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title: teacher writes «Russia was baptised in 988», Danylo writes «Ukraine… — Volodymyr, Yaroslav the Wise and the M… · tree and pragmatics
description: teacher writes «Russia was baptised in 988», Danylo writes «Ukraine was». What would a careful historian write? Test 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 question and of each o
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# Test 1 · ★ · Volodymyr, Yaroslav the Wise and the Mongols

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teacher writes «Russia was baptised in 988», Danylo writes «Ukraine was». What would a careful historian write?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** teacher, Danylo, Ukraine, careful historian · **What happens:** write, baptise, be · **To what, where:** Russia, 988 · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 42 «Volodymyr, Yaroslav the Wise and the Mongols» 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/42-volodymyr-yaroslav-the-wise-and-the-mongols/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* teacher writes «Russia was baptised in 988», Danylo writes «Ukraine was».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:42-volodymyr-yaroslav-the-wise-and-the-mongols:t1:1
# text = teacher writes «Russia was baptised in 988», Danylo writes «Ukraine was».
1	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	writes	write	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Russia	Russia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	baptised	baptise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	ccomp	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	988	988	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	Danylo	Danylo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	writes	write	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
13	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	Ukraine	Ukraine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	was	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | present | teacher |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **baptise** *in a quote* | past · passive |  | Russia |  | 988 |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **write** | present | Danylo |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **be** *in a quote* | past | Ukraine |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 would a careful historian write?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:42-volodymyr-yaroslav-the-wise-and-the-mongols:t1:2
# text = What would a careful historian write?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	careful	careful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	historian	historian	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	write	write	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | would | a careful historian |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Only Ukraine, Russia did not exist yet so nothing happened

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:42-volodymyr-yaroslav-the-wise-and-the-mongols:t1:o1:1
# text = Only Ukraine, Russia did not exist yet so nothing happened
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	Ukraine	Ukraine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	Russia	Russia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	exist	exist	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	yet	yet	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
10	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	11	nsubj	_	_
11	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **exist** | past · do-support | Ukraine |  |  |  | yet |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **happen** | past | nothing |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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Rus was baptised in Kyiv, the shared ancestor of both

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:42-volodymyr-yaroslav-the-wise-and-the-mongols:t1:o2:1
# text = Rus was baptised in Kyiv, the shared ancestor of both
1	Rus	Rus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	baptised	baptise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Kyiv	Kyiv	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	shared	share	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
9	ancestor	ancestor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **baptise** | past · passive |  | Rus |  | Kyiv |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **share** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Only Russia, Kyiv was not involved

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:42-volodymyr-yaroslav-the-wise-and-the-mongols:t1:o3:1
# text = Only Russia, Kyiv was not involved
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	Russia	Russia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	Kyiv	Kyiv	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	flat	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	involved	involved	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | past | Russia |  |  |  |  | involved *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Neither, it was in 1240

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:42-volodymyr-yaroslav-the-wise-and-the-mongols:t1:o4:1
# text = Neither, it was in 1240
1	Neither	neither	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	1240	1240	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | it |  |  | 1240 |  | neither *property* | tree rules |

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