Exam question 3 · To a hundred, first and last, and the first colour

Ascertain the function of the utterance ya shukAyu! in the game known as khovAnky.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, know · To what, where: function, game

This is exam question 3 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 function	det
3	function	function	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 utterance	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 utterance	det
6	utterance	utterance	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 function	nmod
7	ya	ya	X	ExtPos=PROPN	6 utterance	appos
8	shukAyu	shukAyu	X	Foreign=Yes	7 ya	goeswith
9	!	!	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 game	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 game	det
12	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obl
13	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 game	acl
14	as	as	ADP	_	15 khovAnky	case
15	khovAnky	khovanky	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 known	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the function of the utterance		the game			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent function=Topic
2	know	participle		the game not said here				as khovAnky	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer as khovanky=Attribute

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 signals that the game is cancelled

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 signals	nsubj
2	signals	signal	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 cancelled	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 game	det
5	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cancelled	nsubj:pass
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 cancelled	aux:pass
7	cancelled	cancel	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 signals	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cancel	present · passive	signals not said here	the game					tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It is pronounced by the seeker upon completing the count, before searching

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 pronounced	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 pronounced	aux:pass
3	pronounced	pronounce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 seeker	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 seeker	det
6	seeker	seeker	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pronounced	obl:agent
7	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	8 completing	mark
8	completing	complete	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 seeker	acl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 count	det
10	count	count	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 completing	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 searching	punct
12	before	before	SCONJ	_	13 searching	mark
13	searching	search	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 pronounced	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	pronounce	present · passive	the seeker	It	vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	complete	gerund	the seeker not said here	the count	vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent count=Eventuality
3	search	gerund	the seeker not said here		vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent

Option 3

It is pronounced by a hidden player upon being found

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 pronounced	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 pronounced	aux:pass
3	pronounced	pronounce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	7 player	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 player	det
6	hidden	hidden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 player	amod
7	player	player	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pronounced	obl
8	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	10 found	mark
9	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 found	aux:pass
10	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 player	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pronounce	present · passive	a hidden player	It					vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	find	gerund · passive		a hidden player not said here					vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»

Option 4

It signals a draw

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 signals	nsubj
2	signals	signal	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 draw	det
4	draw	draw	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 signals	nmod:unmarked

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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