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description: Ascertain the conduct prescribed for a guest who wishes to take an object within the household of another. Exam question 4 of lesson 29 «Vyshyvanka Day, midsummer, St Nicholas — and the polite guest» of the Ukrainian street course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of 
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# Exam question 4 · Vyshyvanka Day, midsummer, St Nicholas — and the polite gu…

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Ascertain the conduct prescribed for a guest who wishes to take an object within the household of another.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, guest · **What happens:** ascertain, prescribe, wish, take · **To what, where:** conduct, object · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 29 «Vyshyvanka Day, midsummer, St Nicholas — and the polite guest» 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/29-vyshyvanka-midsummer-st-nicholas-polite-guest/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:29-vyshyvanka-midsummer-st-nicholas-polite-guest:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the conduct prescribed for a guest who wishes to take an object within the household of another.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	prescribed	prescribe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	guest	guest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	wishes	wish	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	ccomp	_	_
12	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	within	within	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	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 conduct |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conduct=Topic |
| 2 | **prescribe** | participle |  | the conduct *not said here* |  |  |  | for a guest | tree rules |
| 3 | **wish** | present | a guest |  |  |  |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 4 | **take** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  | a object |  |  |  | within the household of another | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent object=Theme |

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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 {#o1}

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The guest should enquire "de tualEt?"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:29-vyshyvanka-midsummer-st-nicholas-polite-guest:e4:o1:1
# text = The guest should enquire "de tualEt?"
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	guest	guest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	enquire	enquire	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	de	de	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	7	compound	_	_
7	tualEt	tualet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **enquire** *speech: other* | should | the guest | de tualEt |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent tualet=Recipient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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The guest should declare "DYAkuyu za hostynu"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:29-vyshyvanka-midsummer-st-nicholas-polite-guest:e4:o2:1
# text = The guest should declare "DYAkuyu za hostynu"
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	guest	guest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	declare	declare	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	DYAkuyu	DYAkuyu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	za	za	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	hostynu	hostynu	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **declare** *speech: other* | should | the guest | DYAkuyu |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dyakuyu=Attribute |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The guest should take the object without enquiry

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:29-vyshyvanka-midsummer-st-nicholas-polite-guest:e4:o3:1
# text = The guest should take the object without enquiry
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	guest	guest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	without	without	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	enquiry	enquiry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | should | the guest | the object |  |  |  | without enquiry | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent object=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The guest should first enquire "mozhna vzyaty?"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:29-vyshyvanka-midsummer-st-nicholas-polite-guest:e4:o4:1
# text = The guest should first enquire "mozhna vzyaty?"
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	guest	guest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	5	advmod	_	_
5	enquire	enquire	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	mozhna	mozhna	X	FW	_	8	compound	_	_
8	vzyaty	vzyaty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **enquire** *speech: other* | should | the guest | mozhna vzyaty |  |  |  | first *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent vzyaty=Recipient |

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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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