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title: «grown-ups love it if u say yak vas zvut» What is right? — I don't understand — and what's your n… · tree and pragmatics
description: «grown-ups love it if u say yak vas zvut» What is right? Test 6 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 right.
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# Test 6 · I don't understand — and what's your name?

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«grown-ups love it if u say yak vas zvut» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** grown ups, u, yak vas zvut · **What happens:** grow, love, say, be · **To what, where:** it, yak vas zvut · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:4-i-dont-understand-whats-your-name:t6:1
# text = «grown-ups love it if u say yak vas zvut» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	ups	up	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	love	love	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	u	you	PRON	PRP	Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
10	yak	yak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
11	vas	vas	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	zvut	zvut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
14	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	16	nsubj	_	_
15	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
16	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** *in a quote* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **love** *in a quote* | present | grown ups | it |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | u | yak vas zvut |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent zvut=Topic |
| 4 | **is** | present | yak vas zvut |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Kids rarely ask adults that; they use name and father's name or TItko

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:4-i-dont-understand-whats-your-name:t6:o1:1
# text = Kids rarely ask adults that; they use name and father's name or TItko
1	Kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	rarely	rarely	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	ask	ask	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	adults	adult	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	use	use	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
9	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
14	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	TItko	TItko	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | Kids |  | adults |  |  | rarely *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient |
| 2 | **use** | present | Kids *= kid* | name and father's name or TItko |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Patient |
| 3 | **name** |  | father |  |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Adults must ask the kid first in writing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:4-i-dont-understand-whats-your-name:t6:o2:1
# text = Adults must ask the kid first in writing
1	Adults	adult	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	ask	ask	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	3	advmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	writing	writing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | must | Adults |  | the kid | writing |  | first *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent kid=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It is rude to say any name to adults

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:4-i-dont-understand-whats-your-name:t6:o3:1
# text = It is rude to say any name to adults
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
7	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	adults	adult	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | rude *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive |  | any name | adults |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent name=Topic to adult=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yes, every kid asks adults their name

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:4-i-dont-understand-whats-your-name:t6:o4:1
# text = Yes, every kid asks adults their name
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	asks	ask	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	adults	adult	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | every kid | adults's name | adults |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **name** |  | adults *= adult* |  |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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