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title: «de tvoyi batky?» asks a policeman at the fair. What does he want to… — Brothers, aunties, cousins and the pol… · tree and pragmatics
description: «de tvoyi batky?» asks a policeman at the fair. What does he want to know? Test 7 · ★★ 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 r
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# Test 7 · ★★ · Brothers, aunties, cousins and the polite "vy"

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«de tvoyi batky?» asks a policeman at the fair. What does he want to know?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** de tvoyi batky, batky · **What happens:** ask, want, know · **To what, where:** policeman, fair

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This is test 7 · ★★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «de tvoyi batky?» asks a policeman at the fair.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:6-brothers-aunties-cousins-polite-vy:t7:1
# text = «de tvoyi batky?» asks a policeman at the fair.
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	de	de	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	4	compound	_	_
3	tvoyi	tvoyi	X	FW	_	4	compound	_	_
4	batky	batky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
7	asks	ask	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	policeman	policeman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	fair	fair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | de tvoyi batky | a policeman |  | the fair |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent policeman=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 does he want to know?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:6-brothers-aunties-cousins-polite-vy:t7:2
# text = What does he want to know?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	does	do	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	want	want	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	know	know	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present · do-support | batky |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **know** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | batky *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Where your bike is

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:6-brothers-aunties-cousins-polite-vy:t7:o1:1
# text = Where your bike is
1	Where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	bike	bike	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Where your brother is

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:6-brothers-aunties-cousins-polite-vy:t7:o2:1
# text = Where your brother is
1	Where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
```

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

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

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Where your parents are

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:6-brothers-aunties-cousins-polite-vy:t7:o3:1
# text = Where your parents are
1	Where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Where your shoes are

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:6-brothers-aunties-cousins-polite-vy:t7:o4:1
# text = Where your shoes are
1	Where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	shoes	shoe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
```

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

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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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