--- title: Why can't you just say «it's in the chronicle, so it's true»? — Kyiv's beginnings and Kyivan Rus · tree and pragmatics description: Why can't you just say «it's in the chronicle, so it's true»? Test 9 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 right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/41-kyivs-beginnings-and-kyivan-rus/t9/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [History](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/) / [Kyiv's beginnings and Kyivan Rus](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/41-kyivs-beginnings-and-kyivan-rus/) / t9 # Test 9 · Kyiv's beginnings and Kyivan Rus Why can't you just say «it's in the chronicle, so it's true»? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, it, chronicle · **What happens:** not say, be · **To what, where:** chronicle · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 9 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:41-kyivs-beginnings-and-kyivan-rus:t9:1 # text = Why can't you just say «it's in the chronicle, so it's true»? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 2 ca can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 3 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 just just ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 « « PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 chronicle chronicle NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 so so ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 17 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 18 » » PUNCT '' _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **say** *speech: assert* | can | you | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | it | | | the chronicle | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | chronicle | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | 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} Chronicles mix facts with legends and must be checked against other sources ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:41-kyivs-beginnings-and-kyivan-rus:t9:o1:1 # text = Chronicles mix facts with legends and must be checked against other sources 1 Chronicles chronicle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 mix mix VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 facts fact NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 legends legend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 7 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 checked check VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ 10 against against ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 sources source NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mix** | present | Chronicles | facts | | | | with legends | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent fact=Patient with legend=Co-Patient | | 2 | **check** | must · passive | Chronicles *not said here* | | | other sources | | | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: against source=Location | ### Option 2 {#o2} Chronicles are always invented ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:41-kyivs-beginnings-and-kyivan-rus:t9:o2:1 # text = Chronicles are always invented 1 Chronicles chronicle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 3 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 4 advmod _ _ 4 invented invent VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **invent** | present · passive | | Chronicles | | | | always *property* | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result | ### Option 3 {#o3} Nobody can read old chronicles at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:41-kyivs-beginnings-and-kyivan-rus:t9:o3:1 # text = Nobody can read old chronicles at all 1 Nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 3 nsubj _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 read read VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 chronicles chronicle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **read** | can | Nobody | old chronicles | | all | | | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP PP.value»: agent=Agent chronicle=Theme at all=Value | ### Option 4 {#o4} Chronicles were written yesterday ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:41-kyivs-beginnings-and-kyivan-rus:t9:o4:1 # text = Chronicles were written yesterday 1 Chronicles chronicle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 written write VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 yesterday yesterday NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **write** | past · passive | | Chronicles | | | yesterday | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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