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title: It is given that a greeting "KhrystOs rodYvsya!" has been addressed… — Only joking! Swearing — and Christmas… · tree and pragmatics
description: It is given that a greeting "KhrystOs rodYvsya!" has been addressed to a guest. Identify the fixed response prescribed by custom. Exam question 1 of lesson 27 «Only joking! Swearing — and Christmas Eve» of the Ukrainian street course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics 
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# Exam question 1 · Only joking! Swearing — and Christmas Eve

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It is given that a greeting "KhrystOs rodYvsya!" has been addressed to a guest. Identify the fixed response prescribed by custom.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** give, address, identify, fix, prescribe · **To what, where:** It, greeting, fixed response

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 27 «Only joking! Swearing — and Christmas Eve» 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/27-only-joking-swearing-and-christmas-eve/#e1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that a greeting "KhrystOs rodYvsya!" has been addressed to a guest.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:27-only-joking-swearing-and-christmas-eve:e1:1
# text = It is given that a greeting "KhrystOs rodYvsya!" has been addressed to a guest.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	greeting	greeting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	KhrystOs	Khrysto	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
9	rodYvsya	rodYvsya	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	8	flat:foreign	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
12	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
13	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	addressed	address	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
15	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	guest	guest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **address** | present · perfect · passive |  | a greeting  KhrystOs |  |  |  | to a guest | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Destination |

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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:* Identify the fixed response prescribed by custom.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:27-only-joking-swearing-and-christmas-eve:e1:2
# text = Identify the fixed response prescribed by custom.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	fixed	fix	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
4	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	prescribed	prescribe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	custom	custom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the fixed response |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **fix** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **prescribe** | participle |  | the fixed response *not said here* |  |  |  | by custom | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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HeroYam slAva!

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:27-only-joking-swearing-and-christmas-eve:e1:o1:1
# text = HeroYam slAva!
1	HeroYam	HeroYam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	slAva	slAva	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	flat:foreign	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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SlAvimo Yoho!

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:27-only-joking-swearing-and-christmas-eve:e1:o2:1
# text = SlAvimo Yoho!
1	SlAvimo	SlAvimo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	Yoho	Yoho	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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VoIstynu voskrEs!

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:27-only-joking-swearing-and-christmas-eve:e1:o3:1
# text = VoIstynu voskrEs!
1	VoIstynu	VoIstynu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	voskrEs	voskre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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na zdorOv'ya!

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:27-only-joking-swearing-and-christmas-eve:e1:o4:1
# text = na zdorOv'ya!
1	na	na	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	0	root	_	_
2	zdorOv'ya	zdorOv'ya	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	flat:foreign	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

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