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title: Danylo says Sviatoslav was a Cossack 'cause of his haircut. What's w… — Kyiv's beginnings and Kyivan Rus · tree and pragmatics
description: Danylo says Sviatoslav was a Cossack 'cause of his haircut. What's wrong? Test 7 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 7 · Kyiv's beginnings and Kyivan Rus

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Danylo says Sviatoslav was a Cossack 'cause of his haircut. What's wrong?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Danylo, Sviatoslav · **What happens:** say, be · **To what, where:** cause · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Danylo says Sviatoslav was a Cossack 'cause of his haircut.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:41-kyivs-beginnings-and-kyivan-rus:t7:1
# text = Danylo says Sviatoslav was a Cossack 'cause of his haircut.
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	Sviatoslav	Sviatoslav	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	Cossack	cossack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	'	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	ccomp	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	haircut	haircut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	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** | past | Sviatoslav | Cossack's cause |  |  |  | of Sviatoslav's haircut | 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 wrong?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:41-kyivs-beginnings-and-kyivan-rus:t7:2
# text = What's wrong?
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	wrong	wrong	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 |  |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Cossacks lived before Kyiv was founded

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:41-kyivs-beginnings-and-kyivan-rus:t7:o1:1
# text = Cossacks lived before Kyiv was founded
1	Cossacks	cossack	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	Kyiv	Kyiv	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	founded	found	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | past | Cossacks |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **found** | past · passive |  | Kyiv |  |  |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Nothing, Sviatoslav founded the Sich

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:41-kyivs-beginnings-and-kyivan-rus:t7:o2:1
# text = Nothing, Sviatoslav founded the Sich
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Sviatoslav	Sviatoslav	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	founded	found	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Sich	Sich	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **found** | past | Sviatoslav | Nothing |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Sviatoslav had long hair, so it is all wrong

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:41-kyivs-beginnings-and-kyivan-rus:t7:o3:1
# text = Sviatoslav had long hair, so it is all wrong
1	Sviatoslav	Sviatoslav	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	all	all	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | Sviatoslav | long hair |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | present | hair |  |  |  |  | all, wrong *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The haircut detail is real, but the Cossacks appeared about five centuries later

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:41-kyivs-beginnings-and-kyivan-rus:t7:o4:1
# text = The haircut detail is real, but the Cossacks appeared about five centuries later
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	haircut	haircut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	detail	detail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Cossacks	Cossack	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	appeared	appear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
11	about	about	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
13	centuries	century	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
14	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the haircut detail |  |  |  |  | real *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **appear** | past | the Cossacks |  |  |  | century | late *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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