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title: A Ukrainian kid calls a light-blue and a dark-blue pencil «two diffe… — The colours, and two kinds of blue · tree and pragmatics
description: A Ukrainian kid calls a light-blue and a dark-blue pencil «two different colours». Why is that sensible in his language? Test 9 · ★★★ of lesson 10 «The colours, and two kinds of blue» of the Ukrainian street course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and
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# Test 9 · ★★★ · The colours, and two kinds of blue

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A Ukrainian kid calls a light-blue and a dark-blue pencil «two different colours». Why is that sensible in his language?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ukrainian kid · **What happens:** call, be · **To what, where:** blue, language · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 · ★★★ of lesson 10 «The colours, and two kinds of blue» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/ukrainian-street/10-the-colours-and-two-kinds-of-blue/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A Ukrainian kid calls a light-blue and a dark-blue pencil «two different colours».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:10-the-colours-and-two-kinds-of-blue:t9:1
# text = A Ukrainian kid calls a light-blue and a dark-blue pencil «two different colours».
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Ukrainian	ukrainian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	calls	call	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
11	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	pencil	pencil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
15	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	18	nummod	_	_
17	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	colours	colour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | present | a Ukrainian kid | a blue and a blue pencil |  |  |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent blue=Theme colour=Result |

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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:* Why is that sensible in his language?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:10-the-colours-and-two-kinds-of-blue:t9:2
# text = Why is that sensible in his language?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	sensible	sensible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	language	language	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  | kid's language |  | sensible *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Because SYniy and blakYtnyi are separate basic words, like red and pink

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:10-the-colours-and-two-kinds-of-blue:t9:o1:1
# text = Because SYniy and blakYtnyi are separate basic words, like red and pink
1	Because	because	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	2	case	_	_
2	SYniy	SYniy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
4	blakYtnyi	blakYtnyi	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	8	compound	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	separate	separate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	basic	basic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	like	like	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	appos	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	pink	pink	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | blakYtnyi separate basic words |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Because blue is not a colour in Ukrainian

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:10-the-colours-and-two-kinds-of-blue:t9:o2:1
# text = Because blue is not a colour in Ukrainian
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
2	blue	blue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Ukrainian	Ukrainian	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is a** | present | blue | a colour |  | Ukrainian |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Because the pencils are different brands

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:10-the-colours-and-two-kinds-of-blue:t9:o3:1
# text = Because the pencils are different brands
1	Because	because	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	pencils	pencil	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	brands	brand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | different brands |  |  |  | because the pencils | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Because he is colour-blind

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:10-the-colours-and-two-kinds-of-blue:t9:o4:1
# text = Because he is colour-blind
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	colour	colour	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	blind	blind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | he |  |  |  |  | colour *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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