Exam question 4 · Brothers, aunties, cousins and the polite "vy"

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the word TItka?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: word

This is exam question 4 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	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 word	det
10	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	TItka	TItka	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 word	appos
12	?	?	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 word				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 is a word employed only in respect of men

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	4 word	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 word	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 word	det
4	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	employed	employ	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 word	acl
6	only	only	ADV	_	5 employed	advmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 respect	case
8	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 employed	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 men	case
10	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 respect	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a word		tree rules
2	employ	participle		a word not said here	respect of men	vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	respect			men		nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

It denotes a grandmother exclusively

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 denotes	nsubj
2	denotes	denote	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 grandmother	det
4	grandmother	grandmother	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 denotes	obj
5	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	2 denotes	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	denote	present	It	a grandmother				exclusively property	vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot grandmother=Topic

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It denotes an aunt and may be extended to female friends of the family, whereas addressed to an unknown woman it may appear discourteous

The tree, 24 words

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 denotes	nsubj
2	denotes	denote	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 aunt	det
4	aunt	aunt	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 denotes	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 extended	cc
6	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 extended	aux
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 extended	aux:pass
8	extended	extend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 denotes	conj
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 friends	case
10	female	female	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 friends	amod
11	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 extended	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 family	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 family	det
14	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 friends	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 whereas	punct
16	whereas	wherea	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 friends	conj
17	addressed	address	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 whereas	acl
18	to	to	ADP	_	21 woman	case
19	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 woman	det
20	unknown	unknown	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 woman	amod
21	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 addressed	obl
22	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 appear	nsubj
23	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	24 appear	aux
24	appear	appear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 denotes	parataxis
25	discourteous	discourteous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 appear	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	denote	present	It	a aunt			vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot aunt=Topic
2	extend	may · passive			female friends of the family and whereas		vn contribute-13.2-2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: to friend=Recipient
3	address	participle		whereas not said here		to a unknown woman	vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	appear	may	it			discourteous property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

It is a formal title for female teachers

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	5 title	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 title	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 title	det
4	formal	formal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 title	amod
5	title	title	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 teachers	case
7	female	female	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 teachers	amod
8	teachers	teacher	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 title	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a formal title				for female teachers	tree rules

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