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title: Your mate laughs "so in Ukrainian a window is neither boy nor girl,… — Ukrainian compared with English · tree and pragmatics
description: Your mate laughs "so in Ukrainian a window is neither boy nor girl, lol, it's an IT." What's true? Test 7 · ★★ 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; Mova's choice was
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# Test 7 · ★★ · Ukrainian compared with English

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Your mate laughs "so in Ukrainian a window is neither boy nor girl, lol, it's an IT." What's true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mate, window · **What happens:** laugh, be · **To what, where:** boy, IT

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This is test 7 · ★★ of lesson 33 «Ukrainian compared with English» of the language 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/language/33-ukrainian-compared-with-english/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Your mate laughs "so in Ukrainian a window is neither boy nor girl, lol, it's an IT."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:33-ukrainian-compared-with-english:t7:1
# text = Your mate laughs "so in Ukrainian a window is neither boy nor girl, lol, it's an IT."
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	laughs	laugh	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Ukrainian	Ukrainian	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	neither	neither	CCONJ	CC	Polarity=Neg	12	cc:preconj	_	_
12	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	ccomp	_	_
13	nor	nor	CCONJ	CC	Polarity=Neg	14	cc	_	_
14	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
16	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	21	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
18	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	cop	_	_
20	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	IT	IT	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** | present | Your mate |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | a window | boy nor girl and a IT |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | window | a IT |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What's true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:33-ukrainian-compared-with-english:t7:2
# text = What's true?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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"Вікно" is neuter, a grammar label, not a real "it-person"

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:33-ukrainian-compared-with-english:t7:o1:1
# text = "Вікно" is neuter, a grammar label, not a real "it-person"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Вікно	Вікно	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	neuter	neuter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	grammar	grammar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	label	label	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
11	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	17	advmod	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
13	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
14	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	17	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | Вікно neuter and a grammar label |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **person** *in a quote* |  | label |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It's a mistake in Ukrainian

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:33-ukrainian-compared-with-english:t7:o2:1
# text = It's a mistake in Ukrainian
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	mistake	mistake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Ukrainian	Ukrainian	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a mistake |  | Ukrainian |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Only English has neuter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:33-ukrainian-compared-with-english:t7:o3:1
# text = Only English has neuter
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	English	English	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	neuter	neuter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | English | neuter |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent neuter=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Windows really have a gender

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:33-ukrainian-compared-with-english:t7:o4:1
# text = Windows really have a gender
1	Windows	window	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	really	really	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	gender	gender	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Windows | a gender |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gender=Patient |

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**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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