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title: In a cartoon a girl named Olena is called OlEnka by her granny. Why? — I don't understand — and what's your n… · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon a girl named Olena is called OlEnka by her granny. Why? Test 10 of lesson 4 «I don't understand — and what's your name?» 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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# Test 10 · I don't understand — and what's your name?

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In a cartoon a girl named Olena is called OlEnka by her granny. Why?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** granny · **What happens:** name, call · **To what, where:** girl, cartoon · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 of lesson 4 «I don't understand — and what's your name?» 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/4-i-dont-understand-whats-your-name/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon a girl named Olena is called OlEnka by her granny.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:4-i-dont-understand-whats-your-name:t10:1
# text = In a cartoon a girl named Olena is called OlEnka by her granny.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	named	name	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	Olena	Olena	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	xcomp	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
10	OlEnka	OlEnka	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	xcomp	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	granny	granny	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **name** | participle |  | a girl *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **call** | present · passive | girl's granny | a girl |  | a cartoon |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient |

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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:4-i-dont-understand-whats-your-name:t10:2
# 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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It means «naughty Olena»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:4-i-dont-understand-whats-your-name:t10:o1:1
# text = It means «naughty Olena»
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	naughty	naughty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	Olena	Olena	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	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 | It | naughty Olena |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent olena=Topic |

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

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It is a loving pet form of Olena

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:4-i-dont-understand-whats-your-name:t10:o2:1
# text = It is a loving pet form of Olena
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	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	6	det	_	_
4	loving	loving	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	pet	pet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Olena	Olena	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a loving pet form |  |  |  | of Olena | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Granny forgot her name and guessed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:4-i-dont-understand-whats-your-name:t10:o3:1
# text = Granny forgot her name and guessed
1	Granny	Granny	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	forgot	forget	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	guessed	guess	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forget** | past | Granny | Granny's name |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **guess** | participle | Granny *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **name** |  | Granny |  |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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OlEnka is her sister

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:4-i-dont-understand-whats-your-name:t10:o4:1
# text = OlEnka is her sister
1	OlEnka	OlEnka	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	sister	sister	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 | OlEnka | OlEnka's sister |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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