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title: someone says crimean tatars today should pay for the old raids. what… — Lithuanian and Polish times, the first… · tree and pragmatics
description: someone says crimean tatars today should pay for the old raids. what's the wise answer? Test 8 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; Mova's choice was 
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# Test 8 · Lithuanian and Polish times, the first Cossacks

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someone says crimean tatars today should pay for the old raids. what's the wise answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** someone, crimean tatars · **What happens:** say, pay, be · **To what, where:** wise answer · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:43-lithuanian-and-polish-times-the-first-cossacks:t8:1
# text = someone says crimean tatars today should pay for the old raids. what's the wise answer?
1	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	crimean	crimean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	tatars	tatar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
5	today	today	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl:unmarked	_	_
6	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	pay	pay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	raids	raid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
13	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	17	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	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 | someone |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **pay** | should | crimean tatars |  |  |  | today | for the old raids | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for raid=Theme |
| 3 | **is a** | present |  | the wise answer |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Past wrongs are history, not a reason to hate a people living now

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:43-lithuanian-and-polish-times-the-first-cossacks:t8:o1:1
# text = Past wrongs are history, not a reason to hate a people living now
1	Past	past	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	wrongs	wrong	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	history	history	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	hate	hate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	acl	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
13	living	live	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	acl	_	_
14	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Past wrongs | history and a reason |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **hate** | to-infinitive | Past wrongs *not said here* | a people |  |  | now |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer people=Stimulus |
| 3 | **live** | gerund | a people *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Only the raids matter, not later history

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:43-lithuanian-and-polish-times-the-first-cossacks:t8:o2:1
# text = Only the raids matter, not later history
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	raids	raid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	matter	matter	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
7	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	8	advmod	_	_
8	history	history	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **matter** | present | the raids | history |  |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The raids never happened

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:43-lithuanian-and-polish-times-the-first-cossacks:t8:o3:1
# text = The raids never happened
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	raids	raid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	happened	happen	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** **happen** | past | the raids |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yes, every Tatar alive today is guilty and should pay for what happened long ago

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:43-lithuanian-and-polish-times-the-first-cossacks:t8:o4:1
# text = Yes, every Tatar alive today is guilty and should pay for what happened long ago
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	Tatar	Tatar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
5	alive	alive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
6	today	today	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl:unmarked	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	guilty	guilty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	pay	pay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	conj	_	_
12	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
13	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	14	nsubj	_	_
14	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	advcl	_	_
15	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	16	advmod	_	_
16	ago	ago	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | every Tatar |  |  |  | today | guilty *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **pay** | should | every Tatar *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **happen** | past |  |  |  |  |  | ago *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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