Test 8 · ★★ · Snowmen, woolly hats, draughts — today and tomorrow
Sashko's granny shuts the window, saying "protYah!". What is the polite thing to do?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: granny, polite thing · What happens: shut, say, be, do · To what, where: window, protYah · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★★ of lesson 24 «Snowmen, woolly hats, draughts — today and tomorrow» of the Ukrainian street 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: Sashko's granny shuts the window, saying "protYah!".
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sashko | Sashko | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 granny | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Sashko | case |
| 3 | granny | granny | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 shuts | nsubj |
| 4 | shuts | shut | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 window | det |
| 6 | window | window | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 shuts | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 saying | punct |
| 8 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 shuts | advcl |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 protYah | punct |
| 10 | protYah | protyah | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 saying | obj |
| 11 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 10 protYah | punct |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 protYah | punct |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 shuts | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shut | present | Sashko's granny | the window | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent window=Patient | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | gerund | Sashko's granny not said here | protYah | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent protyah=Topic |
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: What is the polite thing to do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 thing | det |
| 4 | polite | polite | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 thing | amod |
| 5 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 do | mark |
| 7 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 thing | acl |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the polite thing | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | do | to-infinitive | the polite thing not said here | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
Let her, it's her house
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Let | obj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 house | punct |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 house | nsubj |
| 5 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 house | cop |
| 6 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 house | nmod:poss |
| 7 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Let | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let | imperative | you not said here | her = she | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | it | her house | tree rules |
Option 2
Open it again behind her
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Open | open | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Open | obj |
| 3 | again | again | ADV | _ | 1 Open | advmod |
| 4 | behind | behind | ADP | _ | 5 her | case |
| 5 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 1 Open | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | open | imperative | you not said here | it | again | vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent it=Theme her=Destination |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Tell her she's wrong and laugh
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Tell | iobj |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 wrong | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 wrong | cop |
| 5 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Tell | ccomp |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 laugh | cc |
| 7 | laugh | laugh | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 wrong | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | her = she | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | is | present | she | wrong property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | laugh | present | she not said here | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Turn on the fan
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turn | turn | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | on | on | ADP | _ | 4 fan | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 fan | det |
| 4 | fan | fan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Turn | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn | imperative | you not said here | the fan | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme on fan=Trajectory |
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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