Test 8 · ★★ · Ukrainian compared with English A Gen Z TikToker says "дякую is lowkey impossible to say, I'm not even gonna try." ("Lowkey" means a bit.) What's good advice?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Z TikToker, дякую, Lowkey, good advice · What happens: say, be, not try, mean · To what, where: bit · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★★ of lesson 33 «Ukrainian compared with English» of the language 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: A Gen Z TikToker says "дякую is lowkey impossible to say, I'm not even gonna try."
det compound compound nsubj punct nsubj cop amod ccomp mark csubj punct nsubj aux advmod advmod dep parataxis punct punct root A DET Gen NOUN Z NOUN TikToker NOUN says VERB " PUNCT дякую NOUN is AUX lowkey ADJ impossible ADJ to PART say VERB , PUNCT I PRON 'm AUX not PART even ADV gonna X try VERB . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 TikToker det 2 Gen gen NOUN Number=Sing 3 Z compound 3 Z z NOUN Number=Sing 4 TikToker compound 4 TikToker tiktoker NOUN Number=Sing 5 says nsubj 5 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 " " PUNCT _ 10 impossible punct 7 дякую дякую NOUN Number=Sing 10 impossible nsubj 8 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 impossible cop 9 lowkey lowkey ADJ Degree=Pos 10 impossible amod 10 impossible impossible ADJ Degree=Pos 5 says ccomp 11 to to PART _ 12 say mark 12 say say VERB VerbForm=Inf 10 impossible csubj 13 , , PUNCT _ 19 try punct 14 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 19 try nsubj 15 'm be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 19 try aux 16 not not PART Polarity=Neg 19 try advmod 17 even even ADV _ 18 gonna advmod 18 gonna gonna X Foreign=Yes 19 try dep 19 try try VERB VerbForm=Inf 10 impossible parataxis 20 . . PUNCT _ 10 impossible punct 21 " " PUNCT _ 10 impossible punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present a Z TikToker vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 is in a quote present дякую impossible property tree rules 3 say speech: assert in a quote to-infinitive vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 4 not try in a quote present a Z TikToker = tiktoker vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
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: ("Lowkey" means a bit.)
punct punct nsubj punct det obj punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Lowkey PROPN " PUNCT means VERB a DET bit NOUN . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 5 means punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 Lowkey punct 3 Lowkey Lowkey PROPN Number=Sing 5 means nsubj 4 " " PUNCT _ 3 Lowkey punct 5 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 bit det 7 bit bit NOUN Number=Sing 5 means obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 5 means punct 9 ) ) PUNCT _ 5 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present Lowkey a bit vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bit=Topic
Sentence 3: What's good advice?
cop amod nsubj punct root What PRON 's AUX good ADJ advice NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int root root 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 What cop 3 good good ADJ Degree=Pos 4 advice amod 4 advice advice NOUN Number=Sing 1 What nsubj 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 1 What punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present good advice tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice It's rude to try
nsubj cop mark xcomp root It PRON 's AUX rude ADJ to PART try VERB 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 rude nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 rude cop 3 rude rude ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 to to PART _ 5 try mark 5 try try VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 rude xcomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present It rude property tree rules 2 try to-infinitive vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
Option 2 Just say "thank you" louder
advmod punct ccomp obj punct parataxis root Just ADV say VERB " PUNCT thank VERB you PRON " PUNCT louder ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Just just ADV _ 2 say advmod 2 say say VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 3 " " PUNCT _ 4 thank punct 4 thank thank VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 say ccomp 5 you you PRON Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs 4 thank obj 6 " " PUNCT _ 4 thank punct 7 louder loud ADJ Degree=Cmp 2 say parataxis
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert imperative you not said here vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 thank speech: thank in a quote present you vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer Try "DYAH-koo-yu"; a few polite words show respect
The tree, 10 words punct nsubj punct compound punct parataxis punct punct det amod amod nsubj parataxis obj root Try VERB " PUNCT DYAH PROPN - PUNCT koo NOUN - PUNCT yu NOUN " PUNCT ; PUNCT a DET few ADJ polite ADJ words NOUN show VERB respect NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Try try VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 " " PUNCT _ 7 yu punct 3 DYAH DYAH PROPN Number=Sing 7 yu nsubj 4 - - PUNCT _ 3 DYAH punct 5 koo koo NOUN Number=Sing 7 yu compound 6 - - PUNCT _ 7 yu punct 7 yu yu NOUN Number=Sing 1 Try parataxis 8 " " PUNCT _ 7 yu punct 9 ; ; PUNCT _ 14 show punct 10 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 13 words det 11 few few ADJ Degree=Pos 13 words amod 12 polite polite ADJ Degree=Pos 13 words amod 13 words word NOUN Number=Plur 14 show nsubj 14 show show VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 Try parataxis 15 respect respect NOUN Number=Sing 14 show obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 try imperative you not said here vn try-61.1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality 2 yu in a quote DYAH tree rules 3 show present a few polite words respect vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent respect=Recipient
Option 4 You must be fluent in Ukrainian before you try saying any word
nsubj aux cop case obl mark nsubj advcl xcomp det obj root You PRON must AUX be AUX fluent ADJ in ADP Ukrainian PROPN before SCONJ you PRON try VERB saying VERB any DET word NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 You you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 4 fluent nsubj 2 must must AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 fluent aux 3 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 4 fluent cop 4 fluent fluent ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 in in ADP _ 6 Ukrainian case 6 Ukrainian Ukrainian PROPN Number=Sing 4 fluent obl 7 before before SCONJ _ 9 try mark 8 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 9 try nsubj 9 try try VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 fluent advcl 10 saying say VERB VerbForm=Ger 9 try xcomp 11 any any DET PronType=Ind 12 word det 12 word word NOUN Number=Sing 10 saying obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is must You Ukrainian fluent property tree rules 2 try present you vn try-61.1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality 3 say speech: assert not said to happen gerund you not said here any word vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent word=Topic
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