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title: Sashko's little brother talks nonstop at dinner and their dad laughs… — Friendly name-calling and real insults… · tree and pragmatics
description: Sashko's little brother talks nonstop at dinner and their dad laughs: "bAlakun!". How does it sound? Test 7 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 ea
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# Test 7 · Friendly name-calling and real insults (meanings only)

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Sashko's little brother talks nonstop at dinner and their dad laughs: "bAlakun!". How does it sound?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** little brother, dad, bAlakun · **What happens:** talk, laugh, sound · **To what, where:** nonstop, dinner, bAlakun

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This is test 7 of lesson 26 «Friendly name-calling and real insults (meanings only)» 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/26-friendly-name-calling-and-real-insults/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Sashko's little brother talks nonstop at dinner and their dad laughs: "bAlakun!".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:26-friendly-name-calling-and-real-insults:t7:1
# text = Sashko's little brother talks nonstop at dinner and their dad laughs: "bAlakun!".
1	Sashko	Sashko	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	talks	talk	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	nonstop	nonstop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	laughs	laugh	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	15	punct	_	_
14	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	bAlakun	balakun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **talk** | present | Sashko's little brother | nonstop |  | dinner |  |  | vn compel-59.1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent nonstop=Patient |
| 2 | **laugh** | present | their dad | bAlakun |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent balakun=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:* How does it sound?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:26-friendly-name-calling-and-real-insults:t7:2
# text = How does it sound?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	sound	sound	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sound** | present · do-support | bAlakun |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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A real, nasty insult

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:26-friendly-name-calling-and-real-insults:t7:o1:1
# text = A real, nasty insult
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	nasty	nasty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	insult	insult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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A gentle tease

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:26-friendly-name-calling-and-real-insults:t7:o2:1
# text = A gentle tease
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	gentle	gentle	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	tease	tease	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A rude swear word

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:26-friendly-name-calling-and-real-insults:t7:o3:1
# text = A rude swear word
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	swear	swear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A punishment for talking

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:26-friendly-name-calling-and-real-insults:t7:o4:1
# text = A punishment for talking
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	punishment	punishment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	talking	talk	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **talk** | gerund | a punishment *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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