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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — What time is it? Days, weeks, seasons · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the terms "zavzhdy" and "nikoly". Exam question 4 of lesson 25 «What time is it? Days, weeks, seasons» of the Ukrainian street course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opt
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# Exam question 4 · What time is it? Days, weeks, seasons

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the terms "zavzhdy" and "nikoly".

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern · **To what, where:** response, terms

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 25 «What time is it? Days, weeks, seasons» 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/25-what-time-days-weeks-seasons/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:25-what-time-days-weeks-seasons:e4:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the terms "zavzhdy" and "nikoly".
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	terms	term	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
12	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	zavzhdy	zavzhdy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	nikoly	nikoly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	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 response |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | the terms and zavzhdy and nikoly |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus term=Experiencer |

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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 {#o1}

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Both signify "already"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:25-what-time-days-weeks-seasons:e4:o1:1
# text = Both signify "already"
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	advmod	_	_
2	signify	signify	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	already	already	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **signify** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The former signifies "never" and the latter "always"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:25-what-time-days-weeks-seasons:e4:o2:1
# text = The former signifies "never" and the latter "always"
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	former	former	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	nsubj	_	_
3	signifies	signify	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	latter	latter	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
10	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **signify** | present | the former |  |  |  |  |  | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot never=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The former signifies "always" and the latter "never"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:25-what-time-days-weeks-seasons:e4:o3:1
# text = The former signifies "always" and the latter "never"
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	former	former	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	nsubj	_	_
3	signifies	signify	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	latter	latter	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
10	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **signify** | present | the former |  |  |  |  | always *property* | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Both signify "later"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:25-what-time-days-weeks-seasons:e4:o4:1
# text = Both signify "later"
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	advmod	_	_
2	signify	signify	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **signify** | present |  |  |  |  |  | late *property* | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot |

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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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