Exam question 2 · To a hundred, first and last, and the first colour

Identify the colour denoted in Ukrainian by chervOnyi, noting that krasNyi signifies something else.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, krasNyi · What happens: identify, denote, note, signify · To what, where: colour, something

This is exam question 2 of lesson 9 «To a hundred, first and last, and the first colour» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 colour	det
3	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	denoted	denote	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 colour	acl
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 Ukrainian	case
6	Ukrainian	Ukrainian	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 denoted	obl
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 chervOnyi	case
8	chervOnyi	chervOnyi	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 denoted	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 noting	punct
10	noting	note	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Identify	advcl
11	that	that	SCONJ	_	13 signifies	mark
12	krasNyi	krasNyi	X	Foreign=Yes	13 signifies	nsubj
13	signifies	signify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 noting	ccomp
14	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	13 signifies	obj
15	else	else	ADV	_	14 something	advmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the colour		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent colour=Theme
2	denote	participle		the colour not said here	by chervOnyi; in Ukrainian	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot in ukrainian=Attribute
3	note	gerund	you not said here			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	signify	present	krasNyi	something		vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot something=Theme

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

Orange; krasNyi signifies brown

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Orange	orange	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 krasNyi	amod
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	1 Orange	punct
3	krasNyi	krasNyi	X	Foreign=Yes	4 signifies	nsubj
4	signifies	signify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	brown	brown	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 signifies	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	signify	present	Orange krasNyi					brown property	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot

Option 2

Black; krasNyi signifies white

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 krasNyi	amod
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	1 Black	punct
3	krasNyi	krasNyi	X	Foreign=Yes	4 signifies	nsubj
4	signifies	signify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 signifies	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	signify	present	Black krasNyi					white property	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot

Option 3

Beautiful; krasNyi signifies red

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 krasNyi	amod
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	1 Beautiful	punct
3	krasNyi	krasNyi	X	Foreign=Yes	4 signifies	nsubj
4	signifies	signify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 signifies	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	signify	present	Beautiful krasNyi					red property	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Red; krasNyi signifies beautiful

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 signifies	advmod
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	4 signifies	punct
3	krasNyi	krasNyi	X	Foreign=Yes	4 signifies	nsubj
4	signifies	signify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 signifies	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	signify	present	krasNyi					beautiful property	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot

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