Test 5 · "In the olden days": Grandad's 1990 Taras: "Dad was born in 1991. So Ukraine and Dad are the same age?" Is he right?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Taras, Ukraine, Dad · What happens: bear, be · To what, where: Dad, 1991, same age
This is test 5 of lesson 126 «"In the olden days": Grandad's 1990» of the world course of Mova's primary school. 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 Sentence 1: Taras: "Dad was born in 1991.
punct punct nsubj:pass aux:pass acl:relcl case obl punct root Taras NOUN : PUNCT " PUNCT Dad NOUN was AUX born VERB in ADP 1991 NUM . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Taras tara NOUN Number=Plur root root 2 : : PUNCT _ 6 born punct 3 " " PUNCT _ 6 born punct 4 Dad dad NOUN Number=Sing 6 born nsubj:pass 5 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 6 born aux:pass 6 born bear VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 1 Taras acl:relcl 7 in in ADP _ 8 1991 case 8 1991 1991 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 6 born obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 1 Taras punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 bear in a quote past · passive Taras not said here Dad 1991 vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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.
Sentence 2: So Ukraine and Dad are the same age?"
advmod nsubj cc conj cop det amod punct punct root So ADV Ukraine PROPN and CCONJ Dad NOUN are AUX the DET same ADJ age NOUN ? PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 So so ADV _ 8 age advmod 2 Ukraine Ukraine PROPN Number=Sing 8 age nsubj 3 and and CCONJ _ 4 Dad cc 4 Dad dad NOUN Number=Sing 2 Ukraine conj 5 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 age cop 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 age det 7 same same ADJ Degree=Pos 8 age amod 8 age age NOUN Number=Sing root root 9 ? ? PUNCT _ 8 age punct 10 " " PUNCT _ 8 age punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present Ukraine and Dad the same age tree rules
Sentence 3: Is he right?
cop nsubj punct root Is AUX he PRON right ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 right cop 2 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 right nsubj 3 right right ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 right punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present Dad right property tree rules
The options Option 1 No, Ukraine is 1,544 years old, the same age as Kyiv
discourse punct nsubj cop nummod obl:unmarked punct det amod obl case nmod root No INTJ , PUNCT Ukraine PROPN is AUX 1,544 NUM years NOUN old ADJ , PUNCT the DET same ADJ age NOUN as ADP Kyiv PROPN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 No no INTJ Polarity=Neg 7 old discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 No punct 3 Ukraine Ukraine PROPN Number=Sing 7 old nsubj 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 old cop 5 1,544 1,544 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 6 years nummod 6 years year NOUN Number=Plur 7 old obl:unmarked 7 old old ADJ Degree=Pos root root 8 , , PUNCT _ 11 age punct 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 age det 10 same same ADJ Degree=Pos 11 age amod 11 age age NOUN Number=Sing 7 old obl 12 as as ADP _ 13 Kyiv case 13 Kyiv Kyiv PROPN Number=Sing 11 age nmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present Ukraine the same age as Kyiv; year old property tree rules
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer Yes, Ukraine declared independence in August 1991
discourse punct nsubj obj case obl flat root Yes INTJ , PUNCT Ukraine PROPN declared VERB independence NOUN in ADP August PROPN 1991 NUM The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Yes yes INTJ Polarity=Pos 4 declared discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 Yes punct 3 Ukraine Ukraine PROPN Number=Sing 4 declared nsubj 4 declared declare VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 independence independence NOUN Number=Sing 4 declared obj 6 in in ADP _ 7 August case 7 August August PROPN Number=Sing 4 declared obl 8 1991 1991 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 7 August flat
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 declare speech: other past Ukraine independence august vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent independence=Attribute
Option 3 No, Ukraine only became independent much later, in 2001
discourse punct nsubj advmod xcomp advmod advmod punct case obl root No INTJ , PUNCT Ukraine PROPN only ADV became VERB independent ADJ much ADV later ADV , PUNCT in ADP 2001 NUM The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 No no INTJ Polarity=Neg 5 became discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 No punct 3 Ukraine Ukraine PROPN Number=Sing 5 became nsubj 4 only only ADV _ 5 became advmod 5 became become VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 6 independent independent ADJ Degree=Pos 5 became xcomp 7 much much ADV _ 8 later advmod 8 later late ADV Degree=Cmp 5 became advmod 9 , , PUNCT _ 11 2001 punct 10 in in ADP _ 11 2001 case 11 2001 2001 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 5 became obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 become past Ukraine in 2001 result ; independent, late property vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in 2001=Result
Option 4 No, Ukraine became independent long before, in 1969
discourse punct nsubj xcomp advmod advmod punct case obl root No INTJ , PUNCT Ukraine PROPN became VERB independent ADJ long ADV before ADV , PUNCT in ADP 1969 NUM The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 No no INTJ Polarity=Neg 4 became discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 No punct 3 Ukraine Ukraine PROPN Number=Sing 4 became nsubj 4 became become VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 independent independent ADJ Degree=Pos 4 became xcomp 6 long long ADV Degree=Pos 7 before advmod 7 before before ADV _ 4 became advmod 8 , , PUNCT _ 10 1969 punct 9 in in ADP _ 10 1969 case 10 1969 1969 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 4 became obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 become past Ukraine in 1969 result ; before, independent property vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in 1969=Result
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