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title: Determine the number of Cyrillic letters in the word БАБУСЯ, given t… — Olympiad: Cyrillic code-breaking and n… · tree and pragmatics
description: Determine the number of Cyrillic letters in the word БАБУСЯ, given that Я represents the sounds ya. Exam question 1 of lesson 31 «Olympiad: Cyrillic code-breaking and number puzzles ★★★» of the Ukrainian street course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question 
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# Exam question 1 · Olympiad: Cyrillic code-breaking and number puzzles ★★★

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Determine the number of Cyrillic letters in the word БАБУСЯ, given that Я represents the sounds ya.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Я · **What happens:** determine, give, represent · **To what, where:** number, sounds

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 31 «Olympiad: Cyrillic code-breaking and number puzzles ★★★» 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/31-olympiad-cyrillic-code-breaking-and-numbers/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:31-olympiad-cyrillic-code-breaking-and-numbers:e1:1
# text = Determine the number of Cyrillic letters in the word БАБУСЯ, given that Я represents the sounds ya.
1	Determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	Cyrillic	cyrillic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	letters	letter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	БАБУСЯ	БАБУСЯ	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	parataxis	_	_
13	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	14	det	_	_
14	Я	Я	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	represents	represent	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	advcl	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	sounds	sound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obj	_	_
18	ya	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the number of Cyrillic letters in the word |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Topic |
| 2 | **give** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **represent** | present | that Я | the sounds  ya |  |  |  |  | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot sound=Theme |

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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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Eight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:31-olympiad-cyrillic-code-breaking-and-numbers:e1:o1:1
# text = Eight
1	Eight	eight	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Seven

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:31-olympiad-cyrillic-code-breaking-and-numbers:e1:o2:1
# text = Seven
1	Seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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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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Six

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:31-olympiad-cyrillic-code-breaking-and-numbers:e1:o3:1
# text = Six
1	Six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Five

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:31-olympiad-cyrillic-code-breaking-and-numbers:e1:o4:1
# text = Five
1	Five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

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