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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Only joking! Swearing — and Christmas… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the terms "mat" and "matyuky". Exam question 4 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 op
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# Exam question 4 · Only joking! Swearing — and Christmas Eve

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the terms "mat" and "matyuky".

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern · **To what, where:** response, terms

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:27-only-joking-swearing-and-christmas-eve:e4:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the terms "mat" and "matyuky".
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	terms	term	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
12	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	mat	mat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	matyuky	matyuky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | the terms |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus term=Experiencer |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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They designate the strong swear words, which are not to be used in a friend's household

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:27-only-joking-swearing-and-christmas-eve:e4:o1:1
# text = They designate the strong swear words, which are not to be used in a friend's household
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	designate	designate	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	swear	swear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
8	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	13	obj	_	_
9	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux:pass	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
12	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	aux:pass	_	_
13	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	conj	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	's	's	PART	POS	_	16	case	_	_
18	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **designate** | present | They | the strong swear words |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **use** | present · passive | They *not said here* | the strong swear words |  | a friend's household |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: which=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They designate Christmas carols sung by children

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:27-only-joking-swearing-and-christmas-eve:e4:o2:1
# text = They designate Christmas carols sung by children
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	designate	designate	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	carols	carol	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	sung	sing	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	ccomp	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **designate** | present | They |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **sing** *speech: express* | present · passive | children | Christmas |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location subject=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They designate polite forms of address

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:27-only-joking-swearing-and-christmas-eve:e4:o3:1
# text = They designate polite forms of address
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	designate	designate	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	polite	polite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	forms	form	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	address	address	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **designate** | present | They | polite forms of address |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent form=Theme |
| 2 | **form** |  |  | address |  |  |  |  | nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They designate affectionate nicknames for infants

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:27-only-joking-swearing-and-christmas-eve:e4:o4:1
# text = They designate affectionate nicknames for infants
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	designate	designate	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	affectionate	affectionate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	nicknames	nickname	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	infants	infant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **designate** | present | They | affectionate nicknames |  |  |  | for infants | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nickname=Theme |

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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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