Test 1 · ★ · Please, thank you, sorry, okay

«BUD laska only means please, you can't say it after thanks» Which is right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, thanks · What happens: mean, not say, be · To what, where: BUD, it · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 3 «Please, thank you, sorry, okay» 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	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 BUD	punct
2	BUD	BUD	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 means	obl
3	laska	laska	X	Foreign=Yes	2 BUD	flat:foreign
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 means	advmod
5	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	please	please	INTJ	_	11 say	discourse
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 please	punct
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 say	nsubj
9	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 say	aux
10	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 say	advmod
11	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 means	ccomp
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 say	obj
13	after	after	ADP	_	14 thanks	case
14	thanks	thanks	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 say	obl
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 thanks	punct
16	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	18 right	nsubj
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 right	cop
18	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 thanks	parataxis
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	mean in a quote	present		BUD			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not say speech: assert in a quote	can	you	it	after thanks		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic
3	is	present	thanks			right property	tree rules

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

Right: you must say proBAch

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Right	right	ADV	_	5 say	advmod
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 say	punct
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 say	nsubj
4	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 say	aux
5	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	proBAch	probach	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 say	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	must	you	proBAch				right property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent probach=Topic

Option 2

Right: after thanks you stay silent

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Right	right	ADV	_	6 stay	advmod
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 stay	punct
3	after	after	ADP	_	4 thanks	case
4	thanks	thanks	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stay	obl
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 stay	nsubj
6	stay	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	silent	silent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 stay	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	present	you				after thanks	right, silent property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Wrong: after thanks you say BUvai

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 thanks	amod
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 thanks	punct
3	after	after	ADP	_	4 thanks	case
4	thanks	thanks	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 say	nsubj
6	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 thanks	acl:relcl
7	BUvai	BUvai	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 say	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	you	BUvai					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent buvai=Topic

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Wrong: BUD laska also answers DYAkuyu, as «you're welcome»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 answers	parataxis
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 answers	punct
3	BUD	BUD	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 answers	nsubj
4	laska	laska	X	Foreign=Yes	3 BUD	flat:foreign
5	also	also	ADV	_	6 answers	advmod
6	answers	answer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	DYAkuyu	DYAkuyu	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 answers	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 welcome	punct
9	as	as	SCONJ	_	13 welcome	mark
10	«	«	PUNCT	_	13 welcome	punct
11	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	13 welcome	nsubj
12	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 welcome	cop
13	welcome	welcome	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 answers	parataxis
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 welcome	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	answer speech: assert	present	BUD		DYAkuyu				tree rules
2	is in a quote	present	DYAkuyu					welcome property	tree rules

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