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title: A new kid asks «de ty zhyvEsh?». What is he asking? — How old are you, where from, and meet… · tree and pragmatics
description: A new kid asks «de ty zhyvEsh?». What is he asking? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 5 «How old are you, where from, and meet the family» 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 6 · ★ · How old are you, where from, and meet the family

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A new kid asks «de ty zhyvEsh?». What is he asking?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** new kid, kid · **What happens:** ask · **To what, where:** ty

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 5 «How old are you, where from, and meet the family» 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/5-how-old-where-from-meet-the-family/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A new kid asks «de ty zhyvEsh?».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:5-how-old-where-from-meet-the-family:t6:1
# text = A new kid asks «de ty zhyvEsh?».
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	asks	ask	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	de	de	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	7	advmod	_	_
7	ty	ty	X	GW	_	4	obj	_	_
8	zhyvEsh	zhyvesh	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | a new kid | ty |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent ty=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:* What is he asking?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:5-how-old-where-from-meet-the-family:t6:2
# text = What is he asking?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	asking	ask	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present · progressive | kid |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Where your dad works

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:5-how-old-where-from-meet-the-family:t6:o1:1
# text = Where your dad works
1	Where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	4	advmod	_	_
2	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	works	work	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | present | your dad |  |  |  |  |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Where you were born

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:5-how-old-where-from-meet-the-family:t6:o2:1
# text = Where you were born
1	Where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	4	advmod	_	_
2	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	born	bear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bear** | past · passive |  | you |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Where you are going now

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:5-how-old-where-from-meet-the-family:t6:o3:1
# text = Where you are going now
1	Where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	4	advmod	_	_
2	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present · progressive | you |  |  |  | now |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Where you live

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:5-how-old-where-from-meet-the-family:t6:o4:1
# text = Where you live
1	Where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	3	advmod	_	_
2	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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