Test 11 · ★★ · Brothers, aunties, cousins and the polite "vy"
«oi bratan, give it here» says a boy to his friend. What is bratan here?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: oi bratan, boy · What happens: give, say, be · To what, where: it, bratan · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 6 «Brothers, aunties, cousins and the polite "vy"» 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: «oi bratan, give it here» says a boy to his friend.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 give | punct |
| 2 | oi | oi | X | _ | 3 bratan | compound |
| 3 | bratan | bratan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 give | nsubj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 bratan | punct |
| 5 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 says | ccomp |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 give | obj |
| 7 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 give | advmod |
| 8 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 give | punct |
| 9 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 boy | det |
| 11 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 says | obj |
| 12 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 friend | case |
| 13 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 friend | nmod:poss |
| 14 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 boy | nmod |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give in a quote | infinitive | oi bratan | it | here | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | |||
| 2 | say speech: assert | present | a boy | vn say-37.7-1-1 «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 is bratan here?
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 | 3 bratan | cop |
| 3 | bratan | bratan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 What | acl:relcl |
| 4 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 1 What | advmod |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | bratan | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
his real brother, born to the same mum
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 brother | nmod:poss |
| 2 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 brother | amod |
| 3 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 born | punct |
| 5 | born | bear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 brother | acl |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 mum | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 mum | det |
| 8 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 mum | amod |
| 9 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 born | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bear | participle | his real brother not said here | to the same mum | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 2
an insult
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 insult | det |
| 2 | insult | insult | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
his uncle
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 uncle | nmod:poss |
| 2 | uncle | uncle | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
bro, a friendly word between boys
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bro | bro | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 word | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 word | det |
| 4 | friendly | friendly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 word | amod |
| 5 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 bro | appos |
| 6 | between | between | ADP | _ | 7 boys | case |
| 7 | boys | boy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 word | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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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