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title: In a game the shop sign says vIsimdesyat coins, and the cartoon char… — Counting on: nine to eighty · tree and pragmatics
description: In a game the shop sign says vIsimdesyat coins, and the cartoon character pays eighteen. What went wrong? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 8 «Counting on: nine to eighty» 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 c
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# Test 9 · ★ · Counting on: nine to eighty

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In a game the shop sign says vIsimdesyat coins, and the cartoon character pays eighteen. What went wrong?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** shop sign, cartoon character · **What happens:** say, pay, go · **To what, where:** vIsimdesyat coins, game, eighteen · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 8 «Counting on: nine to eighty» 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/8-counting-on-nine-to-eighty/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a game the shop sign says vIsimdesyat coins, and the cartoon character pays eighteen.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:8-counting-on-nine-to-eighty:t9:1
# text = In a game the shop sign says vIsimdesyat coins, and the cartoon character pays eighteen.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	sign	sign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	vIsimdesyat	vIsimdesyat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	coins	coin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	character	character	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	pays	pay	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
16	eighteen	eighteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the shop sign | vIsimdesyat coins |  | a game |  |  | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent coin=Theme in game=Manner |
| 2 | **pay** | present | the cartoon character | eighteen |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eighteen=Asset |

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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 went wrong?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:8-counting-on-nine-to-eighty:t9:2
# text = What went wrong?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past |  |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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vIsimdesyat is eighty, not eighteen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:8-counting-on-nine-to-eighty:t9:o1:1
# text = vIsimdesyat is eighty, not eighteen
1	vIsimdesyat	vIsimdesyat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	eighty	eighty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	eighteen	eighteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It is eight hundred

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:8-counting-on-nine-to-eighty:t9:o2:1
# text = It is eight hundred
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	eight	eight	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	compound	_	_
4	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Nothing, it is eighteen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:8-counting-on-nine-to-eighty:t9:o3:1
# text = Nothing, it is eighteen
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	eighteen	eighteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It is eight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:8-counting-on-nine-to-eighty:t9:o4:1
# text = It is eight
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	eight	eight	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | eight |  |  |  |  | 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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