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title: "nis" sounds like "niece". does it mean niece then? — Head, hands, feet and the rest of the… · tree and pragmatics
description: "nis" sounds like "niece". does it mean niece then? Test 4 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 choice was right.
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# Test 4 · Head, hands, feet and the rest of the body

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"nis" sounds like "niece". does it mean niece then?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** nis · **What happens:** sound, mean · **To what, where:** niece

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This is test 4 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:20-head-hands-feet-and-the-body:t4:1
# text = "nis" sounds like "niece". does it mean niece then?
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	nis	nis	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
4	sounds	sound	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	niece	niece	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
10	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	parataxis	_	_
13	niece	niece	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
14	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	12	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sound** | present | nis |  |  |  |  | like niece | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **mean** | present · do-support | nis | niece |  |  | then |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent niece=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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, it means nose

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:20-head-hands-feet-and-the-body:t4:o1:1
# text = No, it means nose
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	nose	nose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, it means cousin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:20-head-hands-feet-and-the-body:t4:o2:1
# text = Yes, it means cousin
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, it means niece

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:20-head-hands-feet-and-the-body:t4:o3:1
# text = Yes, it means niece
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	niece	niece	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, it means knees

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:20-head-hands-feet-and-the-body:t4:o4:1
# text = No, it means knees
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	knees	knee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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

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