Test 8 · ★★★ · Olympiad: endings and polite forms ★★★
«that went a bit wrong» says Sashko after shouting «zdorOv!» at the head teacher. How bad was it really?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: that, Sashko, teacher · What happens: go, say, shout, be · To what, where: zdorOv · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★★★ of lesson 32 «Olympiad: endings and polite forms ★★★» 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: «that went a bit wrong» says Sashko after shouting «zdorOv!» at the head teacher.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 went | punct |
| 2 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 went | nsubj |
| 3 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 says | ccomp |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 bit | det |
| 5 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 wrong | obl:unmarked |
| 6 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 went | xcomp |
| 7 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 went | punct |
| 8 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | Sashko | Sashko | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 says | nsubj |
| 10 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 11 shouting | mark |
| 11 | shouting | shout | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 says | advcl |
| 12 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 13 zdorOv | punct |
| 13 | zdorOv | zdorOv | PROPN | _ | 11 shouting | obj |
| 14 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 13 zdorOv | punct |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 11 shouting | punct |
| 16 | at | at | ADP | _ | 19 teacher | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 teacher | det |
| 18 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 teacher | compound |
| 19 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 shouting | obl |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go in a quote | past | that | wrong property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | present | Sashko | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | shout speech: express | gerund | Sashko not said here | zdorOv | at the head teacher | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent zdorov=Topic |
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: How bad was it really?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 2 bad | advmod |
| 2 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 bad | cop |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 bad | nsubj |
| 5 | really | really | ADV | _ | 2 bad | advmod |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 bad | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | teacher | bad property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Fine: zdorOv means good afternoon
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 means | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 3 zdorOv | punct |
| 3 | zdorOv | zdorOv | PROPN | _ | 1 Fine | parataxis |
| 4 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 afternoon | amod |
| 6 | afternoon | afternoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 means | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Fine | afternoon | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Quite bad: zdorOv is never for teachers
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quite | quite | ADV | _ | 2 bad | advmod |
| 2 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 teachers | amod |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 4 zdorOv | punct |
| 4 | zdorOv | zdorOv | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 bad | vocative |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 teachers | cop |
| 6 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 8 teachers | advmod |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 teachers | case |
| 8 | teachers | teacher | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is | present | for bad teachers | tree rules |
Option 3
No problem: zdorOv is the polite hello
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 2 problem | det |
| 2 | problem | problem | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 hello | nsubj |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 2 problem | punct |
| 4 | zdorOv | zdorov | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 problem | conj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 hello | cop |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 hello | det |
| 7 | polite | polite | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 hello | amod |
| 8 | hello | hello | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | no problem and zdorOv | the polite hello | tree rules |
Option 4
A tiny slip: it means goodbye
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 slip | det |
| 2 | tiny | tiny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 slip | amod |
| 3 | slip | slip | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 means | nsubj |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 means | punct |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 means | nsubj |
| 6 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | goodbye | goodbye | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 means | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | a tiny slip | goodbye | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goodbye=Topic |
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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