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title: Sashko's mum calls her best friend «Maryna» and Sashko calls her «TI… — Brothers, aunties, cousins and the pol… · tree and pragmatics
description: Sashko's mum calls her best friend «Maryna» and Sashko calls her «TItko Maryno». Is Maryna his real aunt? Test 5 · ★★ 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 5 · ★★ · Brothers, aunties, cousins and the polite "vy"

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Sashko's mum calls her best friend «Maryna» and Sashko calls her «TItko Maryno». Is Maryna his real aunt?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mum, Sashko, Maryna · **What happens:** call, be · **To what, where:** best friend, friend, real aunt · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 · ★★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Sashko's mum calls her best friend «Maryna» and Sashko calls her «TItko Maryno».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:6-brothers-aunties-cousins-polite-vy:t5:1
# text = Sashko's mum calls her best friend «Maryna» and Sashko calls her «TItko Maryno».
1	Sashko	Sashko	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	calls	call	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	amod	_	_
7	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	Maryna	Maryna	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	Sashko	Sashko	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	calls	call	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
14	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
15	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	TItko	TItko	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
17	Maryno	Maryno	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | present | Sashko's mum |  | mum's best friend |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent friend=Recipient |
| 2 | **call** | present | Sashko | friend |  |  |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme titko=Result |

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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:* Is Maryna his real aunt?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:6-brothers-aunties-cousins-polite-vy:t5:2
# text = Is Maryna his real aunt?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
2	Maryna	Maryna	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	aunt	aunt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Maryna | Maryna's real aunt |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Yes, TItko is only for real aunts, Mum's or Dad's sisters

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:6-brothers-aunties-cousins-polite-vy:t5:o1:1
# text = Yes, TItko is only for real aunts, Mum's or Dad's sisters
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	TItko	TItko	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	aunts	aunt	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
10	Mum	Mum	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
13	Dad	Dad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	sisters	sister	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | TItko |  |  |  |  | for real aunts or Mum's sisters | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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No, TItko means teacher

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:6-brothers-aunties-cousins-polite-vy:t5:o2:1
# text = No, TItko means teacher
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	TItko	TItko	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	teacher	teacher	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 | TItko | teacher |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent teacher=Topic |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Not necessarily — kids say TItko to family friends too

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:6-brothers-aunties-cousins-polite-vy:t5:o3:1
# text = Not necessarily — kids say TItko to family friends too
1	Not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	necessarily	necessarily	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
3	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	2	punct	_	_
4	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	TItko	TItko	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
10	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | kids | TItko | family friends |  |  | necessarily *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent titko=Topic to friend=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yes, TItko means mum's sister by law

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:6-brothers-aunties-cousins-polite-vy:t5:o4:1
# text = Yes, TItko means mum's sister by law
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	TItko	TItko	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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

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