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title: Danylo says Kyiv in 1050 was the biggest city in the world; the teac… — Kyiv's beginnings and Kyivan Rus · tree and pragmatics
description: Danylo says Kyiv in 1050 was the biggest city in the world; the teacher calls it «a village». Who's right? Test 8 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 
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# Test 8 · Kyiv's beginnings and Kyivan Rus

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Danylo says Kyiv in 1050 was the biggest city in the world; the teacher calls it «a village». Who's right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Danylo, Kyiv, teacher · **What happens:** say, be, call · **To what, where:** biggest city, world · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Danylo says Kyiv in 1050 was the biggest city in the world; the teacher calls it «a village».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:41-kyivs-beginnings-and-kyivan-rus:t8:1
# text = Danylo says Kyiv in 1050 was the biggest city in the world; the teacher calls it «a village».
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	Kyiv	Kyiv	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	1050	1050	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	nmod	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	biggest	big	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	9	amod	_	_
9	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	ccomp	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	16	punct	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
16	calls	call	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
17	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obj	_	_
18	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	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 | Kyiv in 1050 | the biggest city |  | the world |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **call** | present | the teacher | world |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient |

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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:* Who's right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:41-kyivs-beginnings-and-kyivan-rus:t8:2
# text = Who's right?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	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	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Both, it changed every week

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:41-kyivs-beginnings-and-kyivan-rus:t8:o1:1
# text = Both, it changed every week
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	changed	change	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | past | Both |  |  |  | week |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

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Both overstate: it was one of Europe's great cities, not the world's biggest

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:41-kyivs-beginnings-and-kyivan-rus:t8:o2:1
# text = Both overstate: it was one of Europe's great cities, not the world's biggest
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	advmod	_	_
2	overstate	overstate	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	Europe	Europe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	cities	city	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
13	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	17	advmod	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	's	's	PART	POS	_	15	case	_	_
17	biggest	big	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **overstate** *speech: other* | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn overstate-37.12 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | past | it | one |  |  |  | of Europe's great cities | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The teacher, it had a few huts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:41-kyivs-beginnings-and-kyivan-rus:t8:o3:1
# text = The teacher, it had a few huts
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	huts	hut	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | the teacher | a few huts |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hut=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Danylo, nothing on Earth was bigger, not even Constantinople or any city in China

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:41-kyivs-beginnings-and-kyivan-rus:t8:o4:1
# text = Danylo, nothing on Earth was bigger, not even Constantinople or any city in China
1	Danylo	Danylo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	7	nsubj	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	bigger	big	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
10	even	even	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	Constantinople	Constantinople	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	14	det	_	_
14	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	China	China	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | nothing |  |  |  |  | Constantinople or any city in China *obl*; big *property* | tree rules |

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