	det
4	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 superstition	compound
5	superstition	superstition	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	holding	hold	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 dispels	csubj
7	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	9 whistling	det
8	indoor	indoor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 whistling	amod
9	whistling	whistling	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 holding	obj
10	dispels	dispel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 superstition	parataxis
11	wealth	wealth	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 dispels	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 fact	punct
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	16 fact	advmod
14	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 fact	det
15	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 fact	amod
16	fact	fact	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 superstition	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a household superstition and a established fact	tree rules
2	hold	gerund		that indoor whistling	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whistling=Theme
3	dispel	present	holding	wealth	vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent wealth=Patient
4	establish	participle			vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot

Option 3

It is a scientifically established principle of acoustics

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	6 principle	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 principle	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 principle	det
4	scientifically	scientifically	ADV	_	5 established	advmod
5	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 principle	amod
6	principle	principle	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 acoustics	case
8	acoustics	acoustic	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 principle	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	establish	participle						scientifically property	vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
2	is a	present	It	a established principle				of acoustics	tree rules

Option 4

It is a reprimand for excessive noise at night only

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 reprimand	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 reprimand	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 reprimand	det
4	reprimand	reprimand	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 noise	case
6	excessive	excessive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 noise	amod
7	noise	noise	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reprimand	nmod
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 night	case
9	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reprimand	nmod
10	only	only	ADV	_	9 night	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a reprimand			night	for excessive noise	tree rules

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