Test 6 · ★★★ · Olympiad: endings and polite forms ★★★

«vy is only for grown-ups, you never ever say it to kids» says your mate. Check it.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: vy grown ups, mate, you · What happens: grow, be, not say, say, check · To what, where: it · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 · ★★★ 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: «vy is only for grown-ups, you never ever say it to kids» says your mate.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 ups	punct
2	vy	vy	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 ups	compound
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 ups	cop
4	only	only	ADV	_	8 ups	advmod
5	for	for	ADP	_	8 ups	case
6	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 ups	amod
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 grown	punct
8	ups	up	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 say	nsubj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 ups	punct
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	13 say	nsubj
11	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	13 say	advmod
12	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	13 say	advmod
13	say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 say	obj
15	to	to	ADP	_	16 kids	case
16	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 say	obl
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	18 says	punct
18	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 say	parataxis
19	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 mate	nmod:poss
20	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 says	obj
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	13 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	grow in a quote	participle					vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is in a quote	present				for vy grown ups	tree rules
3	not say speech: assert in a quote	infinitive	vy grown ups	it	ever	to kids	tree rules
4	say speech: assert	present	your mate				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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.

Sentence 2: Check it.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Check	check	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Check	obj
3	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Check	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	check	imperative	you not said here	it					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Right: vy is only ever said to grown-ups

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Right	right	ADV	_	7 said	advmod
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 Right	punct
3	vy	vy	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 said	nsubj:pass
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 said	aux:pass
5	only	only	ADV	_	7 said	advmod
6	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	7 said	advmod
7	said	say	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	to	to	ADP	_	11 ups	case
9	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 ups	amod
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 grown	punct
11	ups	up	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 said	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present · passive		vy	grown ups		ever	right property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to up=Recipient
2	grow	participle							vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Right: vy really means «me», not «you»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Right	right	ADV	_	5 means	advmod
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 Right	punct
3	vy	vy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 means	nsubj
4	really	really	ADV	_	5 means	advmod
5	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 me	punct
7	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 means	obj
8	»	»	PUNCT	_	7 me	punct
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 you	punct
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 you	advmod
11	«	«	PUNCT	_	12 you	punct
12	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 means	obj
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 you	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	vy	me				right property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Wrong: it is also «you all» to a group of kids

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 you	amod
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 you	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 you	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 you	cop
5	also	also	ADV	_	7 you	advmod
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 you	punct
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	root	root
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 you	nmod:unmarked
9	»	»	PUNCT	_	7 you	punct
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 group	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 group	det
12	group	group	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 you	nmod
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 kids	case
14	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 group	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present	it	you				to a group of kids; all nmod:unmarked	tree rules

Option 4

Wrong: vy is a rude word, whoever you say it to

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 vy	amod
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 Wrong	punct
3	vy	vy	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 word	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 word	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 word	det
6	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 word	amod
7	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 say	punct
9	whoever	whoever	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 say	obj
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 say	nsubj
11	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 word	acl:relcl
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 say	obj
13	to	to	PART	_	11 say	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Wrong vy	a rude word					tree rules
2	say speech: assert	present	you	whoever					vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent whoever=Theme it=Manner

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