Exam question 2 · Granny's rules, superstitions and good manners

Identify the custom denoted by the expression "prysIdmo na dorIzhku".

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, denote · To what, where: custom

This is exam question 2 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 custom	det
3	custom	custom	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	denoted	denote	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 custom	acl
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 expression	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 expression	det
7	expression	expression	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 denoted	obl
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 prysIdmo	punct
9	prysIdmo	prysIdmo	X	Foreign=Yes	7 expression	appos
10	na	na	X	Foreign=Yes	9 prysIdmo	flat:foreign
11	dorIzhku	dorIzhku	X	Foreign=Yes	9 prysIdmo	flat:foreign
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 prysIdmo	punct
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the custom					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent custom=Theme
2	denote	participle		the custom not said here				by the expression	vn indicate-78 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot

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

The farewell embrace at the railway station

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 embrace	det
2	farewell	farewell	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 embrace	amod
3	embrace	embrace	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	7 station	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 station	det
6	railway	railway	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 station	compound
7	station	station	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 embrace	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

The packing of provisions for a journey

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 packing	det
2	packing	packing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 provisions	case
4	provisions	provision	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 packing	nmod
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 journey	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 journey	det
7	journey	journey	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 provisions	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

A brief, silent sitting of the household prior to departure on a journey

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 brief	det
2	brief	brief	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 sitting	punct
4	silent	silent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 sitting	amod
5	sitting	sitting	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 brief	appos
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 household	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 household	det
8	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sitting	nmod
9	prior	prior	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	11 departure	case
10	to	to	ADP	_	9 prior	fixed
11	departure	departure	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sitting	nmod
12	on	on	ADP	_	14 journey	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 journey	det
14	journey	journey	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 brief	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit		the household					prior departure	nom sitting «act intransitive»: of=agent prior=obl

Option 4

The serving of a meal prior to departure

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 serving	det
2	serving	serving	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 meal	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 meal	det
5	meal	meal	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 serving	nmod
6	prior	prior	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	8 departure	case
7	to	to	ADP	_	6 prior	fixed
8	departure	departure	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 serving	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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