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title: Sashko says his dvoYUrIdnyi brat Ivan is coming. Ivan is the son of… — Brothers, aunties, cousins and the pol… · tree and pragmatics
description: Sashko says his dvoYUrIdnyi brat Ivan is coming. Ivan is the son of Sashko's aunt. Who is Ivan to Sashko? Test 4 · ★★ 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 e
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# Test 4 · ★★ · Brothers, aunties, cousins and the polite "vy"

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Sashko says his dvoYUrIdnyi brat Ivan is coming. Ivan is the son of Sashko's aunt. Who is Ivan to Sashko?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Sashko, dvoYUrIdnyi brat, Ivan · **What happens:** say, come, be · **To what, where:** son, Ivan, Sashko · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Sashko says his dvoYUrIdnyi brat Ivan is coming.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:6-brothers-aunties-cousins-polite-vy:t4:1
# text = Sashko says his dvoYUrIdnyi brat Ivan is coming.
1	Sashko	Sashko	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	dvoYUrIdnyi	dvoyuridnyi	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	brat	brat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
6	Ivan	Ivan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	coming	come	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Sashko |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **come** | present · progressive | Sashko's dvoYUrIdnyi brat |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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:* Ivan is the son of Sashko's aunt.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:6-brothers-aunties-cousins-polite-vy:t4:2
# text = Ivan is the son of Sashko's aunt.
1	Ivan	Ivan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	Sashko	Sashko	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	aunt	aunt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Ivan | the son |  |  |  | of Sashko's aunt | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* Who is Ivan to Sashko?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:6-brothers-aunties-cousins-polite-vy:t4:3
# text = Who is Ivan to Sashko?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	Ivan	Ivan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Sashko	Sashko	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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His cousin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:6-brothers-aunties-cousins-polite-vy:t4:o1:1
# text = His cousin
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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His younger brother

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:6-brothers-aunties-cousins-polite-vy:t4:o2:1
# text = His younger brother
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	younger	young	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	amod	_	_
3	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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His godfather

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:6-brothers-aunties-cousins-polite-vy:t4:o3:1
# text = His godfather
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	godfather	godfather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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His uncle, Mum's brother

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:6-brothers-aunties-cousins-polite-vy:t4:o4:1
# text = His uncle, Mum's brother
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	uncle	uncle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	Mum	Mum	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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