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title: It is given that a child wishes to ascertain whether an interlocutor… — Farm animals, forest animals and pets · tree and pragmatics
description: It is given that a child wishes to ascertain whether an interlocutor possesses a cat. Select the appropriate enquiry. Exam question 3 of lesson 22 «Farm animals, forest animals and pets» of the Ukrainian street course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question 
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# Exam question 3 · Farm animals, forest animals and pets

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It is given that a child wishes to ascertain whether an interlocutor possesses a cat. Select the appropriate enquiry.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** child, interlocutor, you · **What happens:** give, wish, ascertain, possess, select · **To what, where:** It, cat, appropriate enquiry

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 22 «Farm animals, forest animals and pets» 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/22-farm-forest-animals-and-pets/#e3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that a child wishes to ascertain whether an interlocutor possesses a cat.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:22-farm-forest-animals-and-pets:e3:1
# text = It is given that a child wishes to ascertain whether an interlocutor possesses a cat.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	wishes	wish	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	whether	whether	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
11	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	interlocutor	interlocutor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	possesses	possess	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	ccomp	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **wish** | present | a child |  |  |  |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 3 | **ascertain** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a child *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **possess** | present | a interlocutor | a cat |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot cat=Theme |

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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:* Select the appropriate enquiry.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:22-farm-forest-animals-and-pets:e3:2
# text = Select the appropriate enquiry.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	enquiry	enquiry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the appropriate enquiry |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent enquiry=Theme |

## The options {#options}

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

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u tebe ye kit?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:22-farm-forest-animals-and-pets:e3:o1:1
# text = u tebe ye kit?
1	u	u	ADV	FW	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	tebe	tebe	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	4	dep	_	_
3	ye	ye	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	4	compound	_	_
4	kit	kit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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yak teBE zvut?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:22-farm-forest-animals-and-pets:e3:o2:1
# text = yak teBE zvut?
1	yak	yak	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	0	root	_	_
2	teBE	teBE	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	dep	_	_
3	zvut	zvut	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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yak yoho zvut?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:22-farm-forest-animals-and-pets:e3:o3:1
# text = yak yoho zvut?
1	yak	yak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	yoho	yoho	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	zvut	zvut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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de ty zhyvEsh?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:22-farm-forest-animals-and-pets:e3:o4:1
# text = de ty zhyvEsh?
1	de	de	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	2	advmod	_	_
2	ty	ty	X	GW	_	0	root	_	_
3	zhyvEsh	zhyvesh	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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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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