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title: Granny says "sidai" to Sashko and "sidaite" to his dad. Why the diff… — Granny's rules, superstitions and good… · tree and pragmatics
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# Test 11 · ★ · Granny's rules, superstitions and good manners

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Granny says "sidai" to Sashko and "sidaite" to his dad. Why the difference?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Granny · **What happens:** say · **To what, where:** sidai, Sashko · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 30 «Granny's rules, superstitions and good manners» 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/30-grannys-rules-superstitions-good-manners/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Granny says "sidai" to Sashko and "sidaite" to his dad.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:30-grannys-rules-superstitions-good-manners:t11:1
# text = Granny says "sidai" to Sashko and "sidaite" to his dad.
1	Granny	Granny	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	sidai	sidai	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Sashko	Sashko	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	sidaite	sidaite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Granny | sidai | Sashko and sidaite to his dad |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent sidai=Topic to sashko=Recipient |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Why the difference?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:30-grannys-rules-superstitions-good-manners:t11:2
# text = Why the difference?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	difference	difference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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sidaite is for girls

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:30-grannys-rules-superstitions-good-manners:t11:o1:1
# text = sidaite is for girls
1	sidaite	sidaite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	girls	girl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | sidaite |  |  |  |  | for girls | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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sidai means stand, sidaite means sit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:30-grannys-rules-superstitions-good-manners:t11:o2:1
# text = sidai means stand, sidaite means sit
1	sidai	sidai	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	stand	stand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	sidaite	sidaite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
7	sit	sit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | sidai | stand |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stand=Topic |
| 2 | **mean** | present | sidaite |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **sit** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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No difference, it's random

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:30-grannys-rules-superstitions-good-manners:t11:o3:1
# text = No difference, it's random
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	difference	difference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	random	random	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | no difference |  |  |  |  | random *property* | tree rules |

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

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sidai to a child, sidaite politely to an adult

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:30-grannys-rules-superstitions-good-manners:t11:o4:1
# text = sidai to a child, sidaite politely to an adult
1	sidai	sidai	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	6	advmod	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	sidaite	sidaite	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	politely	politely	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sidaite** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to a adult; politely *property* | tree rules |

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