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# Test 1 · ★ · Please, thank you, sorry, okay

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«BUD laska only means please, you can't say it after thanks» Which is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, thanks · **What happens:** mean, not say, be · **To what, where:** BUD, it · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 3 «Please, thank you, sorry, okay» of the Ukrainian street course of Mova's primary school. 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/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:3-please-thank-you-sorry-okay:t1:1
# text = «BUD laska only means please, you can't say it after thanks» Which is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	BUD	BUD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
3	laska	laska	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	2	flat:foreign	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	please	please	INTJ	UH	_	11	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
9	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	ccomp	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	after	after	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	thanks	thanks	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	_
16	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	18	nsubj	_	_
17	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
18	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** *in a quote* | present |  | BUD |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | can | you | it |  |  | after thanks |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
| 3 | **is** | present | thanks |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

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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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Right: you must say proBAch

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:3-please-thank-you-sorry-okay:t1:o1:1
# text = Right: you must say proBAch
1	Right	right	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	proBAch	probach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | must | you | proBAch |  |  |  | right *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent probach=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Right: after thanks you stay silent

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:3-please-thank-you-sorry-okay:t1:o2:1
# text = Right: after thanks you stay silent
1	Right	right	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
3	after	after	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	thanks	thanks	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	stay	stay	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	silent	silent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | present | you |  |  |  | after thanks | right, silent *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Wrong: after thanks you say BUvai

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:3-please-thank-you-sorry-okay:t1:o3:1
# text = Wrong: after thanks you say BUvai
1	Wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
3	after	after	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	thanks	thanks	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	BUvai	BUvai	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | you | BUvai |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent buvai=Topic |

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

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Wrong: BUD laska also answers DYAkuyu, as «you're welcome»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:3-please-thank-you-sorry-okay:t1:o4:1
# text = Wrong: BUD laska also answers DYAkuyu, as «you're welcome»
1	Wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
3	BUD	BUD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	laska	laska	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	3	flat:foreign	_	_
5	also	also	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	answers	answer	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	DYAkuyu	DYAkuyu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
10	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	welcome	welcome	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | present | BUD |  | DYAkuyu |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | DYAkuyu |  |  |  |  | welcome *property* | tree rules |

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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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