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title: Why is it wrong to say Ukraine was not important in the Second World… — The Second World War · tree and pragmatics
description: Why is it wrong to say Ukraine was not important in the Second World War? Test 5 · ★★ of lesson 34 «The Second 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 5 · ★★ · The Second World War

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Why is it wrong to say Ukraine was not important in the Second World War?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** it, Ukraine · **What happens:** be, say, not be · **To what, where:** Second World War · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 34 «The Second 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/34-the-second-world-war/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:34-the-second-world-war:t5:1
# text = Why is it wrong to say Ukraine was not important in the Second World War?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	csubj	_	_
7	Ukraine	Ukraine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	important	important	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	ccomp	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
13	Second	Second	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	15	amod	_	_
14	World	World	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	War	War	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **not** **is** | past | Ukraine |  |  | the Second World War |  | important *property* | tree rules |

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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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It was one of the worst hit places, with millions of Ukrainians killed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:34-the-second-world-war:t5:o1:1
# text = It was one of the worst hit places, with millions of Ukrainians killed
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	worst	bad	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	8	amod	_	_
7	hit	hit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	places	place	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	millions	million	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	Ukrainians	Ukrainian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	_
14	killed	kill	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | It | one |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **hit** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | of the worst hit places and millions of Ukrainians | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It is right, nothing much happened there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:34-the-second-world-war:t5:o2:1
# text = It is right, nothing much happened there
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	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	conj	_	_
6	much	much	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl	_	_
8	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **happen** | past |  |  |  | there |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It stayed neutral like Switzerland

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:34-the-second-world-war:t5:o3:1
# text = It stayed neutral like Switzerland
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stayed	stay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	neutral	neutral	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	like	like	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Switzerland	Switzerland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | past | It |  |  |  |  | like Switzerland; neutral *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Ukraine did not exist then, so no Ukrainians took part in the war

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:34-the-second-world-war:t5:o4:1
# text = Ukraine did not exist then, so no Ukrainians took part in the war
1	Ukraine	Ukraine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	exist	exist	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
8	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	9	det	_	_
9	Ukrainians	Ukrainian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
11	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **exist** | past · do-support | Ukraine |  |  |  | then |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **take** | past | no Ukrainians | part |  | the war |  |  | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent part=Value in war=Location |

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