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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the conversion of Rus to Christianity under Prince Volodymyr? Exam question 1 of lesson 42 «Volodymyr, Yaroslav the Wise and the Mongols» of the history course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the que
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# Exam question 1 · Volodymyr, Yaroslav the Wise and the Mongols

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the conversion of Rus to Christianity under Prince Volodymyr?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, convert · **To what, where:** conversion, Christianity, Prince Volodymyr, Rus

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 42 «Volodymyr, Yaroslav the Wise and the Mongols» of the history course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/42-volodymyr-yaroslav-the-wise-and-the-mongols/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:42-volodymyr-yaroslav-the-wise-and-the-mongols:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the conversion of Rus to Christianity under Prince Volodymyr?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	conversion	conversion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Rus	Rus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	Christianity	Christianity	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
15	under	under	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	Volodymyr	Volodymyr	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the conversion of Rus | Christianity | Prince Volodymyr |  | accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **convert** |  |  | Rus |  |  |  |  | nom conversion «event transitive»: of=patient |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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It was initiated circa nine hundred and eighty-eight and was completed only over subsequent generations

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:42-volodymyr-yaroslav-the-wise-and-the-mongols:e1:o1:1
# text = It was initiated circa nine hundred and eighty-eight and was completed only over subsequent generations
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	initiated	initiate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	circa	circa	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	nine	nine	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	compound	_	_
6	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	eighty	eighty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	eight	eight	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	conj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux:pass	_	_
13	completed	complete	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
14	only	only	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
15	over	over	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	subsequent	subsequent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	generations	generation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **initiate** | past · passive |  | It |  |  |  | circa nine hundred | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **complete** | past · passive |  |  |  |  | over subsequent generations |  | vn complete-55.2 «NP V S\_ING» |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It took place in Rome under the Pope

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:42-volodymyr-yaroslav-the-wise-and-the-mongols:e1:o2:1
# text = It took place in Rome under the Pope
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Rome	Rome	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	under	under	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Pope	Pope	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past | It | place |  | Rome |  | under the Pope | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent place=Value in rome=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It was completed in its entirety within a single day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:42-volodymyr-yaroslav-the-wise-and-the-mongols:e1:o3:1
# text = It was completed in its entirety within a single day
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	completed	complete	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	entirety	entirety	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	within	within	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **complete** | past · passive |  | It |  | its entirety | day |  | vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It was imposed by the Mongols in twelve hundred and forty

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:42-volodymyr-yaroslav-the-wise-and-the-mongols:e1:o4:1
# text = It was imposed by the Mongols in twelve hundred and forty
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	imposed	impose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Mongols	Mongol	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	twelve	twelve	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	compound	_	_
9	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	forty	forty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **impose** | past · passive | the Mongols | It |  | twelve hundred |  |  | vn enforce-63 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

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