Test 5 · ★★★ · Olympiad: Cyrillic code-breaking and number puzzles ★★★
A kid writes «ДВА ДІВЧИНИ» (dva DIvchyny, two girls). What should he fix?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: kid · What happens: write, fix · To what, where: ДВА ДІВЧИНИ
This is test 5 · ★★★ of lesson 31 «Olympiad: Cyrillic code-breaking and number puzzles ★★★» 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: A kid writes «ДВА ДІВЧИНИ» (dva DIvchyny, two girls).
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 kid | det |
| 2 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 writes | nsubj |
| 3 | writes | write | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 ДІВЧИНИ | punct |
| 5 | ДВА | ДВА | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 ДІВЧИНИ | compound |
| 6 | ДІВЧИНИ | ДІВЧИНИ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 writes | obj |
| 7 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 6 ДІВЧИНИ | punct |
| 8 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 10 DIvchyny | punct |
| 9 | dva | dva | X | Foreign=Yes | 10 DIvchyny | flat:foreign |
| 10 | DIvchyny | DIvchyny | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 ДІВЧИНИ | appos |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 girls | punct |
| 12 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 13 girls | nummod |
| 13 | girls | girl | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 DIvchyny | conj |
| 14 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 10 DIvchyny | punct |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 writes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | write | present | a kid | ДВА ДІВЧИНИ | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent дівчини=Theme |
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 should he fix?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 fix | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 fix | aux |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 fix | nsubj |
| 4 | fix | fix | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 fix | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fix | should | kid | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent what=Patient |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
ДІВЧИНИ → ДІВЧИНА: there is one girl
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ДІВЧИНИ | ДІВЧИНИ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 girl | nsubj |
| 2 | → | → | ADP | _ | 3 ДІВЧИНА | case |
| 3 | ДІВЧИНА | ДІВЧИНА | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 ДІВЧИНИ | nmod |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 is | punct |
| 5 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 6 is | expl |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 girl | cop |
| 7 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 girl | nummod |
| 8 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | ДІВЧИНИ → ДІВЧИНА | one girl | tree rules |
Option 2
Nothing at all, it is spot on
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 7 spot | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | at | at | ADP | _ | 3 all | case |
| 3 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 1 Nothing | nmod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nothing | punct |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 spot | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 spot | aux:pass |
| 7 | spot | spot | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 spot | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spot | present · passive | Nothing | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Destination |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
ДВА → ДВІ: it's dvi before DIvchyny
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ДВА | ДВА | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | → | → | ADP | _ | 3 ДВІ | case |
| 3 | ДВІ | ДВІ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 ДВА | nmod |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 dvi | punct |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 dvi | nsubj |
| 6 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 dvi | cop |
| 7 | dvi | dvi | X | Foreign=Yes | 1 ДВА | conj |
| 8 | before | before | ADP | _ | 9 DIvchyny | case |
| 9 | DIvchyny | DIvchyny | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 dvi | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
ДВА → ТРИ: girls go in threes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ДВА | ДВА | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 go | nsubj |
| 2 | → | → | ADP | _ | 3 ТРИ | case |
| 3 | ТРИ | ТРИ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 ДВА | nmod |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 go | punct |
| 5 | girls | girl | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 go | nsubj |
| 6 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 threes | case |
| 8 | threes | three | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 go | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | present | ДВА → ТРИ | threes | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in three=Location |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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