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title: Ascertain the internal factor which contributed to the decline of Ky… — Volodymyr, Yaroslav the Wise and the M… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the internal factor which contributed to the decline of Kyivan Rus prior to the Mongol invasion. Exam question 3 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 question and of each o
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# Exam question 3 · Volodymyr, Yaroslav the Wise and the Mongols

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Ascertain the internal factor which contributed to the decline of Kyivan Rus prior to the Mongol invasion.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, internal factor, Kyivan · **What happens:** ascertain, contribute, decline · **To what, where:** internal factor, decline

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:42-volodymyr-yaroslav-the-wise-and-the-mongols:e3:1
# text = Ascertain the internal factor which contributed to the decline of Kyivan Rus prior to the Mongol invasion.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	internal	internal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	factor	factor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	contributed	contribute	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	decline	decline	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Kyivan	Kyivan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
12	Rus	Rus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	flat	_	_
13	prior	prior	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	Mongol	Mongol	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	invasion	invasion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the internal factor |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent factor=Topic |
| 2 | **contribute** | past | the internal factor |  | the decline of Kyivan |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to decline=Recipient |
| 3 | **decline** |  | Kyivan |  |  |  |  |  | nom decline «process intransitive»: of=agent |

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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 {#o1}

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An excessive quantity of law codes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:42-volodymyr-yaroslav-the-wise-and-the-mongols:e3:o1:1
# text = An excessive quantity of law codes
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	excessive	excessive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	quantity	quantity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	codes	code	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The emigration of the populace to Canada

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:42-volodymyr-yaroslav-the-wise-and-the-mongols:e3:o2:1
# text = The emigration of the populace to Canada
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	emigration	emigration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	populace	populace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Canada	Canada	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **emigrate** |  | the populace to Canada |  |  |  |  |  | nom emigration «act intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The conversion of the princes and their courts to Islam in large numbers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:42-volodymyr-yaroslav-the-wise-and-the-mongols:e3:o3:1
# text = The conversion of the princes and their courts to Islam in large numbers
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	conversion	conversion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	princes	prince	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	courts	court	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Islam	Islam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	numbers	number	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **convert** |  |  | the princes to Islam and princes's courts |  | large numbers |  |  | nom conversion «event transitive»: of=patient in=place |

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

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Protracted conflict among the princes descended from Yaroslav

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:42-volodymyr-yaroslav-the-wise-and-the-mongols:e3:o4:1
# text = Protracted conflict among the princes descended from Yaroslav
1	Protracted	protract	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	amod	_	_
2	conflict	conflict	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	among	among	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	princes	prince	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	descended	descend	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Yaroslav	Yaroslav	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **protract** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **descend** | past | Protracted conflict among the princes |  |  | Yaroslav |  |  | vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from yaroslav=Location |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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