Test 1 · ★★ · Vyshyvanka Day, midsummer, St Nicholas — and the polite gu…

my mate says "SlAva UkrayIni" is a funny thing to shout as a prank. right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, SlAva UkrayIni · What happens: say, be, shout · To what, where: funny thing · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 29 «Vyshyvanka Day, midsummer, St Nicholas — and the polite guest» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mate	nmod:poss
2	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 UkrayIni	punct
5	SlAva	SlAva	X	Foreign=Yes	6 UkrayIni	flat:foreign
6	UkrayIni	UkrayIni	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 thing	nsubj
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 UkrayIni	punct
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 thing	cop
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 thing	det
10	funny	funny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 thing	amod
11	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	ccomp
12	to	to	PART	_	13 shout	mark
13	shout	shout	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 thing	acl
14	as	as	ADP	_	16 prank	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 prank	det
16	prank	prank	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 shout	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 thing	punct
18	right	right	INTJ	_	3 says	discourse
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my mate			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	SlAva UkrayIni	a funny thing		tree rules
3	shout speech: express	to-infinitive	my mate not said here		as a prank	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, it's said with respect, not as a joke

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 said	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 said	aux:pass
5	said	say	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 respect	case
7	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 said	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 joke	punct
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 joke	advmod
10	as	as	ADP	_	12 joke	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 joke	det
12	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 said	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present · passive		it				with respect	vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: subject=Theme with respect=Manner

Option 2

Yes, everyone laughs at it, it's an old meme online

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 laughs	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	4 laughs	nsubj
4	laughs	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 it	case
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 laughs	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 meme	punct
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 meme	nsubj
9	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 meme	cop
10	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 meme	det
11	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 meme	amod
12	meme	meme	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 laughs	obl
13	online	online	ADV	_	12 meme	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	present	everyone			it			vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	it	a old meme				online property	tree rules

Option 3

Yes, it means "hello"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 means	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 means	nsubj
4	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 hello	punct
6	hello	hello	INTJ	_	4 means	obj
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 hello	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	it						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hello=Topic

Option 4

No, it's a swear phrase

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	7 phrase	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 phrase	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 phrase	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 phrase	det
6	swear	swear	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 phrase	compound
7	phrase	phrase	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	a swear phrase					tree rules

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