Exam question 3 · Calling Mum and Granny; counting one to eight

Select the response consistent with the established usage of maLYuk.

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

This is exam question 3 of lesson 7 «Calling Mum and Granny; counting one to eight» 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	_	10 maLYuk	case
10	maLYuk	maLYuk	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 usage	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	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			maLYuk	nom usage «act transitive»: of=patient

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 denotes a grandparent

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 grandparent	det
4	grandparent	grandparent	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 denotes	obj

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

Option 2

It is a respectful address to an elder

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 address	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 address	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 address	det
4	respectful	respectful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 address	amod
5	address	address	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 elder	case
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 elder	det
8	elder	elder	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 address	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a respectful address				to a elder	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It denotes a small child and is resented by children of nine or ten years

The tree, 15 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	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 child	det
4	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 child	amod
5	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 denotes	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 resented	cc
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 resented	aux:pass
8	resented	resent	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 denotes	conj
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 children	case
10	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 resented	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	15 years	case
12	nine	nine	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 years	nummod
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 ten	cc
14	ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 nine	conj
15	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 children	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	denote	present	It	a small child					vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot child=Topic
2	resent	present · passive	children of nine years						vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

It is a term of praise for a victorious footballer

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 term	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 term	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 term	det
4	term	term	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 praise	case
6	praise	praise	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 term	nmod
7	for	for	ADP	_	10 footballer	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 footballer	det
9	victorious	victorious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 footballer	amod
10	footballer	footballer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 term	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a term				of praise; for a victorious footballer	tree rules

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