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title: Danylo's crushed cos the teacher called the sultan letter fake. What… — The Cossacks, the Sich and the Hetmanate · tree and pragmatics
description: Danylo's crushed cos the teacher called the sultan letter fake. What's the wise thing to say? Test 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 question and of each option; Mova's choice w
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# Test 2 · ★ · The Cossacks, the Sich and the Hetmanate

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Danylo's crushed cos the teacher called the sultan letter fake. What's the wise thing to say?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Danylo, wise thing · **What happens:** crush, call, be, say · **To what, where:** Danylo, letter fake · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 · ★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Danylo's crushed cos the teacher called the sultan letter fake.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:44-the-cossacks-the-sich-and-the-hetmanate:t2:1
# text = Danylo's crushed cos the teacher called the sultan letter fake.
1	Danylo	Danylo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	crushed	crush	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
4	cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	called	call	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	sultan	sultan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	letter	letter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	fake	fake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **crush** | participle |  | Danylo *not said here* |  |  |  | cos the teacher | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **call** | past | Danylo | the letter fake |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 wise thing to say?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:44-the-cossacks-the-sich-and-the-hetmanate:t2:2
# text = What's the wise thing to say?
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	5	det	_	_
4	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	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 wise thing |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | the wise thing *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Repin never painted it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:44-the-cossacks-the-sich-and-the-hetmanate:t2:o1:1
# text = Repin never painted it
1	Repin	repin	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	painted	paint	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **repin** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **paint** | past | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Forget it, it is worthless

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:44-the-cossacks-the-sich-and-the-hetmanate:t2:o2:1
# text = Forget it, it is worthless
1	Forget	forget	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	worthless	worthless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forget** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | worthless *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It's 100% real, the sultan cried

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:44-the-cossacks-the-sich-and-the-hetmanate:t2:o3:1
# text = It's 100% real, the sultan cried
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	100	100	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	%	%	SYM	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
5	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	sultan	sultan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	cried	cry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | real *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | the sultan |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The painting and story are real culture; the letter's history is doubtful

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:44-the-cossacks-the-sich-and-the-hetmanate:t2:o4:1
# text = The painting and story are real culture; the letter's history is doubtful
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	painting	painting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	culture	culture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	14	punct	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	letter	letter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	history	history	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
14	doubtful	doubtful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the painting and story | real culture |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | the letter's history |  |  |  |  | doubtful *property* | tree rules |

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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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