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title: «chuck the bread at the pigeons, nobody cares» says a boy at Granny'… — The flag, and what's cooking at the fr… · tree and pragmatics
description: «chuck the bread at the pigeons, nobody cares» says a boy at Granny's table. What will Granny most likely think? Test 7 of lesson 11 «The flag, and what's cooking at the friend's house» of the Ukrainian street course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question a
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# Test 7 · The flag, and what's cooking at the friend's house

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«chuck the bread at the pigeons, nobody cares» says a boy at Granny's table. What will Granny most likely think?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** nobody, boy, Granny · **What happens:** chuck, care, say, think · **To what, where:** bread, pigeons · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 of lesson 11 «The flag, and what's cooking at the friend's house» 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/11-the-flag-and-whats-cooking/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «chuck the bread at the pigeons, nobody cares» says a boy at Granny's table.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:11-the-flag-and-whats-cooking:t7:1
# text = «chuck the bread at the pigeons, nobody cares» says a boy at Granny's table.
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	chuck	chuck	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	12	nsubj	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	pigeons	pigeon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	10	nsubj	_	_
10	cares	care	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
12	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	at	at	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	Granny	Granny	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	's	's	PART	POS	_	16	case	_	_
18	table	table	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chuck** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | the bread |  | the pigeons |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent bread=Theme at pigeon=Destination |
| 2 | **care** *in a quote* | present | nobody |  |  |  |  |  | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a boy |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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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 will Granny most likely think?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:11-the-flag-and-whats-cooking:t7:2
# text = What will Granny most likely think?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	Granny	Granny	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	5	advmod	_	_
5	likely	likely	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	think	think	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | future | Granny |  |  |  |  | likely *property* | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme |

## The options {#options}

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

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That it's wrong: bread is respected

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:11-the-flag-and-whats-cooking:t7:o1:1
# text = That it's wrong: bread is respected
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
6	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	respected	respect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | That |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **respect** | present · passive |  | bread |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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That it's a great game for the grandchildren

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:11-the-flag-and-whats-cooking:t7:o2:1
# text = That it's a great game for the grandchildren
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	nsubj	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	grandchildren	grandchild	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | That | a great game |  |  |  | for the grandchildren | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Nothing, she'll join in

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:11-the-flag-and-whats-cooking:t7:o3:1
# text = Nothing, she'll join in
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	join	join	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	acl:relcl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **join in** | future | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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That bread is for pigeons only

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:11-the-flag-and-whats-cooking:t7:o4:1
# text = That bread is for pigeons only
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	pigeons	pigeon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | that bread |  |  |  |  | for pigeons | tree rules |

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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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