Test 8 · ★★ · Brothers, aunties, cousins and the polite "vy"
The teacher's father was called Ivan and she is Mariya. What would happen if you called her Mariya IvAnivna?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: teacher, you · What happens: call, be, happen · To what, where: father, Mariya · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★★ 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: The teacher's father was called Ivan and she is Mariya.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 teacher | det |
| 2 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 father | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 teacher | case |
| 4 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 called | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 called | aux:pass |
| 6 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | Ivan | Ivan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 called | xcomp |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 Mariya | cc |
| 9 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 Mariya | nsubj |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 Mariya | cop |
| 11 | Mariya | Mariya | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 Ivan | conj |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 called | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call | past · passive | the teacher's father | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | |||||
| 2 | is a | present | teacher | Mariya | 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.
Sentence 2: What would happen if you called her Mariya IvAnivna?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 happen | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 happen | aux |
| 3 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 6 called | mark |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 called | nsubj |
| 6 | called | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 happen | advcl |
| 7 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 Mariya | nmod:poss |
| 8 | Mariya | Mariya | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 called | xcomp |
| 9 | IvAnivna | IvAnivna | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 Mariya | flat |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 happen | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | would | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | call a condition, not said to happen | past | you | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1
She would think you were rude
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 think | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 think | aux |
| 3 | think | think | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 rude | nsubj |
| 5 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 rude | cop |
| 6 | rude | rude | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 think | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | would | She | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | past | you | rude property | tree rules |
Option 2
She would think you meant her mum
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 think | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 think | aux |
| 3 | think | think | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 meant | nsubj |
| 5 | meant | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 think | ccomp |
| 6 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 mum | nmod:poss |
| 7 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 meant | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | would | She | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | mean | past | you | her mum | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mum=Topic |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It would sound very respectful
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 sound | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 sound | aux |
| 3 | sound | sound | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | very | very | ADV | _ | 5 respectful | advmod |
| 5 | respectful | respectful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 sound | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sound | would | It | respectful property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 4
She would correct you to TItko
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 correct | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 correct | aux |
| 3 | correct | correct | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 correct | obj |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 TItko | case |
| 6 | TItko | TItko | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 correct | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | correct speech: disagree | would | She | you | to TItko | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent you=Patient |
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