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title: Ascertain why sidaite may properly be addressed to a class of childr… — Olympiad: endings and polite forms ★★★ · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain why sidaite may properly be addressed to a class of children. Exam question 4 of lesson 32 «Olympiad: endings and polite forms ★★★» 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 choice was wrong.
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# Exam question 4 · Olympiad: endings and polite forms ★★★

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Ascertain why sidaite may properly be addressed to a class of children.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, address

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 32 «Olympiad: endings and polite forms ★★★» 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/32-olympiad-endings-and-polite-forms/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:32-olympiad-endings-and-polite-forms:e4:1
# text = Ascertain why sidaite may properly be addressed to a class of children.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
3	sidaite	sidaite	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
4	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	properly	properly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	addressed	address	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **address** | may · passive |  |  |  |  |  | to a class of children; properly, sidaite *property* | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP» |

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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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The form denotes the past tense

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:32-olympiad-endings-and-polite-forms:e4:o1:1
# text = The form denotes the past tense
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	denotes	denote	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	past	past	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	tense	tense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **denote** | present | the form | the past tense |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot tense=Topic |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The -te form serves both for the polite address to one adult and for several persons

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:32-olympiad-endings-and-polite-forms:e4:o2:1
# text = The -te form serves both for the polite address to one adult and for several persons
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	te	te	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	serves	serve	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	both	both	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	polite	polite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	address	address	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
13	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
15	for	for	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	several	several	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **serve** | present | the te form |  |  |  |  | for the polite address; to one adult and several persons | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent for address=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The form is reserved for scolding

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:32-olympiad-endings-and-polite-forms:e4:o3:1
# text = The form is reserved for scolding
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	reserved	reserve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	scolding	scolding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reserve** | present · passive |  | the form |  |  |  | for scolding | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Theme for scolding=Beneficiary |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Children must be addressed as elders by law

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:32-olympiad-endings-and-polite-forms:e4:o4:1
# text = Children must be addressed as elders by law
1	Children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	addressed	address	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	elders	elder	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **address** | must · passive | law | Children |  |  |  | as elders | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Destination |

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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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