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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises holubtsI? Exam question 3 of lesson 11 «The flag, and what's cooking at the friend's house» 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 choi
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# Exam question 3 · The flag, and what's cooking at the friend's house

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises holubtsI?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 11 «The flag, and what's cooking at the friend's house» 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/11-the-flag-and-whats-cooking/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:11-the-flag-and-whats-cooking:e3:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises holubtsI?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	holubtsI	holubtsI	X	FW	_	8	dep	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  |  |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |

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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 {#o1}

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They are roasted doves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:11-the-flag-and-whats-cooking:e3:o1:1
# text = They are roasted doves
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	roasted	roast	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	doves	dove	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **roast** | present · passive |  | They |  |  |  |  | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary dove=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They are thin pancakes rolled with cheese

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:11-the-flag-and-whats-cooking:e3:o2:1
# text = They are thin pancakes rolled with cheese
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	thin	thin	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	pancakes	pancake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	rolled	roll	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	cheese	cheese	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | They | thin pancakes |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **roll** | participle |  | thin pancakes *not said here* |  |  |  | with cheese | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with cheese=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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They are rolls of cabbage filled with rice and meat, the name signifying «little doves»

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:11-the-flag-and-whats-cooking:e3:o3:1
# text = They are rolls of cabbage filled with rice and meat, the name signifying «little doves»
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	rolls	roll	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	cabbage	cabbage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	filled	fill	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	rice	rice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	meat	meat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
14	signifying	signify	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	13	acl	_	_
15	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	doves	dove	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	17	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | They | rolls |  |  |  | of cabbage | tree rules |
| 2 | **fill** | participle |  | cabbage *not said here* |  |  |  | with rice and meat and the name | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with rice=Instrument |
| 3 | **signify** | gerund | the name *not said here* | little doves |  |  |  |  | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot dove=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They are dumplings filled with cherries

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:11-the-flag-and-whats-cooking:e3:o4:1
# text = They are dumplings filled with cherries
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	dumplings	dumpling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	filled	fill	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	cherries	cherry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | They | dumplings |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **fill** | participle |  | dumplings *not said here* |  |  |  | with cherries | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with cherry=Instrument |

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**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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