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# Exam question 1 · Two empires and Shevchenko

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the condition of Ukrainian lands during the nineteenth century?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, condition · **To what, where:** condition, Ukrainian lands

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 45 «Two empires and Shevchenko» 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/45-two-empires-and-shevchenko/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:45-two-empires-and-shevchenko:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the condition of Ukrainian lands during the nineteenth century?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	Ukrainian	ukrainian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	lands	land	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
14	during	during	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	nineteenth	nineteenth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	century	century	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the condition of Ukrainian lands |  |  | century | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **condition** |  |  | Ukrainian lands |  |  |  |  | nom condition «state 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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They were divided between the Russian and Austrian empires

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:45-two-empires-and-shevchenko:e1:o1:1
# text = They were divided between the Russian and Austrian empires
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	divided	divide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	between	between	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
6	Russian	Russian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	Austrian	austrian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
9	empires	empire	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **divide** | past · passive |  | They |  |  |  | between the Russian empires | vn multiply-108-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They formed part of the Kingdom of Sweden

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:45-two-empires-and-shevchenko:e1:o2:1
# text = They formed part of the Kingdom of Sweden
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	formed	form	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Kingdom	Kingdom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Sweden	Sweden	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **form** | past | They | part of the Kingdom of Sweden |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location part=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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They were governed in their entirety by the Ottoman Empire

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:45-two-empires-and-shevchenko:e1:o3:1
# text = They were governed in their entirety by the Ottoman Empire
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	governed	govern	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	entirety	entirety	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	Ottoman	Ottoman	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	Empire	Empire	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 | **govern** | past · passive | the Ottoman Empire | They |  | their entirety |  |  | vn supervision-95.2.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They constituted an independent kingdom

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:45-two-empires-and-shevchenko:e1:o4:1
# text = They constituted an independent kingdom
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	constituted	constitute	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	independent	independent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **constitute** | past | They | a independent kingdom |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme kingdom=Pivot |

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