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title: Danylo says the Poles grabbed Ukraine by a trick in 1569, teacher sa… — Lithuanian and Polish times, the first… · tree and pragmatics
description: Danylo says the Poles grabbed Ukraine by a trick in 1569, teacher says «a peaceful union». Wise answer? Test 2 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; Mo
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# Test 2 · Lithuanian and Polish times, the first Cossacks

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Danylo says the Poles grabbed Ukraine by a trick in 1569, teacher says «a peaceful union». Wise answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Danylo, Poles, teacher · **What happens:** say, grab · **To what, where:** Ukraine, 1569, peaceful union · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Danylo says the Poles grabbed Ukraine by a trick in 1569, teacher says «a peaceful union».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:43-lithuanian-and-polish-times-the-first-cossacks:t2:1
# text = Danylo says the Poles grabbed Ukraine by a trick in 1569, teacher says «a peaceful union».
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	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Poles	pole	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	grabbed	grab	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
6	Ukraine	Ukraine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	trick	trick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	1569	1569	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
15	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	peaceful	peaceful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	union	union	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	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 | **grab** | past | the Poles | Ukraine |  | 1569 |  | by a trick | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ukraine=Theme |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | teacher | a peaceful union |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent union=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.

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*Sentence 2:* Wise answer?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:43-lithuanian-and-polish-times-the-first-cossacks:t2:2
# text = Wise answer?
1	Wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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It never happened

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:43-lithuanian-and-polish-times-the-first-cossacks:t2:o1:1
# text = It never happened
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **happen** | past | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Peaceful for the nobles, who agreed, but hard for many peasants

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:43-lithuanian-and-polish-times-the-first-cossacks:t2:o2:1
# text = Peaceful for the nobles, who agreed, but hard for many peasants
1	Peaceful	peaceful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	nobles	noble	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	agreed	agree	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	peasants	peasant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | past | the Peaceful nobles |  |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Only a trick, nobody agreed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:43-lithuanian-and-polish-times-the-first-cossacks:t2:o3:1
# text = Only a trick, nobody agreed
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	trick	trick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	6	nsubj	_	_
6	agreed	agree	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | past | nobody | a trick |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Only good for everyone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:43-lithuanian-and-polish-times-the-first-cossacks:t2:o4:1
# text = Only good for everyone
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	2	obl	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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