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title: «brat means a naughty kid, like English» Which is right? — Brothers, aunties, cousins and the pol… · tree and pragmatics
description: «brat means a naughty kid, like English» Which is right? Test 1 · ★★ of lesson 6 «Brothers, aunties, cousins and the polite "vy"» 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 1 · ★★ · Brothers, aunties, cousins and the polite "vy"

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«brat means a naughty kid, like English» Which is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** brat, English · **What happens:** mean, be · **To what, where:** naughty kid

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This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 6 «Brothers, aunties, cousins and the polite "vy"» 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/6-brothers-aunties-cousins-polite-vy/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:6-brothers-aunties-cousins-polite-vy:t1:1
# text = «brat means a naughty kid, like English» Which is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	brat	brat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	naughty	naughty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	English	English	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
11	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** *in a quote* | present | brat | a naughty kid |  |  |  | like English | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kid=Topic |
| 2 | **is** | present | English |  |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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Yes, it means a spoilt child

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:6-brothers-aunties-cousins-polite-vy:t1:o1:1
# text = Yes, it means a spoilt child
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	spoilt	spoilt	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, it is an insult

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:6-brothers-aunties-cousins-polite-vy:t1:o2:1
# text = Yes, it is an insult
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	insult	insult	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 | it | a insult |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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No, it means cousin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:6-brothers-aunties-cousins-polite-vy:t1:o3:1
# text = No, it means cousin
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, brat means brother

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:6-brothers-aunties-cousins-polite-vy:t1:o4:1
# text = No, brat means brother
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	brat	brat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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

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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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