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title: Danylo says every Ukrainian's a Cossack's descendant, it says so in… — The Cossacks, the Sich and the Hetmanate · tree and pragmatics
description: Danylo says every Ukrainian's a Cossack's descendant, it says so in the anthem. What's the fix? Test 11 · ★ 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 choic
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# Test 11 · ★ · The Cossacks, the Sich and the Hetmanate

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Danylo says every Ukrainian's a Cossack's descendant, it says so in the anthem. What's the fix?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Danylo, Ukrainian, fix · **What happens:** say, be · **To what, where:** descendant, anthem · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 44 «The Cossacks, the Sich and the Hetmanate» 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/44-the-cossacks-the-sich-and-the-hetmanate/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Danylo says every Ukrainian's a Cossack's descendant, it says so in the anthem.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:44-the-cossacks-the-sich-and-the-hetmanate:t11:1
# text = Danylo says every Ukrainian's a Cossack's descendant, it says so in the anthem.
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	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	Ukrainian	Ukrainian	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Cossack	cossack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	descendant	descendant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
13	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	anthem	anthem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	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 a** | present | every Ukrainian | a Cossack's descendant |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Ukrainian |  |  | the anthem |  |  | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent in anthem=Manner |

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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:* What's the fix?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:44-the-cossacks-the-sich-and-the-hetmanate:t11:2
# text = What's the fix?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	fix	fix	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The anthem speaks of spirit; most Ukrainians descend from peasants and townsfolk

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:44-the-cossacks-the-sich-and-the-hetmanate:t11:o1:1
# text = The anthem speaks of spirit; most Ukrainians descend from peasants and townsfolk
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	anthem	anthem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	speaks	speak	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	spirit	spirit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
7	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	8	amod	_	_
8	Ukrainians	Ukrainian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	descend	descend	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	peasants	peasant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	townsfolk	townsfolk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | present | the anthem |  |  |  |  | of spirit | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **descend** | present | most Ukrainians |  |  |  |  | from peasants and townsfolk | vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from peasant=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The anthem says nothing about Cossacks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:44-the-cossacks-the-sich-and-the-hetmanate:t11:o2:1
# text = The anthem says nothing about Cossacks
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	anthem	anthem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	obj	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Cossacks	Cossacks	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the anthem | nothing |  |  |  | about Cossacks | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Cossacks had no children

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:44-the-cossacks-the-sich-and-the-hetmanate:t11:o3:1
# text = Cossacks had no children
1	Cossacks	cossack	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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True, every family tree has a hetman

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:44-the-cossacks-the-sich-and-the-hetmanate:t11:o4:1
# text = True, every family tree has a hetman
1	True	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
4	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	hetman	hetman	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** | present | every True family tree | a hetman |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hetman=Patient |

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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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