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Test 8 · ★★ of lesson 24 «Snowmen, woolly hats, draughts — today and tomorrow» of the Ukrainian street course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mov --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/ukrainian-street/24-snowmen-hats-draughts-today-tomorrow/t8/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Ukrainian street](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/ukrainian-street/) / [Snowmen, woolly hats, draughts — today…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/ukrainian-street/24-snowmen-hats-draughts-today-tomorrow/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★★ · Snowmen, woolly hats, draughts — today and tomorrow Sashko's granny shuts the window, saying "protYah!". What is the polite thing to do? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** granny, polite thing · **What happens:** shut, say, be, do · **To what, where:** window, protYah · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 8 · ★★ of lesson 24 «Snowmen, woolly hats, draughts — today and tomorrow» 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/24-snowmen-hats-draughts-today-tomorrow/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Sashko's granny shuts the window, saying "protYah!". ```conllu # sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:24-snowmen-hats-draughts-today-tomorrow:t8:1 # text = Sashko's granny shuts the window, saying "protYah!". 1 Sashko Sashko PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 granny granny NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 shuts shut VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 9 " " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 protYah protyah NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ! ! PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 " " PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shut** | present | Sashko's granny | the window | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent window=Patient | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | Sashko's granny *not said here* | protYah | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent protyah=Topic | 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. *Sentence 2:* What is the polite thing to do? ```conllu # sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:24-snowmen-hats-draughts-today-tomorrow:t8:2 # text = What is the polite thing to do? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 polite polite ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the polite thing | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **do** | to-infinitive | the polite thing *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Let her, it's her house ```conllu # sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:24-snowmen-hats-draughts-today-tomorrow:t8:o1:1 # text = Let her, it's her house 1 Let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* | her *= she* | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 2 | **is a** | present | it | her house | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Open it again behind her ```conllu # sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:24-snowmen-hats-draughts-today-tomorrow:t8:o2:1 # text = Open it again behind her 1 Open open VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 again again ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 4 behind behind ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **open** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | again | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent it=Theme her=Destination | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} Tell her she's wrong and laugh ```conllu # sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:24-snowmen-hats-draughts-today-tomorrow:t8:o3:1 # text = Tell her she's wrong and laugh 1 Tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 iobj _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 ccomp _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 laugh laugh VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | her *= she* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | | 2 | **is** | present | she | | | | | wrong *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **laugh** | present | she *not said here* | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Turn on the fan ```conllu # sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:24-snowmen-hats-draughts-today-tomorrow:t8:o4:1 # text = Turn on the fan 1 Turn turn VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 on on ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 fan fan NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | the fan | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme on fan=Trajectory | **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. 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