Exam question 2 · Brothers, aunties, cousins and the polite "vy"

Select the response consistent with the established usage of the first name together with the father's name.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, father · What happens: select, establish, use, name · To what, where: response, first name

This is exam question 2 of lesson 6 «Brothers, aunties, cousins and the polite "vy"» 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	amod
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 usage	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 usage	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 usage	amod
8	usage	usage	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consistent	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 name	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 name	det
11	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	12 name	amod
12	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 usage	nmod
13	together	together	ADV	_	1 Select	advmod
14	with	with	ADP	_	18 name	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 father	det
16	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 name	nmod:poss
17	's	's	PART	_	16 father	case
18	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	with the father's name; together property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	use			the first name		nom usage «act transitive»: of=patient
4	name		the father			nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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 is regarded as discourteous in all circumstances

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	3 regarded	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 regarded	aux:pass
3	regarded	regard	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	as	as	ADP	_	5 discourteous	case
5	discourteous	discourteous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 regarded	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 circumstances	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 circumstances	det
8	circumstances	circumstance	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 regarded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	regard	present · passive		It		all circumstances		as discourteous	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.value»: subject=Theme as discourteous=Value

Option 2

It is reserved for addressing younger siblings

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	3 reserved	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 reserved	aux:pass
3	reserved	reserve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	for	for	SCONJ	_	5 addressing	mark
5	addressing	address	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 reserved	advcl
6	younger	young	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 siblings	amod
7	siblings	sibling	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 addressing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reserve	present · passive		It					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	address	gerund		younger siblings					vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sibling=Destination

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It constitutes the respectful mode of address towards teachers and older adults

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 constitutes	nsubj
2	constitutes	constitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 mode	det
4	respectful	respectful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 mode	amod
5	mode	mode	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 constitutes	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 address	case
7	address	address	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 mode	nmod
8	towards	towards	ADP	_	9 teachers	case
9	teachers	teacher	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 constitutes	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 adults	cc
11	older	old	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	12 adults	amod
12	adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 teachers	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	constitute	present	It	the respectful mode of address				towards teachers and older adults	vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme mode=Pivot

Option 4

It is employed only by grandparents towards their grandchildren upon formal occasions

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	3 employed	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 employed	aux:pass
3	employed	employ	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 grandparents	advmod
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 grandparents	case
6	grandparents	grandparent	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 employed	obl
7	towards	towards	ADP	_	9 grandchildren	case
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 grandchildren	nmod:poss
9	grandchildren	grandchild	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 employed	obl
10	upon	upon	ADP	_	12 occasions	case
11	formal	formal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 occasions	amod
12	occasions	occasion	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 employed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	employ	present · passive	grandparents	It				towards grandparents's grandchildren; upon formal occasions	vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

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