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title: In a cartoon a boy shouts «stArshyi brat!» at his little brother. Wh… — Brothers, aunties, cousins and the pol… · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon a boy shouts «stArshyi brat!» at his little brother. What is wrong? Test 10 · ★★ 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 choic
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# Test 10 · ★★ · Brothers, aunties, cousins and the polite "vy"

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In a cartoon a boy shouts «stArshyi brat!» at his little brother. What is wrong?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** boy · **What happens:** shout, be · **To what, where:** stArshyi brat, cartoon

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This is test 10 · ★★ 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/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon a boy shouts «stArshyi brat!» at his little brother.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:6-brothers-aunties-cousins-polite-vy:t10:1
# text = In a cartoon a boy shouts «stArshyi brat!» at his little brother.
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	6	obl	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	shouts	shout	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	stArshyi	stArshyi	X	FW	_	9	compound	_	_
9	brat	brat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
14	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | present | a boy | stArshyi brat |  | a cartoon |  | at boy's little brother | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brat=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 is wrong?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:6-brothers-aunties-cousins-polite-vy:t10:2
# text = What is wrong?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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stArshyi is only for uncles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:6-brothers-aunties-cousins-polite-vy:t10:o1:1
# text = stArshyi is only for uncles
1	stArshyi	stArshyi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	uncles	uncle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | stArshyi |  |  |  |  | for uncles | tree rules |

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

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stArshyi means older; the little one is molOdshyi

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:6-brothers-aunties-cousins-polite-vy:t10:o2:1
# text = stArshyi means older; the little one is molOdshyi
1	stArshyi	stArshyi	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	older	old	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	molOdshyi	molOdshyi	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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stArshyi means sister

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:6-brothers-aunties-cousins-polite-vy:t10:o3:1
# text = stArshyi means sister
1	stArshyi	stArshyi	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Nothing, stArshyi means little, the youngest in the family

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:6-brothers-aunties-cousins-polite-vy:t10:o4:1
# text = Nothing, stArshyi means little, the youngest in the family
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	stArshyi	stArshyi	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	conj	_	_
4	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	youngest	young	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	4	ccomp	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Nothing | little |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent little=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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