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title: Danylo says Saint Sophia is the oldest church in Europe. What's the… — Kyiv's beginnings and Kyivan Rus · tree and pragmatics
description: Danylo says Saint Sophia is the oldest church in Europe. What's the honest pride? Test 11 of lesson 41 «Kyiv's beginnings and Kyivan Rus» 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 wrong.
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# Test 11 · Kyiv's beginnings and Kyivan Rus

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Danylo says Saint Sophia is the oldest church in Europe. What's the honest pride?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Danylo, Saint Sophia, honest pride · **What happens:** say, be · **To what, where:** oldest church, Europe · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 of lesson 41 «Kyiv's beginnings and Kyivan Rus» 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/41-kyivs-beginnings-and-kyivan-rus/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Danylo says Saint Sophia is the oldest church in Europe.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:41-kyivs-beginnings-and-kyivan-rus:t11:1
# text = Danylo says Saint Sophia is the oldest church in Europe.
1	Danylo	Danylo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Saint	Saint	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	Sophia	Sophia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	oldest	old	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	8	amod	_	_
8	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	ccomp	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Europe	Europe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Danylo |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present | Saint Sophia | the oldest church |  | Europe |  |  | 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.

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*Sentence 2:* What's the honest pride?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:41-kyivs-beginnings-and-kyivan-rus:t11:2
# text = What's the honest pride?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	honest	honest	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	pride	pride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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It was built in 1982

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:41-kyivs-beginnings-and-kyivan-rus:t11:o1:1
# text = It was built in 1982
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	built	build	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	1982	1982	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **build** | past · passive |  | It |  | 1982 |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

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

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It is a wonderful 11th-century cathedral with original mosaics, though not Europe's oldest

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:41-kyivs-beginnings-and-kyivan-rus:t11:o2:1
# text = It is a wonderful 11th-century cathedral with original mosaics, though not Europe's oldest
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
4	wonderful	wonderful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
5	11th	11th	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	century	century	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	cathedral	cathedral	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	original	original	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	mosaics	mosaic	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
13	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
14	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	15	advmod	_	_
15	Europe	Europe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	's	's	PART	POS	_	15	case	_	_
17	oldest	old	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	8	appos	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a wonderful century cathedral |  |  |  | with original mosaics | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It is the oldest church on Earth, older than any church in Rome, Jerusalem, Greece or Armenia

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:41-kyivs-beginnings-and-kyivan-rus:t11:o3:1
# text = It is the oldest church on Earth, older than any church in Rome, Jerusalem, Greece or Armenia
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	oldest	old	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	older	old	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
10	than	than	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	12	det	_	_
12	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	Rome	Rome	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	Jerusalem	Jerusalem	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
18	Greece	Greece	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	conj	_	_
19	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
20	Armenia	Armenia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | the oldest church and Jerusalem and Greece or Armenia |  | Earth |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It is a copy of a Moscow church

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:41-kyivs-beginnings-and-kyivan-rus:t11:o4:1
# text = It is a copy of a Moscow church
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	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	copy	copy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	Moscow	Moscow	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

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