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title: «I've told you a MILLION times — say vy to Granny!» shouts Mum. What… — Olympiad: endings and polite forms ★★★ · tree and pragmatics
description: «I've told you a MILLION times — say vy to Granny!» shouts Mum. What does she really mean? Test 2 · ★★★ 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 ch
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# Test 2 · ★★★ · Olympiad: endings and polite forms ★★★

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«I've told you a MILLION times — say vy to Granny!» shouts Mum. What does she really mean?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Mum · **What happens:** tell, say, shout, mean · **To what, where:** you, vy, Granny · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 · ★★★ of lesson 32 «Olympiad: endings and polite forms ★★★» 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/32-olympiad-endings-and-polite-forms/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «I've told you a MILLION times — say vy to Granny!» shouts Mum.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:32-olympiad-endings-and-polite-forms:t2:1
# text = «I've told you a MILLION times — say vy to Granny!» shouts Mum.
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	've	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	told	tell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	16	ccomp	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	iobj	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	MILLION	million	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
9	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
10	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
11	vy	vy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	Granny	Granny	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
16	shouts	shout	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
17	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present · perfect | Mum |  | you |  | time |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | infinitive | Mum *not said here* | vy | Granny |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent vy=Topic to granny=Recipient |
| 3 | **shout** *speech: express* | present | Mum |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |

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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:* What does she really mean?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:32-olympiad-endings-and-polite-forms:t2:2
# text = What does she really mean?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	really	really	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present · do-support | Mum |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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She wants you to say ty to Granny

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:32-olympiad-endings-and-polite-forms:t2:o1:1
# text = She wants you to say ty to Granny
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
6	ty	ty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Granny	Granny	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | She | you |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | ty | Granny |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent ty=Topic to granny=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Granny is a million years old

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:32-olympiad-endings-and-polite-forms:t2:o2:1
# text = Granny is a million years old
1	Granny	Granny	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	million	million	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
6	old	old	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 | Granny |  |  |  | year | old *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She has told you many times: use vy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:32-olympiad-endings-and-polite-forms:t2:o3:1
# text = She has told you many times: use vy
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	told	tell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	iobj	_	_
5	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
8	use	use	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
9	vy	vy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present · perfect | She |  | you |  | time |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient |
| 2 | **use** | infinitive | She *not said here* | vy |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vy=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She has counted to a million exactly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:32-olympiad-endings-and-polite-forms:t2:o4:1
# text = She has counted to a million exactly
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	counted	count	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	million	million	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	obl	_	_
7	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **count** | present · perfect | She |  |  |  |  | to a million; exactly *property* | vn matter-91 «NP V PP.experiencer»: agent=Stimulus to million=Experiencer |

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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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