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title: Danylo says Ukraine had the first law book in Europe. What's the hon… — Volodymyr, Yaroslav the Wise and the M… · tree and pragmatics
description: Danylo says Ukraine had the first law book in Europe. What's the honest wording? Test 6 · ★ 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 6 · ★ · Volodymyr, Yaroslav the Wise and the Mongols

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Danylo says Ukraine had the first law book in Europe. What's the honest wording?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Danylo, Ukraine, honest wording · **What happens:** say, have, be · **To what, where:** first law book, Europe · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Danylo says Ukraine had the first law book in Europe.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:42-volodymyr-yaroslav-the-wise-and-the-mongols:t6:1
# text = Danylo says Ukraine had the first law book in Europe.
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	Ukraine	Ukraine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	8	amod	_	_
7	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Europe	Europe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	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 | **have** | past | Ukraine | the first law book |  | Europe |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=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.

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*Sentence 2:* What's the honest wording?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:42-volodymyr-yaroslav-the-wise-and-the-mongols:t6:2
# text = What's the honest wording?
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	5	det	_	_
4	honest	honest	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	wording	wording	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	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 honest wording |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Ruska Pravda was written in 1991

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:42-volodymyr-yaroslav-the-wise-and-the-mongols:t6:o1:1
# text = Ruska Pravda was written in 1991
1	Ruska	Ruska	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	Pravda	Pravda	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	written	write	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	1991	1991	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | past · passive |  | Ruska |  | 1991 |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in 1991=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The first laws ever written anywhere on Earth, older than Rome or Babylon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:42-volodymyr-yaroslav-the-wise-and-the-mongols:t6:o2:1
# text = The first laws ever written anywhere on Earth, older than Rome or Babylon
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	3	amod	_	_
3	laws	law	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
4	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	5	advmod	_	_
5	written	write	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
6	anywhere	anywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	5	advmod	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
10	older	old	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
11	than	than	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Rome	Rome	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	Babylon	Babylon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | participle |  | the first laws *not said here* |  | Earth | ever | anywhere *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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There were no laws in Rus

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:42-volodymyr-yaroslav-the-wise-and-the-mongols:t6:o3:1
# text = There were no laws in Rus
1	There	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	2	expl	_	_
2	were	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	laws	law	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Rus	Rus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | past | no laws in Rus |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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One of the earliest Slavic law codes, though Roman law was older

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:42-volodymyr-yaroslav-the-wise-and-the-mongols:t6:o4:1
# text = One of the earliest Slavic law codes, though Roman law was older
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	earliest	early	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	amod	_	_
5	Slavic	slavic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	codes	code	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
10	Roman	roman	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	older	old	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Roman law |  |  |  |  | old *property* | tree rules |

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