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title: Ascertain the date upon which Ukraine observes its Independence Day. — Shchedryk, New Year, Easter eggs and b… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the date upon which Ukraine observes its Independence Day. Exam question 4 of lesson 28 «Shchedryk, New Year, Easter eggs and birthdays» 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 ri
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# Exam question 4 · Shchedryk, New Year, Easter eggs and birthdays

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Ascertain the date upon which Ukraine observes its Independence Day.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, Ukraine · **What happens:** ascertain, observe · **To what, where:** date, Independence Day

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 28 «Shchedryk, New Year, Easter eggs and birthdays» 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/28-shchedryk-new-year-easter-eggs-birthdays/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:28-shchedryk-new-year-easter-eggs-birthdays:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the date upon which Ukraine observes its Independence Day.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	date	date	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	obl	_	_
6	Ukraine	Ukraine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	observes	observe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
8	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	Independence	Independence	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	Day	Day	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the date |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent date=Topic |
| 2 | **observe** | present | Ukraine | date's Independence Day |  |  |  | upon the date | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent day=Topic |

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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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The twenty-fourth of August

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:28-shchedryk-new-year-easter-eggs-birthdays:e4:o1:1
# text = The twenty-fourth of August
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	fourth	fourth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	August	August	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The first of January

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:28-shchedryk-new-year-easter-eggs-birthdays:e4:o2:1
# text = The first of January
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	first	first	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	January	January	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The sixth of December

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:28-shchedryk-new-year-easter-eggs-birthdays:e4:o3:1
# text = The sixth of December
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sixth	sixth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	December	December	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The twenty-fifth of December

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:28-shchedryk-new-year-easter-eggs-birthdays:e4:o4:1
# text = The twenty-fifth of December
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	fifth	fifth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	December	December	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

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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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