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title: Danylo says Mongols ruled Ukraine 300 years. What's the fix? — Volodymyr, Yaroslav the Wise and the M… · tree and pragmatics
description: Danylo says Mongols ruled Ukraine 300 years. What's the fix? Test 10 · ★ 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 option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 10 · ★ · Volodymyr, Yaroslav the Wise and the Mongols

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Danylo says Mongols ruled Ukraine 300 years. What's the fix?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Danylo, Mongols, fix · **What happens:** say, rule, be · **To what, where:** Ukraine · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 · ★ 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/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Danylo says Mongols ruled Ukraine 300 years.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:42-volodymyr-yaroslav-the-wise-and-the-mongols:t10:1
# text = Danylo says Mongols ruled Ukraine 300 years.
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	Mongols	Mongol	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	ruled	rule	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
5	Ukraine	Ukraine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	300	300	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	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 clause=Topic |
| 2 | **rule** | past | Mongols | Ukraine |  |  | year |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent ukraine=Result |

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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's the fix?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:42-volodymyr-yaroslav-the-wise-and-the-mongols:t10:2
# text = What's the fix?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	fix	fix	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The Mongols ruled for 3 years

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:42-volodymyr-yaroslav-the-wise-and-the-mongols:t10:o1:1
# text = The Mongols ruled for 3 years
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Mongols	Mongol	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	ruled	rule	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rule** | past | the Mongols |  |  |  | year |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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He's right for every region

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:42-volodymyr-yaroslav-the-wise-and-the-mongols:t10:o2:1
# text = He's right for every region
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	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	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	region	region	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In most Ukrainian lands it was about a century; 300 fits Moscow's lands better

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:42-volodymyr-yaroslav-the-wise-and-the-mongols:t10:o3:1
# text = In most Ukrainian lands it was about a century; 300 fits Moscow's lands better
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	4	amod	_	_
3	Ukrainian	ukrainian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	lands	land	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	about	about	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	century	century	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	12	punct	_	_
11	300	300	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	12	nsubj	_	_
12	fits	fit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
13	Moscow	Moscow	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	lands	land	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
16	better	well	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | it | a century |  | most Ukrainian lands |  | about *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **fit** | present | 300 | Moscow's lands |  |  |  | well *property* | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent land=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The Mongols never ruled anywhere in Rus

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:42-volodymyr-yaroslav-the-wise-and-the-mongols:t10:o4:1
# text = The Mongols never ruled anywhere in Rus
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Mongols	Mongol	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	ruled	rule	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	anywhere	anywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	4	advmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Rus	Rus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **rule** | past | the Mongols |  |  | Rus |  | anywhere *property* | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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