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title: A folk song says Baida died in Istanbul. A fortress on Mala Khortyts… — Lithuanian and Polish times, the first… · tree and pragmatics
description: A folk song says Baida died in Istanbul. A fortress on Mala Khortytsia was really built. What's the lesson? Test 10 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 optio
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# Test 10 · Lithuanian and Polish times, the first Cossacks

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A folk song says Baida died in Istanbul. A fortress on Mala Khortytsia was really built. What's the lesson?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** folk song, Baida, lesson · **What happens:** say, die, build, be · **To what, where:** fortress · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 of lesson 43 «Lithuanian and Polish times, the first Cossacks» 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/43-lithuanian-and-polish-times-the-first-cossacks/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A folk song says Baida died in Istanbul.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:43-lithuanian-and-polish-times-the-first-cossacks:t10:1
# text = A folk song says Baida died in Istanbul.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	folk	folk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	song	song	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	Baida	Baida	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	died	die	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Istanbul	Istanbul	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a folk song |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **die** | past | Baida |  |  |  |  | in Istanbul | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in istanbul=Attribute |

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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:* A fortress on Mala Khortytsia was really built.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:43-lithuanian-and-polish-times-the-first-cossacks:t10:2
# text = A fortress on Mala Khortytsia was really built.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fortress	fortress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Mala	Mala	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	Khortytsia	Khortytsia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	flat	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
7	really	really	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	built	build	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **build** | past · passive |  | a fortress on Mala |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

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*Sentence 3:* What's the lesson?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:43-lithuanian-and-polish-times-the-first-cossacks:t10:3
# text = What's the lesson?
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	lesson	lesson	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 lesson |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A folk song can be built around a real man and real places

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:43-lithuanian-and-polish-times-the-first-cossacks:t10:o1:1
# text = A folk song can be built around a real man and real places
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	folk	folk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	song	song	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	built	build	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	around	around	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	places	place	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **build** | can · passive |  | a folk song |  |  |  | around a real man and real places | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A song is the same as a chronicle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:43-lithuanian-and-polish-times-the-first-cossacks:t10:o2:1
# text = A song is the same as a chronicle
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	song	song	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	as	as	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	chronicle	chronicle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | a song |  |  |  |  | as a chronicle; same *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The fortress must be a legend too

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:43-lithuanian-and-polish-times-the-first-cossacks:t10:o3:1
# text = The fortress must be a legend too
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fortress	fortress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	legend	legend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	too	too	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Folk songs are always exactly true

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:43-lithuanian-and-polish-times-the-first-cossacks:t10:o4:1
# text = Folk songs are always exactly true
1	Folk	folk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	songs	song	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
5	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Folk songs |  |  |  |  | always, exactly, true *property* | tree rules |

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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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