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title: Identify the principal meaning of the exclamation "DOdomu!" when utt… — Can he come out? Home time — and the s… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal meaning of the exclamation "DOdomu!" when uttered by a parent in a residential street. Exam question 2 of lesson 16 «Can he come out? Home time — and the school day» of the Ukrainian street course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questio
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# Exam question 2 · Can he come out? Home time — and the school day

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Identify the principal meaning of the exclamation "DOdomu!" when uttered by a parent in a residential street.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, utter, mean · **To what, where:** principal meaning, residential street, exclamation

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 16 «Can he come out? Home time — and the school day» of the Ukrainian street 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/ukrainian-street/16-can-he-come-out-and-the-school-day/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:16-can-he-come-out-and-the-school-day:e2:1
# text = Identify the principal meaning of the exclamation "DOdomu!" when uttered by a parent in a residential street.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	meaning	meaning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	exclamation	exclamation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	DOdomu	DOdomu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
12	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	13	advmod	_	_
13	uttered	utter	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
14	by	by	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	residential	residential	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	street	street	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal meaning of the exclamation |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent meaning=Theme |
| 2 | **utter** *speech: other* | participle |  |  |  | a residential street |  | by a parent | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **mean** |  |  | the exclamation |  |  |  |  | nom meaning «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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An invitation for visitors to enter the house

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:16-can-he-come-out-and-the-school-day:e2:o1:1
# text = An invitation for visitors to enter the house
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	invitation	invitation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	visitors	visitor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	enter	enter	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **enter** | to-infinitive |  | the house |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme house=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A declaration that a meal has concluded

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:16-can-he-come-out-and-the-school-day:e2:o2:1
# text = A declaration that a meal has concluded
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	declaration	declaration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	meal	meal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	acl	_	_
6	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	concluded	conclude	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **conclude** | present · perfect · passive |  | a declaration |  |  |  |  | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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A summons for the children to return home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:16-can-he-come-out-and-the-school-day:e2:o3:1
# text = A summons for the children to return home
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	summons	summons	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	return	return	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
8	home	home	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **return** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | home *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A warning concerning approaching traffic

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:16-can-he-come-out-and-the-school-day:e2:o4:1
# text = A warning concerning approaching traffic
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	warning	warning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	approaching	approach	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	xcomp	_	_
5	traffic	traffic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **concern** | gerund | a warning *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **approach** | gerund | a warning *not said here* | traffic |  |  |  |  | vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent traffic=Theme |

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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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