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title: The family stands up, bags ready, then everyone suddenly sits down i… — Granny's rules, superstitions and good… · tree and pragmatics
description: The family stands up, bags ready, then everyone suddenly sits down in silence. Why? Test 4 · ★ 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 cho
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# Test 4 · ★ · Granny's rules, superstitions and good manners

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The family stands up, bags ready, then everyone suddenly sits down in silence. Why?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** family, everyone · **What happens:** stand up, sit down · **To what, where:** bags, silence

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* The family stands up, bags ready, then everyone suddenly sits down in silence.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:30-grannys-rules-superstitions-good-manners:t4:1
# text = The family stands up, bags ready, then everyone suddenly sits down in silence.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	stands	stand	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	bags	bag	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	ready	ready	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	12	advmod	_	_
10	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	12	nsubj	_	_
11	suddenly	suddenly	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	sits	sit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
13	down	down	ADP	RP	_	12	compound:prt	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	silence	silence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand up** | present | the family | bags |  |  |  | ready *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **sit down** | present | everyone |  |  | silence | then | suddenly *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in silence=Location |

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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?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:30-grannys-rules-superstitions-good-manners:t4:2
# text = Why?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Someone forgot the keys

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:30-grannys-rules-superstitions-good-manners:t4:o1:1
# text = Someone forgot the keys
1	Someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	nsubj	_	_
2	forgot	forget	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	keys	key	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forget** | past | Someone | the keys |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They're waiting for a taxi only

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:30-grannys-rules-superstitions-good-manners:t4:o2:1
# text = They're waiting for a taxi only
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	waiting	wait	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	taxi	taxi	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | present · progressive | They |  |  |  |  | for a taxi | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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prysIdmo na dorIzhku: sitting before a journey for luck

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:30-grannys-rules-superstitions-good-manners:t4:o3:1
# text = prysIdmo na dorIzhku: sitting before a journey for luck
1	prysIdmo	prysIdmo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	na	na	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	flat:foreign	_	_
3	dorIzhku	dorIzhku	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	flat:foreign	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
5	sitting	sit	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
6	before	before	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	journey	journey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	luck	luck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | gerund | prysIdmo *not said here* |  |  | a journey |  | for luck | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before journey=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They're too tired to go

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:30-grannys-rules-superstitions-good-manners:t4:o4:1
# text = They're too tired to go
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	too	too	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	tired	tired	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | They |  |  |  |  | tired *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **go** | to-infinitive | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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