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title: Identify the principal reason for which the agreement concluded at P… — The Cossacks, the Sich and the Hetmanate · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal reason for which the agreement concluded at Pereiaslav in sixteen hundred and fifty-four remains contested. Exam question 2 of lesson 44 «The Cossacks, the Sich and the Hetmanate» of the history course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the qu
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# Exam question 2 · The Cossacks, the Sich and the Hetmanate

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Identify the principal reason for which the agreement concluded at Pereiaslav in sixteen hundred and fifty-four remains contested.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, agreement · **What happens:** identify, conclude, contest · **To what, where:** principal reason, Pereiaslav, four remains

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 44 «The Cossacks, the Sich and the Hetmanate» 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/44-the-cossacks-the-sich-and-the-hetmanate/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:44-the-cossacks-the-sich-and-the-hetmanate:e2:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which the agreement concluded at Pereiaslav in sixteen hundred and fifty-four remains contested.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	obl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	agreement	agreement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	concluded	conclude	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Pereiaslav	Pereiaslav	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	sixteen	sixteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	14	compound	_	_
14	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	obl	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	fifty	fifty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	19	nummod	_	_
19	remains	remains	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	14	appos	_	_
20	contested	contest	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	19	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal reason |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 2 | **conclude** | past | the agreement |  |  | Pereiaslav |  | for the principal reason; in sixteen hundred | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 3 | **contest** | participle |  | four remains *not said here* |  |  |  |  | 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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The parties understood its nature and obligations differently

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:44-the-cossacks-the-sich-and-the-hetmanate:e2:o1:1
# text = The parties understood its nature and obligations differently
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	parties	party	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	understood	understand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	nature	nature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	obligations	obligation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
8	differently	differently	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **understand** | past | the parties | its nature and obligations |  |  |  | differently *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer nature=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It was signed solely by Sweden

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:44-the-cossacks-the-sich-and-the-hetmanate:e2:o2:1
# text = It was signed solely by Sweden
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	signed	sign	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	solely	solely	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Sweden	Sweden	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl:agent	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sign** | past · passive | Sweden | It |  |  |  | solely *property* | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Its text was composed in Mongolian

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:44-the-cossacks-the-sich-and-the-hetmanate:e2:o3:1
# text = Its text was composed in Mongolian
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	text	text	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	composed	compose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Mongolian	Mongolian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **compose** | past · passive |  | Its text |  | Mongolian |  |  | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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No agreement was concluded

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:44-the-cossacks-the-sich-and-the-hetmanate:e2:o4:1
# text = No agreement was concluded
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	agreement	agreement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	concluded	conclude	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **conclude** | past · passive |  | no agreement |  |  |  |  | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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