Test 2 · ★★★ · Olympiad: endings and polite forms ★★★
«I've told you a MILLION times — say vy to Granny!» shouts Mum. What does she really mean?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mum · What happens: tell, say, shout, mean · To what, where: you, vy, Granny · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★★★ of lesson 32 «Olympiad: endings and polite forms ★★★» 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: «I've told you a MILLION times — say vy to Granny!» shouts Mum.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 told | punct |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 told | nsubj |
| 3 | 've | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 told | aux |
| 4 | told | tell | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 16 shouts | ccomp |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 told | iobj |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 MILLION | det |
| 7 | MILLION | million | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 times | nummod |
| 8 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 told | obl:unmarked |
| 9 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 10 say | punct |
| 10 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 told | conj |
| 11 | vy | vy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 say | obj |
| 12 | to | to | ADP | _ | 13 Granny | case |
| 13 | Granny | Granny | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 say | obl |
| 14 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 4 told | punct |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 told | punct |
| 16 | shouts | shout | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 17 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 shouts | obj |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 16 shouts | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert in a quote | present · perfect | Mum | you | time | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | |||
| 2 | say speech: assert in a quote | infinitive | Mum not said here | vy | Granny | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent vy=Topic to granny=Recipient | |||
| 3 | shout speech: express | present | Mum | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=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 does she really mean?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 mean | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 mean | aux |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 mean | nsubj |
| 4 | really | really | ADV | _ | 5 mean | advmod |
| 5 | mean | mean | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 mean | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present · do-support | Mum | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1
She wants you to say ty to Granny
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 wants | nsubj |
| 2 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 2 wants | obj |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 say | mark |
| 5 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 wants | xcomp |
| 6 | ty | ty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 say | obj |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 Granny | case |
| 8 | Granny | Granny | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 say | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | She | you | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert not said to happen | to-infinitive | you not said here | ty | Granny | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent ty=Topic to granny=Recipient |
Option 2
Granny is a million years old
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Granny | Granny | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 old | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 old | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 million | det |
| 4 | million | million | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 years | nummod |
| 5 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 old | obl:unmarked |
| 6 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Granny | year | old property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
She has told you many times: use vy
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 told | nsubj |
| 2 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 told | aux |
| 3 | told | tell | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 told | iobj |
| 5 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 times | amod |
| 6 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 told | obl:unmarked |
| 7 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 use | punct |
| 8 | use | use | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 told | conj |
| 9 | vy | vy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 use | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | present · perfect | She | you | time | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | |||
| 2 | use | infinitive | She not said here | vy | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vy=Patient |
Option 4
She has counted to a million exactly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 counted | nsubj |
| 2 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 counted | aux |
| 3 | counted | count | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 million | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 million | det |
| 6 | million | million | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 counted | obl |
| 7 | exactly | exactly | ADV | _ | 3 counted | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | count | present · perfect | She | to a million; exactly property | vn matter-91 «NP V PP.experiencer»: agent=Stimulus to million=Experiencer |
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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