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title: «oi stop saying nE-a to my mum, she hates that» Why does the friend… — Goodbyes, coming in, yes and no · tree and pragmatics
description: «oi stop saying nE-a to my mum, she hates that» Why does the friend say this? Test 11 of lesson 2 «Goodbyes, coming in, yes and no» of the Ukrainian street course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 11 · Goodbyes, coming in, yes and no

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«oi stop saying nE-a to my mum, she hates that» Why does the friend say this?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** oi, she, friend · **What happens:** stop, say, hate · **To what, where:** nE, mum, that, this · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 of lesson 2 «Goodbyes, coming in, yes and no» 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/2-goodbyes-coming-in-yes-and-no/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:2-goodbyes-coming-in-yes-and-no:t11:1
# text = «oi stop saying nE-a to my mum, she hates that» Why does the friend say this?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	oi	oi	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	stop	stop	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	parataxis	_	_
4	saying	say	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	xcomp	_	_
5	nE	ne	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	flat	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
12	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	hates	hate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
14	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
16	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	20	advmod	_	_
17	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	aux	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nsubj	_	_
20	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	parataxis	_	_
21	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	20	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** *in a quote* | present | oi |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | gerund | oi *not said here* | nE | my mum |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent ne=Topic to mum=Recipient |
| 3 | **hate** *in a quote* | present | she | that |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · do-support | the friend | this |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent this=Topic |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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nE-a is a casual nope that can sound rude to adults

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:2-goodbyes-coming-in-yes-and-no:t11:o1:1
# text = nE-a is a casual nope that can sound rude to adults
1	nE	ne	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	1	flat	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	casual	casual	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	nope	nope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
9	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	sound	sound	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	acl:relcl	_	_
11	rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	xcomp	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	adults	adult	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | nE | a casual nope |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **sound** | can | a casual nope |  |  |  |  | to adults; rude *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ PP.experiencer»: agent=Stimulus to adult=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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nE-a is a swear word

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:2-goodbyes-coming-in-yes-and-no:t11:o2:1
# text = nE-a is a swear word
1	nE	ne	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	1	flat	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	swear	swear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | nE | a swear word |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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nE-a means yes to adults

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:2-goodbyes-coming-in-yes-and-no:t11:o3:1
# text = nE-a means yes to adults
1	nE	ne	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	nsubj	_	_
4	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	adults	adult	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | nE |  |  |  |  | to adults | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot yes=Theme to adult=Attribute |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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His mum doesn't speak Ukrainian, only English and Polish

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:2-goodbyes-coming-in-yes-and-no:t11:o4:1
# text = His mum doesn't speak Ukrainian, only English and Polish
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	speak	speak	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	Ukrainian	Ukrainian	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	only	only	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	English	English	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	advcl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	Polish	polish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **speak** *speech: other* | present · do-support | His mum | Ukrainian |  |  |  |  | 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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