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title: Danylo says Cossacks were free and never served anyone. The teacher… — Lithuanian and Polish times, the first… · tree and pragmatics
description: Danylo says Cossacks were free and never served anyone. The teacher lists the registered Cossacks. Who's right? Test 7 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 op
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# Test 7 · Lithuanian and Polish times, the first Cossacks

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Danylo says Cossacks were free and never served anyone. The teacher lists the registered Cossacks. Who's right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Danylo, Cossacks, teacher · **What happens:** say, be, not serve, list, register · **To what, where:** anyone, registered Cossacks · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Danylo says Cossacks were free and never served anyone.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:43-lithuanian-and-polish-times-the-first-cossacks:t7:1
# text = Danylo says Cossacks were free and never served anyone.
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	Cossacks	Cossack	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	served	serve	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
9	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	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 |
| 2 | **is** | past | Cossacks |  |  |  |  | free *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **serve** | past | Cossacks *not said here* | anyone |  |  |  |  | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anyone=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:* The teacher lists the registered Cossacks.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:43-lithuanian-and-polish-times-the-first-cossacks:t7:2
# text = The teacher lists the registered Cossacks.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	lists	list	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	registered	register	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
6	Cossacks	Cossack	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **list** | present | the teacher | the registered Cossacks |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **register** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn patent-101 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 3:* Who's right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:43-lithuanian-and-polish-times-the-first-cossacks:t7:3
# text = Who's right?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Only Danylo

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:43-lithuanian-and-polish-times-the-first-cossacks:t7:o1:1
# text = Only Danylo
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	Danylo	Danylo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

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Both: they valued freedom and also made paid deals with kings

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:43-lithuanian-and-polish-times-the-first-cossacks:t7:o2:1
# text = Both: they valued freedom and also made paid deals with kings
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	valued	value	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	freedom	freedom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	also	also	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
9	paid	pay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	deals	deal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	kings	king	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **value** | past | they | Both |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer freedom=Stimulus |
| 2 | **make** | past | they *not said here* | paid deals |  |  |  | with kings | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset deal=Product |
| 3 | **pay** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Only the teacher, they had no freedom

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:43-lithuanian-and-polish-times-the-first-cossacks:t7:o3:1
# text = Only the teacher, they had no freedom
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	8	det	_	_
8	freedom	freedom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | the teacher | no freedom |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent freedom=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Neither, Cossacks never existed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:43-lithuanian-and-polish-times-the-first-cossacks:t7:o4:1
# text = Neither, Cossacks never existed
1	Neither	neither	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Cossacks	cossack	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	existed	exist	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|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** **exist** | past | Cossacks |  |  |  |  | neither *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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