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title: «skIlky?» asks the stall lady pointing at the apples. What does she… — To a hundred, first and last, and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: «skIlky?» asks the stall lady pointing at the apples. What does she want to know? Test 9 · ★★ of lesson 9 «To a hundred, first and last, and the first colour» 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 · ★★ · To a hundred, first and last, and the first colour

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«skIlky?» asks the stall lady pointing at the apples. What does she want to know?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** skIlky, stall lady · **What happens:** ask, point, want, know · **To what, where:** stall lady, apples

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This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 9 «To a hundred, first and last, and the first colour» 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/9-to-a-hundred-first-and-last-red/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «skIlky?» asks the stall lady pointing at the apples.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:9-to-a-hundred-first-and-last-red:t9:1
# text = «skIlky?» asks the stall lady pointing at the apples.
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	skIlky	skilky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
5	asks	ask	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	stall	stall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	pointing	point	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	apples	apple	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | skIlky |  | the stall lady |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent lady=Recipient |
| 2 | **point** | gerund | the stall lady *not said here* |  |  | the apples |  |  | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 she want to know?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:9-to-a-hundred-first-and-last-red:t9:2
# text = What does she 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	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|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 | skIlky |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **know** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | skIlky *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Where you live

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:9-to-a-hundred-first-and-last-red:t9:o1:1
# text = Where you live
1	Where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	3	advmod	_	_
2	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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How many you want

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:9-to-a-hundred-first-and-last-red:t9:o2:1
# text = How many you want
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	nsubj	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	want	want	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | many |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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What colour they are

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:9-to-a-hundred-first-and-last-red:t9:o3:1
# text = What colour they are
1	What	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	cop	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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How old you are

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:9-to-a-hundred-first-and-last-red:t9:o4:1
# text = How old you are
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	cop	_	_
```

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