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title: «Cyrillic is just English letters flipped round, ez» says your mate.… — Olympiad: Cyrillic code-breaking and n… · tree and pragmatics
description: «Cyrillic is just English letters flipped round, ez» says your mate. Check it. Test 2 · ★★★ 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 and of each option; Mova
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# Test 2 · ★★★ · Olympiad: Cyrillic code-breaking and number puzzles ★★★

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«Cyrillic is just English letters flipped round, ez» says your mate. Check it.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Cyrillic, mate, you · **What happens:** be, flip, say, check · **To what, where:** English letters, Cyrillic · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 · ★★★ of lesson 31 «Olympiad: Cyrillic code-breaking and number puzzles ★★★» 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/31-olympiad-cyrillic-code-breaking-and-numbers/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «Cyrillic is just English letters flipped round, ez» says your mate.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:31-olympiad-cyrillic-code-breaking-and-numbers:t2:1
# text = «Cyrillic is just English letters flipped round, ez» says your mate.
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Cyrillic	cyrillic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	English	English	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	letters	letter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	ccomp	_	_
7	flipped	flip	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	round	round	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	ez	ez	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
12	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Cyrillic | English letters |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **flip** *in a quote* | participle |  | English letters *not said here* |  |  |  | round *property* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | your mate |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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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:* Check it.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:31-olympiad-cyrillic-code-breaking-and-numbers:t2:2
# text = Check it.
1	Check	check	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **check** | imperative | you *not said here* | Cyrillic |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Right: Cyrillic and English are exactly the same alphabet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:31-olympiad-cyrillic-code-breaking-and-numbers:t2:o1:1
# text = Right: Cyrillic and English are exactly the same alphabet
1	Right	right	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Cyrillic	Cyrillic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	English	English	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
7	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	alphabet	alphabet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Cyrillic and English | the same alphabet |  |  |  | exactly, right *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Right: every Cyrillic letter is an English one turned round

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:31-olympiad-cyrillic-code-breaking-and-numbers:t2:o2:1
# text = Right: every Cyrillic letter is an English one turned round
1	Right	right	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
3	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
4	Cyrillic	cyrillic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	letter	letter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	English	English	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
10	turned	turn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
11	round	round	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | every Cyrillic letter | a English one |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **turn round** | participle |  | a English one *not said here* |  |  |  | round *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Wrong: Cyrillic has no letters at all, only little pictures

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:31-olympiad-cyrillic-code-breaking-and-numbers:t2:o3:1
# text = Wrong: Cyrillic has no letters at all, only little pictures
1	Wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
3	Cyrillic	Cyrillic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	6	det	_	_
6	letters	letter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	only	only	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
11	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	pictures	picture	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Wrong | no letters |  | all |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=Patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Wrong: some look English but sound different, like В for v

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:31-olympiad-cyrillic-code-breaking-and-numbers:t2:o4:1
# text = Wrong: some look English but sound different, like В for v
1	Wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
3	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	4	nsubj	_	_
4	look	look	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	English	English	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	sound	sound	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
8	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	like	like	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	В	В	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	v	v	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | present | some |  |  |  |  | like В for v; english *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **sound** | present | some *not said here* |  |  |  |  | different *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

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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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