--- title: Ascertain the principal effect of the Ems decree of eighteen hundred… — Two empires and Shevchenko · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain the principal effect of the Ems decree of eighteen hundred and seventy-six. Exam question 3 of lesson 45 «Two empires and Shevchenko» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/45-two-empires-and-shevchenko/e3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [History](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/) / [Two empires and Shevchenko](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/45-two-empires-and-shevchenko/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Two empires and Shevchenko Ascertain the principal effect of the Ems decree of eighteen hundred and seventy-six. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, effect · **To what, where:** principal effect, Ems decree This is exam question 3 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/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:45-two-empires-and-shevchenko:e3:1 # text = Ascertain the principal effect of the Ems decree of eighteen hundred and seventy-six. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 principal principal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 effect effect NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 Ems Ems PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 decree decree NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 eighteen eighteen NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 compound _ _ 11 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 nmod _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 seventy seventy NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal effect of the Ems decree of eighteen hundred | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent effect=Topic | | 2 | **effect** | | | the Ems decree of eighteen hundred | | | | | nom effect «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient | 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} The prohibition of most publishing and stage performance in Ukrainian ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:45-two-empires-and-shevchenko:e3:o1:1 # text = The prohibition of most publishing and stage performance in Ukrainian 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 prohibition prohibition NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 5 nsubj _ _ 5 publishing publish VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 acl _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 stage stage NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 performance performance NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 Ukrainian Ukrainian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **publish** | gerund | most | the prohibition *not said here* | | | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prohibition=Result | ### Option 2 {#o2} The emancipation of the serfs ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:45-two-empires-and-shevchenko:e3:o2:1 # text = The emancipation of the serfs 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 emancipation emancipation NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 serfs serf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **emancipate** | | | the serfs | | | | | nom emancipation «act transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} The prohibition of spoken Ukrainian within the household ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:45-two-empires-and-shevchenko:e3:o3:1 # text = The prohibition of spoken Ukrainian within the household 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 prohibition prohibition NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 spoken speak VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 amod _ _ 5 Ukrainian Ukrainian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 within within ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 household household NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | participle | | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **prohibit** | | | spoken Ukrainian | | | | within the household | nom prohibition «communication transitive»: of=patient within=obl | ### Option 4 {#o4} The establishment of Ukrainian schools in every province ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:45-two-empires-and-shevchenko:e3:o4:1 # text = The establishment of Ukrainian schools in every province 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 establishment establishment NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 Ukrainian ukrainian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 schools school NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 8 det _ _ 8 province province NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **establish** | | | Ukrainian schools in every province | | | | | nom establishment «act transitive»: of=patient | **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. 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