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title: Danylo reckons Ukrainians built the biggest towns on Earth 6,000 yea… — Kyiv's beginnings and Kyivan Rus · tree and pragmatics
description: Danylo reckons Ukrainians built the biggest towns on Earth 6,000 years ago. What's true? Test 3 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 3 · Kyiv's beginnings and Kyivan Rus

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Danylo reckons Ukrainians built the biggest towns on Earth 6,000 years ago. What's true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Danylo, Ukrainians · **What happens:** reckon, build, be · **To what, where:** biggest towns, Earth

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This is test 3 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Danylo reckons Ukrainians built the biggest towns on Earth 6,000 years ago.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:41-kyivs-beginnings-and-kyivan-rus:t3:1
# text = Danylo reckons Ukrainians built the biggest towns on Earth 6,000 years ago.
1	Danylo	Danylo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	reckons	reckon	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Ukrainians	Ukrainian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	built	build	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	biggest	big	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	amod	_	_
7	towns	town	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
10	6,000	6000	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl:unmarked	_	_
12	ago	ago	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reckon** | present | Danylo |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **build** | past | Ukrainians | the biggest towns |  | Earth |  | ago *property* | vn base-97.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent town=Theme on earth=Source |

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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 true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:41-kyivs-beginnings-and-kyivan-rus:t3:2
# text = What's true?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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He's right, they were Ukrainians who spoke Ukrainian and built bigger towns than Egypt ever had

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:41-kyivs-beginnings-and-kyivan-rus:t3:o1:1
# text = He's right, they were Ukrainians who spoke Ukrainian and built bigger towns than Egypt ever had
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	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	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	Ukrainians	Ukrainian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
8	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	spoke	speak	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
10	Ukrainian	Ukrainian	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	built	build	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
13	bigger	big	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	14	amod	_	_
14	towns	town	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	nsubj	_	_
15	than	than	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	Egypt	Egypt	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
17	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	18	advmod	_	_
18	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | He |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | past | they | Ukrainians |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | Ukrainians | Ukrainian |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **build** | past | Ukrainians *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **have** | past | bigger towns than Egypt |  |  |  | ever |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They were Roman towns

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:41-kyivs-beginnings-and-kyivan-rus:t3:o2:1
# text = They were Roman towns
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	Roman	roman	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	towns	town	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | They | Roman towns |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Trypillia farmers built some of Europe's biggest settlements, but nobody knows their language

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:41-kyivs-beginnings-and-kyivan-rus:t3:o3:1
# text = Trypillia farmers built some of Europe's biggest settlements, but nobody knows their language
1	Trypillia	Trypillia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	farmers	farmer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	built	build	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	3	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	Europe	Europe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	biggest	big	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	9	amod	_	_
9	settlements	settlement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	13	nsubj	_	_
13	knows	know	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
14	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	language	language	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **build** | past | Trypillia farmers | some |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent some=Product |
| 2 | **know** | present | nobody | farmers's language |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer language=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Nothing was built there before 1900

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:41-kyivs-beginnings-and-kyivan-rus:t3:o4:1
# text = Nothing was built there before 1900
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	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	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
5	before	before	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	1900	1900	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 |  | Nothing |  | there | before 1900 |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

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