Exam question 4 · Olympiad: endings and polite forms ★★★

Ascertain why sidaite may properly be addressed to a class of children.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, address

This is exam question 4 of lesson 32 «Olympiad: endings and polite forms ★★★» 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 addressed	advmod
3	sidaite	sidaite	ADV	_	7 addressed	advmod
4	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 addressed	aux
5	properly	properly	ADV	_	7 addressed	advmod
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 addressed	aux:pass
7	addressed	address	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Ascertain	acl
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 class	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 class	det
10	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 addressed	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 children	case
12	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 class	nmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here						vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
2	address	may · passive						to a class of children; properly, sidaite property	vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»

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 form denotes the past tense

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 form	det
2	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 denotes	nsubj
3	denotes	denote	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 tense	det
5	past	past	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 tense	amod
6	tense	tense	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 denotes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	denote	present	the form	the past tense					vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot tense=Topic

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The -te form serves both for the polite address to one adult and for several persons

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 form	det
2	-	-	PUNCT	_	1 The	punct
3	te	te	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 form	compound
4	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 serves	nsubj
5	serves	serve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	both	both	CCONJ	_	5 serves	cc
7	for	for	ADP	_	10 address	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 address	det
9	polite	polite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 address	amod
10	address	address	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 serves	obl
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 adult	case
12	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 adult	nummod
13	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 serves	obl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 persons	cc
15	for	for	ADP	_	17 persons	case
16	several	several	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 persons	amod
17	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 adult	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	serve	present	the te form					for the polite address; to one adult and several persons	vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent for address=Recipient

Option 3

The form is reserved for scolding

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 form	det
2	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reserved	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 reserved	aux:pass
4	reserved	reserve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 scolding	case
6	scolding	scolding	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reserved	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reserve	present · passive		the form				for scolding	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Theme for scolding=Beneficiary

Option 4

Children must be addressed as elders by law

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 addressed	nsubj:pass
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 addressed	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 addressed	aux:pass
4	addressed	address	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	as	as	ADP	_	6 elders	case
6	elders	elder	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 addressed	obl
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 law	case
8	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 addressed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	address	must · passive	law	Children				as elders	vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Destination

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