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title: Danylo says Ukraine wrote the first constitution in the world. What'… — The Cossacks, the Sich and the Hetmanate · tree and pragmatics
description: Danylo says Ukraine wrote the first constitution in the world. What's accurate? Test 8 · ★ 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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# Test 8 · ★ · The Cossacks, the Sich and the Hetmanate

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Danylo says Ukraine wrote the first constitution in the world. What's accurate?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Danylo, Ukraine · **What happens:** say, write, be · **To what, where:** first constitution, world · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Danylo says Ukraine wrote the first constitution in the world.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:44-the-cossacks-the-sich-and-the-hetmanate:t8:1
# text = Danylo says Ukraine wrote the first constitution in the world.
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	Ukraine	Ukraine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	wrote	write	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	7	amod	_	_
7	constitution	constitution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	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 clause=Topic |
| 2 | **write** | past | Ukraine | the first constitution |  | the world |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent constitution=Theme in world=Destination |

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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 accurate?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:44-the-cossacks-the-sich-and-the-hetmanate:t8:2
# text = What's accurate?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	accurate	accurate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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No such paper exists

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:44-the-cossacks-the-sich-and-the-hetmanate:t8:o1:1
# text = No such paper exists
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	3	det	_	_
2	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	paper	paper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	exists	exist	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exist** | present | no such paper |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The first and longest-lasting constitution ever used in any country on Earth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:44-the-cossacks-the-sich-and-the-hetmanate:t8:o2:1
# text = The first and longest-lasting constitution ever used in any country on Earth
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
2	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	7	amod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	longest	longest	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	lasting	last	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	amod	_	_
7	constitution	constitution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	9	advmod	_	_
9	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	12	det	_	_
12	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **last** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **use** | participle |  | the first lasting constitution *not said here* |  | any country on Earth | ever |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A copy of the US one from 1787

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:44-the-cossacks-the-sich-and-the-hetmanate:t8:o3:1
# text = A copy of the US one from 1787
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	copy	copy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	US	US	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nmod	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	1787	1787	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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An early constitution, written in exile and never put into force

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:44-the-cossacks-the-sich-and-the-hetmanate:t8:o4:1
# text = An early constitution, written in exile and never put into force
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	early	early	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	constitution	constitution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	written	write	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	exile	exile	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	put	put	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
11	into	into	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	force	force	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | participle |  | a early constitution *not said here* |  | exile |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in exile=Destination |
| 2 | **not** **put** | infinitive |  |  |  | force |  |  | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |

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