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title: Why might two Ukrainian brothers have ended up on opposite sides in… — The First World War · tree and pragmatics
description: Why might two Ukrainian brothers have ended up on opposite sides in 1914? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 33 «The First World War» of the history course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 7 · ★ · The First World War

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Why might two Ukrainian brothers have ended up on opposite sides in 1914?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** end up · **To what, where:** two Ukrainian brothers, opposite sides

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 33 «The First World War» of the history 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/history/33-the-first-world-war/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:33-the-first-world-war:t7:1
# text = Why might two Ukrainian brothers have ended up on opposite sides in 1914?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
2	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
3	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
4	Ukrainian	ukrainian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	ended	end	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	up	up	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	opposite	opposite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	sides	side	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	1914	1914	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **end up** | might · perfect · passive |  | two Ukrainian brothers |  | opposite sides in 1914 |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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.

## The options {#options}

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

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Ukraine was split between Russia and Austria-Hungary

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:33-the-first-world-war:t7:o1:1
# text = Ukraine was split between Russia and Austria-Hungary
1	Ukraine	Ukraine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	split	split	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	between	between	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Russia	Russia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	Austria	Austria	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	Hungary	Hungary	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **split** | past · passive |  | Ukraine |  |  |  | between Russia and Austria and Hungary | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Ukraine fought against itself on purpose

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:33-the-first-world-war:t7:o2:1
# text = Ukraine fought against itself on purpose
1	Ukraine	Ukraine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	fought	fight	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	against	against	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	itself	itself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	2	obl	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fight** | past | Ukraine |  |  | purpose |  | against itself *= it* | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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That could never happen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:33-the-first-world-war:t7:o3:1
# text = That could never happen
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **happen** | could | That |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They chose by flipping a coin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:33-the-first-world-war:t7:o4:1
# text = They chose by flipping a coin
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	chose	choose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	flipping	flip	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	coin	coin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **choose** | past | They |  |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **flip** | gerund | They *not said here* | a coin |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coin=Theme |

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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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