Test 9 · ★★ · Brothers, aunties, cousins and the polite "vy"
«Granny keeps saying onUk to me, is that my name now?» Which is the best answer?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Granny · What happens: keep, say onuk, be · To what, where: me, name, best answer
This is test 9 · ★★ 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: «Granny keeps saying onUk to me, is that my name now?»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 keeps | punct |
| 2 | Granny | Granny | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 keeps | nsubj |
| 3 | keeps | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | saying | say | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 keeps | xcomp |
| 5 | onUk | onuk | ADP | _ | 4 saying | compound:prt |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 me | case |
| 7 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 saying | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 name | punct |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 name | cop |
| 10 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 12 name | mark |
| 11 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 name | nmod:poss |
| 12 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 keeps | obl |
| 13 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 keeps | advmod |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 keeps | punct |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 keeps | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep in a quote | present | Granny | now | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | say onuk speech: assert in a quote | gerund | Granny not said here | me | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to i=Recipient | ||||
| 3 | is a in a quote | present | my name | 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: Which is the best answer?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 answer | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 answer | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 answer | det |
| 4 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 answer | amod |
| 5 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 answer | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the best answer | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
It's a nickname for a cat, she thinks you're cute
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 | 4 nickname | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 nickname | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 nickname | det |
| 4 | nickname | nickname | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 cat | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 cat | det |
| 7 | cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 nickname | nmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 thinks | punct |
| 9 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 thinks | nsubj |
| 10 | thinks | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 nickname | parataxis |
| 11 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 13 cute | nsubj |
| 12 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 cute | cop |
| 13 | cute | cute | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 thinks | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a nickname | for a cat | tree rules | |||
| 2 | think speech: other | present | cat | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is | present | you | cute property | tree rules |
Option 2
It means naughty
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 | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | naughty | naughty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 means | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | It | naughty property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
It means grandson — she treats you like one of hers
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 | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | grandson | grandson | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 means | obj |
| 4 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 6 treats | punct |
| 5 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 treats | nsubj |
| 6 | treats | treat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 means | conj |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 treats | obj |
| 8 | like | like | ADP | _ | 9 one | case |
| 9 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 treats | obl |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 hers | case |
| 11 | hers | her | PRON | Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 one | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | It | grandson | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grandson=Topic | ||||
| 2 | treat | present | she | you | like one of hers | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient |
Option 4
It means guest, the polite word for a visitor
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 | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | guest | guest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 means | obj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 word | punct |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 word | det |
| 6 | polite | polite | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 word | amod |
| 7 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 guest | appos |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 visitor | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 visitor | det |
| 10 | visitor | visitor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 word | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | It | guest | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent guest=Topic |
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