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description: State the arrangement of the colours of the Ukrainian flag as described in its constitution. Exam question 2 of lesson 10 «The colours, and two kinds of blue» of the Ukrainian street course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's c
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# Exam question 2 · The colours, and two kinds of blue

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State the arrangement of the colours of the Ukrainian flag as described in its constitution.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, flag · **What happens:** state, describe, arrange, constitute · **To what, where:** arrangement, Ukrainian flag, constitution, colours

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 10 «The colours, and two kinds of blue» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/ukrainian-street/10-the-colours-and-two-kinds-of-blue/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:10-the-colours-and-two-kinds-of-blue:e2:1
# text = State the arrangement of the colours of the Ukrainian flag as described in its constitution.
1	State	state	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	arrangement	arrangement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	colours	colour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	Ukrainian	ukrainian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	flag	flag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
11	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
12	described	describe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	constitution	constitution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **state** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* | the arrangement of the colours of the Ukrainian flag |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent arrangement=Topic |
| 2 | **describe** | participle |  | the Ukrainian flag *not said here* |  | flag's constitution |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **arrange** |  |  | the colours of the Ukrainian flag |  |  |  |  | nom arrangement «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
| 4 | **constitute** |  | flag |  |  |  |  |  | nom constitution «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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 {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Blue above and yellow below, in two equal stripes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:10-the-colours-and-two-kinds-of-blue:e2:o1:1
# text = Blue above and yellow below, in two equal stripes
1	Blue	Blue	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	4	nsubj	_	_
2	above	above	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	yellow	yellow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	below	below	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
9	equal	equal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	stripes	stripe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Blue, yellow and white in three stripes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:10-the-colours-and-two-kinds-of-blue:e2:o2:1
# text = Blue, yellow and white in three stripes
1	Blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	yellow	yellow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	stripes	stripe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yellow upon a blue field with a star

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:10-the-colours-and-two-kinds-of-blue:e2:o3:1
# text = Yellow upon a blue field with a star
1	Yellow	yellow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	star	star	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yellow above and blue below, in two equal stripes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:10-the-colours-and-two-kinds-of-blue:e2:o4:1
# text = Yellow above and blue below, in two equal stripes
1	Yellow	yellow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
2	above	above	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
5	below	below	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
9	equal	equal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	stripes	stripe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

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