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description: Determine the event which, by tradition, marks the commencement of the Christmas Eve supper. Exam question 2 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 of the question and of each option; M
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# Exam question 2 · Only joking! Swearing — and Christmas Eve

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Determine the event which, by tradition, marks the commencement of the Christmas Eve supper.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** determine, mark · **To what, where:** event, commencement

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:27-only-joking-swearing-and-christmas-eve:e2:1
# text = Determine the event which, by tradition, marks the commencement of the Christmas Eve supper.
1	Determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	event	event	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	tradition	tradition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	marks	mark	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	commencement	commencement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
14	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	Eve	Eve	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	supper	supper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the event |  |  |  | by tradition | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent event=Theme which=Eventuality |
| 2 | **mark** | present |  | the commencement of the Eve supper |  |  |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent commencement=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The arrival of the eldest guest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:27-only-joking-swearing-and-christmas-eve:e2:o1:1
# text = The arrival of the eldest guest
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	arrival	arrival	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	eldest	eld	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	amod	_	_
6	guest	guest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **arrive** |  | the eldest guest |  |  |  |  |  | nom arrival «act intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The striking of midnight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:27-only-joking-swearing-and-christmas-eve:e2:o2:1
# text = The striking of midnight
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	striking	striking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	midnight	midnight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **strike** |  |  | midnight |  |  |  |  | nom striking «event transitive»: of=patient |

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

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The appearance of the first star in the evening sky

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:27-only-joking-swearing-and-christmas-eve:e2:o3:1
# text = The appearance of the first star in the evening sky
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	appearance	appearance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	6	amod	_	_
6	star	star	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	evening	evening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	sky	sky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The ringing of the church bell at noon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:27-only-joking-swearing-and-christmas-eve:e2:o4:1
# text = The ringing of the church bell at noon
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ringing	ringing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	bell	bell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	noon	noon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ring** |  |  | the church bell |  |  | at noon |  | nom ringing «event transitive»: of=patient at=obl |

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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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