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title: Ascertain the circumstances in which proBAch is properly employed. — Please, thank you, sorry, okay · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the circumstances in which proBAch is properly employed. Exam question 3 of lesson 3 «Please, thank you, sorry, okay» 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 right.
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# Exam question 3 · Please, thank you, sorry, okay

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Ascertain the circumstances in which proBAch is properly employed.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, employ · **To what, where:** circumstances, proBAch

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 3 «Please, thank you, sorry, okay» 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/3-please-thank-you-sorry-okay/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:3-please-thank-you-sorry-okay:e3:1
# text = Ascertain the circumstances in which proBAch is properly employed.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	circumstances	circumstance	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	6	det	_	_
6	proBAch	probach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	properly	properly	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	employed	employ	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	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 circumstances |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent circumstance=Topic |
| 2 | **employ** | present · passive |  | which proBAch |  |  |  | properly *property* | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: subject=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Following a genuine quarrel in which another person has been hurt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:3-please-thank-you-sorry-okay:e3:o1:1
# text = Following a genuine quarrel in which another person has been hurt
1	Following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	genuine	genuine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	quarrel	quarrel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	obl	_	_
7	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
8	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	hurt	hurt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **hurt** | present · perfect · passive |  | another person |  | a genuine quarrel |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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When soliciting the attention of a shopkeeper

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:3-please-thank-you-sorry-okay:e3:o2:1
# text = When soliciting the attention of a shopkeeper
1	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	soliciting	solicit	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	attention	attention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	shopkeeper	shopkeeper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **solicit** | gerund |  | the attention of a shopkeeper |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **attend** |  | a shopkeeper |  |  |  |  |  | nom attention «cognition intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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When expressing gratitude for a meal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:3-please-thank-you-sorry-okay:e3:o3:1
# text = When expressing gratitude for a meal
1	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	expressing	express	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	gratitude	gratitude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	meal	meal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **express** | gerund |  | gratitude |  |  |  | for a meal | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gratitude=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Upon a trivial collision with a stranger in a public thoroughfare

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:3-please-thank-you-sorry-okay:e3:o4:1
# text = Upon a trivial collision with a stranger in a public thoroughfare
1	Upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	trivial	trivial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	collision	collision	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	stranger	stranger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	public	public	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	thoroughfare	thoroughfare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	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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