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title: Ascertain the ecclesiastical outcome of the Union of Brest of fiftee… — Lithuanian and Polish times, the first… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the ecclesiastical outcome of the Union of Brest of fifteen hundred and ninety-six. Exam question 3 of lesson 43 «Lithuanian and Polish times, the first Cossacks» of the history course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mov
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# Exam question 3 · Lithuanian and Polish times, the first Cossacks

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Ascertain the ecclesiastical outcome of the Union of Brest of fifteen hundred and ninety-six.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain · **To what, where:** ecclesiastical outcome

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 43 «Lithuanian and Polish times, the first Cossacks» 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/43-lithuanian-and-polish-times-the-first-cossacks/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:43-lithuanian-and-polish-times-the-first-cossacks:e3:1
# text = Ascertain the ecclesiastical outcome of the Union of Brest of fifteen hundred and ninety-six.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	ecclesiastical	ecclesiastical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	outcome	outcome	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Union	Union	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Brest	Brest	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	fifteen	fifteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	compound	_	_
12	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nmod	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
14	ninety	ninety	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	16	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	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 ecclesiastical outcome of the Union of Brest of fifteen hundred |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent outcome=Topic |

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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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The conversion of Kyiv to Islam

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:43-lithuanian-and-polish-times-the-first-cossacks:e3:o1:1
# text = The conversion of Kyiv to Islam
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	_	4	case	_	_
4	Kyiv	Kyiv	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Islam	Islam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **convert** |  |  | Kyiv |  |  |  | to Islam | nom conversion «event transitive»: of=patient to=obl |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The founding of the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:43-lithuanian-and-polish-times-the-first-cossacks:e3:o2:1
# text = The founding of the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	founding	founding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
5	Kyiv	Kyiv	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Mohyla	Mohyla	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	Academy	Academy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **found** |  |  | the Mohyla Academy |  |  |  |  | nom founding «act transitive»: of=patient |

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

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The formation of a church in communion with the Pope retaining Eastern rites

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:43-lithuanian-and-polish-times-the-first-cossacks:e3:o3:1
# text = The formation of a church in communion with the Pope retaining Eastern rites
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	formation	formation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	communion	communion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Pope	Pope	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	retaining	retain	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
12	Eastern	eastern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	rites	rite	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **retain** | gerund | the formation of a church in communion with the Pope *not said here* | Eastern rites |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The abolition of all churches in Ukraine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:43-lithuanian-and-polish-times-the-first-cossacks:e3:o4:1
# text = The abolition of all churches in Ukraine
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	abolition	abolition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	churches	church	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Ukraine	Ukraine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **abolish** |  |  | all churches in Ukraine |  |  |  |  | nom abolition «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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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