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title: Identify the custom denoted by the expression "prysIdmo na dorIzhku". — Granny's rules, superstitions and good… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the custom denoted by the expression "prysIdmo na dorIzhku". Exam question 2 of lesson 30 «Granny's rules, superstitions and good manners» 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 w
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# Exam question 2 · Granny's rules, superstitions and good manners

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Identify the custom denoted by the expression "prysIdmo na dorIzhku".

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, denote · **To what, where:** custom

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 30 «Granny's rules, superstitions and good manners» 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/30-grannys-rules-superstitions-good-manners/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:30-grannys-rules-superstitions-good-manners:e2:1
# text = Identify the custom denoted by the expression "prysIdmo na dorIzhku".
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	custom	custom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	denoted	denote	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	expression	expression	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	prysIdmo	prysIdmo	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	7	appos	_	_
10	na	na	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	9	flat:foreign	_	_
11	dorIzhku	dorIzhku	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	9	flat:foreign	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the custom |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent custom=Theme |
| 2 | **denote** | participle |  | the custom *not said here* |  |  |  | by the expression | vn indicate-78 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot |

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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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The farewell embrace at the railway station

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:30-grannys-rules-superstitions-good-manners:e2:o1:1
# text = The farewell embrace at the railway station
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	farewell	farewell	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	embrace	embrace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	railway	railway	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	station	station	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The packing of provisions for a journey

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:30-grannys-rules-superstitions-good-manners:e2:o2:1
# text = The packing of provisions for a journey
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	packing	packing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	provisions	provision	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	journey	journey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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A brief, silent sitting of the household prior to departure on a journey

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:30-grannys-rules-superstitions-good-manners:e2:o3:1
# text = A brief, silent sitting of the household prior to departure on a journey
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	brief	brief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	silent	silent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	sitting	sitting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	prior	prior	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	11	case	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	fixed	_	_
11	departure	departure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	journey	journey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** |  | the household |  |  |  |  | prior departure | nom sitting «act intransitive»: of=agent prior=obl |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The serving of a meal prior to departure

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:30-grannys-rules-superstitions-good-manners:e2:o4:1
# text = The serving of a meal prior to departure
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	serving	serving	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	meal	meal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	prior	prior	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	8	case	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	fixed	_	_
8	departure	departure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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