Test 5 · ★★ · Brothers, aunties, cousins and the polite "vy"

Sashko's mum calls her best friend «Maryna» and Sashko calls her «TItko Maryno». Is Maryna his real aunt?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: mum, Sashko, Maryna · What happens: call, be · To what, where: best friend, friend, real aunt · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 · ★★ 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: Sashko's mum calls her best friend «Maryna» and Sashko calls her «TItko Maryno».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sashko	Sashko	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 mum	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Sashko	case
3	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 calls	nsubj
4	calls	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 friend	nmod:poss
6	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 friend	amod
7	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 calls	obj
8	«	«	PUNCT	_	9 Maryna	punct
9	Maryna	Maryna	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 friend	appos
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	9 Maryna	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 calls	cc
12	Sashko	Sashko	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 calls	nsubj
13	calls	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 calls	conj
14	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 calls	obj
15	«	«	PUNCT	_	16 TItko	punct
16	TItko	TItko	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 calls	obj
17	Maryno	Maryno	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 TItko	flat
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	16 TItko	punct
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 calls	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	present	Sashko's mum		mum's best friend				vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent friend=Recipient
2	call	present	Sashko	friend					vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme titko=Result

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: Is Maryna his real aunt?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 aunt	cop
2	Maryna	Maryna	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 aunt	nsubj
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 aunt	nmod:poss
4	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 aunt	amod
5	aunt	aunt	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 aunt	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Maryna	Maryna's real aunt					tree rules

The options

Option 1

Yes, TItko is only for real aunts, Mum's or Dad's sisters

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	8 aunts	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	TItko	TItko	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 aunts	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 aunts	cop
5	only	only	ADV	_	8 aunts	advmod
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 aunts	case
7	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 aunts	amod
8	aunts	aunt	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 sisters	punct
10	Mum	Mum	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 sisters	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 Mum	case
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 sisters	cc
13	Dad	Dad	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 sisters	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 Dad	case
15	sisters	sister	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 aunts	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	TItko					for real aunts or Mum's sisters	tree rules

Option 2

No, TItko means teacher

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 means	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	TItko	TItko	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 means	nsubj
4	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 means	obj

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

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Not necessarily — kids say TItko to family friends too

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	2 necessarily	advmod
2	necessarily	necessarily	ADV	_	5 say	advmod
3	—	-	PUNCT	_	2 necessarily	punct
4	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 say	nsubj
5	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	TItko	TItko	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 say	obj
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 friends	case
8	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 friends	compound
9	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 say	obl
10	too	too	ADV	_	5 say	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	kids	TItko	family friends			necessarily property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent titko=Topic to friend=Recipient

Option 4

Yes, TItko means mum's sister by law

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	TItko	TItko	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 means	nsubj
4	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sister	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 mum	case
7	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 means	obj
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 law	case
9	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 means	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	TItko	mum's sister				by law	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sister=Topic

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