--- title: It is given that a guest wishes to compliment an elderly lady. Selec… — Granny's rules, superstitions and good… · tree and pragmatics description: It is given that a guest wishes to compliment an elderly lady. Select the formulation appropriate to her seniority. Exam question 3 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 qu --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/ukrainian-street/30-grannys-rules-superstitions-good-manners/e3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Ukrainian street](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/ukrainian-street/) / [Granny's rules, superstitions and good…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/ukrainian-street/30-grannys-rules-superstitions-good-manners/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Granny's rules, superstitions and good manners It is given that a guest wishes to compliment an elderly lady. Select the formulation appropriate to her seniority. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** guest, you, formulation · **What happens:** give, wish, compliment, select, appropriate · **To what, where:** It, elderly lady · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is exam question 3 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/#e3). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* It is given that a guest wishes to compliment an elderly lady. ```conllu # sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:30-grannys-rules-superstitions-good-manners:e3:1 # text = It is given that a guest wishes to compliment an elderly lady. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 guest guest NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 wishes wish VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 compliment compliment VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 ccomp _ _ 10 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 elderly elderly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | present · passive | | It | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **wish** | present | a guest | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 3 | **compliment** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | a elderly lady | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lady=Theme | 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. *Sentence 2:* Select the formulation appropriate to her seniority. ```conllu # sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:30-grannys-rules-superstitions-good-manners:e3:2 # text = Select the formulation appropriate to her seniority. 1 Select select VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 formulation formulation NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 appropriate appropriate VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 ccomp _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 seniority seniority NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent clause=Attribute | | 2 | **appropriate** | past | the formulation | | | | | to formulation's seniority | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} ty hArno vyhlyadaiesh ```conllu # sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:30-grannys-rules-superstitions-good-manners:e3:o1:1 # text = ty hArno vyhlyadaiesh 1 ty ty X FW Foreign=Yes 2 flat:foreign _ _ 2 hArno harno PROPN GW Typo=Yes 0 root _ _ 3 vyhlyadaiesh vyhlyadaiesh X FW Foreign=Yes 2 flat _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} vy hArno vyhlyadaiete ```conllu # sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:30-grannys-rules-superstitions-good-manners:e3:o2:1 # text = vy hArno vyhlyadaiete 1 vy vy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 2 hArno harno NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 vyhlyadaiete vyhlyadaiete NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} sam takYi! ```conllu # sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:30-grannys-rules-superstitions-good-manners:e3:o3:1 # text = sam takYi! 1 sam Sam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 takYi takYi X FW Foreign=Yes 1 dep _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ! ! PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} pryVIT! ```conllu # sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:30-grannys-rules-superstitions-good-manners:e3:o4:1 # text = pryVIT! 1 pryVIT pryvit NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ! ! PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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