Exam question 4 · How old are you, where from, and meet the family
Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the enquiry zvidky ty?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: enquiry
This is exam question 4 of lesson 5 «How old are you, where from, and meet the family» 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 enquiry | det |
| 10 | enquiry | enquiry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 characterises | obj |
| 11 | zvidky | zvidky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 ty | amod |
| 12 | ty | ty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 enquiry | conj |
| 13 | ? | ? | 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 enquiry and zvidky ty | 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 requests the person's present street address and house number
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 | 2 requests | nsubj |
| 2 | requests | request | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 person | det |
| 4 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 address | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 person | case |
| 6 | present | present | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 address | amod |
| 7 | street | street | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 address | compound |
| 8 | address | address | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 requests | obj |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 number | cc |
| 10 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 number | compound |
| 11 | number | number | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 address | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | request | present | It | the person's present street address and house number | vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent address=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | address | the person | nom address «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
It requests the place from which the person originates
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 | 2 requests | nsubj |
| 2 | requests | request | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 place | det |
| 4 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 requests | obj |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 which | case |
| 6 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 originates | obl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 person | det |
| 8 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 originates | nsubj |
| 9 | originates | originate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 place | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | request | present | It | the place | vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent place=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | originate | present | the person | the place | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
It requests the person's age
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 | 2 requests | nsubj |
| 2 | requests | request | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 person | det |
| 4 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 age | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 person | case |
| 6 | age | age | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 requests | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | request | present | It | the person's age | vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent age=Recipient |
Option 4
It requests the person's school year
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 | 2 requests | nsubj |
| 2 | requests | request | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 person | det |
| 4 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 school | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 person | case |
| 6 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 year | compound |
| 7 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 requests | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | request | present | It | year | vn beg-58.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent |
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