--- title: Why do kids hate being called "yabeda"? — Friendly name-calling and real insults… · tree and pragmatics description: Why do kids hate being called "yabeda"? Test 9 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's choice was wrong. --- [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/t9/) [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/) / t9 # Test 9 · Friendly name-calling and real insults (meanings only) Why do kids hate being called "yabeda"? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** kids · **What happens:** hate, call · **To what, where:** yabeda · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 9 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:26-friendly-name-calling-and-real-insults:t9:1 # text = Why do kids hate being called "yabeda"? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 kids kid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 hate hate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 " " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 yabeda yabeda NOUN NN _ 6 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 " " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hate** | present · do-support | kids | | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **call** | gerund · passive | | yabeda | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | 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} It means they're stupid at school ```conllu # sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:26-friendly-name-calling-and-real-insults:t9:o1:1 # text = It means they're stupid at school 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 stupid stupid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 ccomp _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 school school NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | It | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | they | | | school | | stupid *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Nobody likes being called a snitch ```conllu # sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:26-friendly-name-calling-and-real-insults:t9:o2:1 # text = Nobody likes being called a snitch 1 Nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 2 nsubj _ _ 2 likes like VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 xcomp _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 snitch snitch NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **like** | present | Nobody | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **call** *not said to happen* | gerund · passive | Nobody *not said here* | a snitch | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: snitch=Recipient | ### Option 3 {#o3} It means they're ugly ```conllu # sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:26-friendly-name-calling-and-real-insults:t9:o3:1 # text = It means they're ugly 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 ugly ugly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | It | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | they | | | | | ugly *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} It means they're poor and have no toys ```conllu # sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:26-friendly-name-calling-and-real-insults:t9:o4:1 # text = It means they're poor and have no toys 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 ccomp _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Typo=Yes|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 8 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 9 det _ _ 9 toys toy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | It | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | they | | | | | poor *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **have** | present | | no toys | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toy=Patient | **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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