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title: my mate says Ukrainian must have different words for finger and toe,… — Head, hands, feet and the rest of the… · tree and pragmatics
description: my mate says Ukrainian must have different words for finger and toe, like English. right? Test 1 of lesson 20 «Head, hands, feet and the rest of the body» 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 choic
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# Test 1 · Head, hands, feet and the rest of the body

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my mate says Ukrainian must have different words for finger and toe, like English. right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mate, Ukrainian · **What happens:** say, have · **To what, where:** different words · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 of lesson 20 «Head, hands, feet and the rest of the body» 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/20-head-hands-feet-and-the-body/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:20-head-hands-feet-and-the-body:t1:1
# text = my mate says Ukrainian must have different words for finger and toe, like English. right?
1	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	Ukrainian	Ukrainian	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
7	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	finger	finger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	toe	toe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	like	like	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	English	English	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	_
17	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | my mate |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **have** | must | Ukrainian | different words |  |  |  | for finger and toe | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, pAlets means both

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:20-head-hands-feet-and-the-body:t1:o1:1
# text = No, pAlets means both
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	pAlets	palet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | pAlets | both |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent both=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, they have no word for toes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:20-head-hands-feet-and-the-body:t1:o2:1
# text = No, they have no word for toes
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	6	det	_	_
6	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	toes	toe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | they | no word |  |  |  | for toes | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, but nobody knows the toe word

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:20-head-hands-feet-and-the-body:t1:o3:1
# text = Yes, but nobody knows the toe word
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	5	nsubj	_	_
5	knows	know	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	toe	toe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | present | nobody | the toe word |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, pAlets is only a finger

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:20-head-hands-feet-and-the-body:t1:o4:1
# text = Yes, pAlets is only a finger
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	pAlets	palet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	finger	finger	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 | pAlets | a finger |  |  |  |  | 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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