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title: Story goes Anna could write and the French king couldn't even sign.… — Volodymyr, Yaroslav the Wise and the M… · tree and pragmatics
description: Story goes Anna could write and the French king couldn't even sign. What's checked and what isn't? Test 5 · ★ 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
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# Test 5 · ★ · Volodymyr, Yaroslav the Wise and the Mongols

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Story goes Anna could write and the French king couldn't even sign. What's checked and what isn't?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Story, Anna, French king · **What happens:** go, write, not sign, check, be

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This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Story goes Anna could write and the French king couldn't even sign.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:42-volodymyr-yaroslav-the-wise-and-the-mongols:t5:1
# text = Story goes Anna could write and the French king couldn't even sign.
1	Story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Anna	Anna	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	write	write	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	French	French	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
10	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
12	even	even	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	sign	sign	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present | Story |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **write** | could | Anna |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **not** **sign** | could | the French king |  |  |  |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=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.

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*Sentence 2:* What's checked and what isn't?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:42-volodymyr-yaroslav-the-wise-and-the-mongols:t5:2
# text = What's checked and what isn't?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	checked	check	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	parataxis	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **check** | present · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Neither is true, Anna never went to France

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:42-volodymyr-yaroslav-the-wise-and-the-mongols:t5:o1:1
# text = Neither is true, Anna never went to France
1	Neither	neither	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	Anna	Anna	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	France	France	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Neither |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **go** | past | Anna |  |  | France |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to france=Initial\_Location |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Her Cyrillic signature is real; the king not reading is not proven

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:42-volodymyr-yaroslav-the-wise-and-the-mongols:t5:o2:1
# text = Her Cyrillic signature is real; the king not reading is not proven
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	Cyrillic	cyrillic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	signature	signature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	reading	read	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux:pass	_	_
12	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
13	proven	prove	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Her Cyrillic signature |  |  |  |  | real *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **read** | gerund | the king *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **not** **prove** | present · passive |  | the king |  |  |  |  | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 4 | **sign** |  | Her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom signature «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The king wrote in Cyrillic too

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:42-volodymyr-yaroslav-the-wise-and-the-mongols:t5:o3:1
# text = The king wrote in Cyrillic too
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wrote	write	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Cyrillic	Cyrillic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	too	too	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | past | the king |  |  | Cyrillic |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Both are proven facts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:42-volodymyr-yaroslav-the-wise-and-the-mongols:t5:o4:1
# text = Both are proven facts
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	proven	prove	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prove** | present · passive |  | Both |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme fact=Attribute |

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