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title: Ascertain the outcome of the battle of Poltava of seventeen hundred… — The Cossacks, the Sich and the Hetmanate · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the outcome of the battle of Poltava of seventeen hundred and nine. Exam question 3 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 question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Exam question 3 · The Cossacks, the Sich and the Hetmanate

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Ascertain the outcome of the battle of Poltava of seventeen hundred and nine.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, battle · **To what, where:** outcome, Poltava

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:44-the-cossacks-the-sich-and-the-hetmanate:e3:1
# text = Ascertain the outcome of the battle of Poltava of seventeen hundred and nine.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	outcome	outcome	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	battle	battle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Poltava	Poltava	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	seventeen	seventeen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	compound	_	_
11	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nmod	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	nine	nine	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the outcome of the battle of Poltava of seventeen hundred |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent outcome=Topic |
| 2 | **battle** |  |  | Poltava |  |  |  |  | nom battle «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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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Peter I defeated Charles XII and Hetman Mazepa

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:44-the-cossacks-the-sich-and-the-hetmanate:e3:o1:1
# text = Peter I defeated Charles XII and Hetman Mazepa
1	Peter	Peter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	1	flat	_	_
3	defeated	defeat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	Charles	Charles	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	XII	XII	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	flat	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	Hetman	Hetman	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
8	Mazepa	Mazepa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	flat	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **defeat** | past | Peter | Charles and Hetman |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Charles XII was crowned King of Ukraine in Kyiv

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:44-the-cossacks-the-sich-and-the-hetmanate:e3:o2:1
# text = Charles XII was crowned King of Ukraine in Kyiv
1	Charles	Charles	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	XII	XII	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	crowned	crown	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Ukraine	Ukraine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Kyiv	Kyiv	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **crown** | past · passive |  | Charles |  | Kyiv |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Theme king=Attribute |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The Zaporizhian Sich was restored by the Swedes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:44-the-cossacks-the-sich-and-the-hetmanate:e3:o3:1
# text = The Zaporizhian Sich was restored by the Swedes
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Zaporizhian	Zaporizhian	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Sich	Sich	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	restored	restore	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Swedes	swede	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **restore** | past · passive | the Swedes | the Zaporizhian Sich |  |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Hetman Mazepa captured Moscow and deposed the Tsar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:44-the-cossacks-the-sich-and-the-hetmanate:e3:o4:1
# text = Hetman Mazepa captured Moscow and deposed the Tsar
1	Hetman	Hetman	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	Mazepa	Mazepa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
3	captured	capture	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	Moscow	Moscow	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	deposed	depose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Tsar	Tsar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **capture** | past | Hetman | Moscow |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent moscow=Theme |
| 2 | **depose** | past | Hetman *not said here* | the Tsar |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tsar=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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