--- title: Ascertain the meaning and standing of the slang terms "lokh" and "lo… — Friendly name-calling and real insults… · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain the meaning and standing of the slang terms "lokh" and "loshara". Exam question 4 of lesson 26 «Friendly name-calling and real insults (meanings only)» of the Ukrainian street course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova' --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/ukrainian-street/26-friendly-name-calling-and-real-insults/e4/) [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/) / [Friendly name-calling and real insults…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/ukrainian-street/26-friendly-name-calling-and-real-insults/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Friendly name-calling and real insults (meanings only) Ascertain the meaning and standing of the slang terms "lokh" and "loshara". **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, slang terms · **What happens:** ascertain, stand · **To what, where:** meaning This is exam question 4 of lesson 26 «Friendly name-calling and real insults (meanings only)» 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/26-friendly-name-calling-and-real-insults/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:26-friendly-name-calling-and-real-insults:e4:1 # text = Ascertain the meaning and standing of the slang terms "lokh" and "loshara". 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 meaning meaning NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 standing standing NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 slang slang NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 terms term NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ _ 10 " " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 lokh lokh NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 " " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 " " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 loshara loshara NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 " " PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the meaning and standing of the slang terms and lokh and loshara | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meaning=Topic | | 2 | **stand** | | the slang terms and lokh and loshara | | | | | | nom standing «state intransitive»: of=agent | 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 {#o1} "Lucky" or "fortunate"; complimentary ```conllu # sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:26-friendly-name-calling-and-real-insults:e4:o1:1 # text = "Lucky" or "fortunate"; complimentary 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Lucky Lucky PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 4 or or CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 fortunate fortunate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ; ; PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 9 complimentary complimentary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} "Teacher" or "head"; formal and neutral ```conllu # sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:26-friendly-name-calling-and-real-insults:e4:o2:1 # text = "Teacher" or "head"; formal and neutral 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 4 or or CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ; ; PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 formal formal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 neutral neutral ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} "Friend" or "comrade"; polite and approved ```conllu # sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:26-friendly-name-calling-and-real-insults:e4:o3:1 # text = "Friend" or "comrade"; polite and approved 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 4 or or CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 comrade comrade NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ; ; PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 9 polite polite ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 approved approve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **approve** | participle | | | | | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} "Sucker" or "loser"; rude, and disliked by parents ```conllu # sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:26-friendly-name-calling-and-real-insults:e4:o4:1 # text = "Sucker" or "loser"; rude, and disliked by parents 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Sucker sucker NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 4 or or CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 loser loser NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ; ; PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 rude rude ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 disliked dislike VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 conj _ _ 13 by by ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 parents parent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dislike** | participle | | | | | | by parents | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer | **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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