--- title: In respect of the pronouns "ти" and "ви", ascertain the circumstance… — Ukrainian compared with English · tree and pragmatics description: In respect of the pronouns "ти" and "ви", ascertain the circumstance in which "ви" is appropriately employed. Exam question 4 of lesson 33 «Ukrainian compared with English» of the language course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mo --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/33-ukrainian-compared-with-english/e4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Language](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/) / [Ukrainian compared with English](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/33-ukrainian-compared-with-english/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Ukrainian compared with English In respect of the pronouns "ти" and "ви", ascertain the circumstance in which "ви" is appropriately employed. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, employ, respect · **To what, where:** circumstance, respect, ви, pronouns This is exam question 4 of lesson 33 «Ukrainian compared with English» of the language course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/language/33-ukrainian-compared-with-english/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:33-ukrainian-compared-with-english:e4:1 # text = In respect of the pronouns "ти" and "ви", ascertain the circumstance in which "ви" is appropriately employed. 1 In in ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 respect respect NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 pronouns pronoun NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 6 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ти ти PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 8 " " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 " " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ви ви NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 " " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 14 ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 circumstance circumstance NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 24 obl _ _ 19 " " PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ви ви NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 21 " " PUNCT '' _ 20 punct _ _ 22 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 23 appropriately appropriately ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 employed employ VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the circumstance | | respect of the pronouns | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent circumstance=Topic | | 2 | **employ** | present · passive | | ви | | the circumstance | | appropriately *property* | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **respect** | | | the pronouns | | | | | nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient | 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} In addressing a younger sibling ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:33-ukrainian-compared-with-english:e4:o1:1 # text = In addressing a younger sibling 1 In in SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 addressing address VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 younger young ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 amod _ _ 5 sibling sibling NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **address** | gerund | | a younger sibling | | | | | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sibling=Destination | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} In addressing a teacher, a stranger or several persons ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:33-ukrainian-compared-with-english:e4:o2:1 # text = In addressing a teacher, a stranger or several persons 1 In in SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 addressing address VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 stranger stranger NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 8 or or CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 several several ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 persons person NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **address** | gerund | | | a teacher | | | | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent teacher=Destination | ### Option 3 {#o3} In addressing oneself ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:33-ukrainian-compared-with-english:e4:o3:1 # text = In addressing oneself 1 In in SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 addressing address VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 oneself oneself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **address** | gerund | | oneself | | | | | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oneself=Destination | ### Option 4 {#o4} In addressing a domestic animal ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:33-ukrainian-compared-with-english:e4:o4:1 # text = In addressing a domestic animal 1 In in SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 addressing address VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 domestic domestic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 animal animal NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **address** | gerund | | | a domestic animal | | | | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Destination | **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. 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