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title: Danylo says Russia was the only empire that ever ruled Ukraine. What… — Two empires and Shevchenko · tree and pragmatics
description: Danylo says Russia was the only empire that ever ruled Ukraine. What would the teacher show? Test 1 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 wrong.
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# Test 1 · Two empires and Shevchenko

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Danylo says Russia was the only empire that ever ruled Ukraine. What would the teacher show?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Danylo, Russia · **What happens:** say, be, rule · **To what, where:** only empire · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 of lesson 45 «Two empires and Shevchenko» 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/45-two-empires-and-shevchenko/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Danylo says Russia was the only empire that ever ruled Ukraine.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:45-two-empires-and-shevchenko:t1:1
# text = Danylo says Russia was the only empire that ever ruled Ukraine.
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	Russia	Russia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	only	only	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	empire	empire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	ccomp	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	obj	_	_
9	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	10	advmod	_	_
10	ruled	rule	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
11	Ukraine	Ukraine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	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** | past | Russia | the only empire |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **rule** | past |  | the only empire |  |  | ever |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent that=Theme ukraine=Result |

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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 would the teacher show?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:45-two-empires-and-shevchenko:t1:2
# text = What would the teacher show?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	1	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	show	show	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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A map of the Roman Empire

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:45-two-empires-and-shevchenko:t1:o1:1
# text = A map of the Roman Empire
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	map	map	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Roman	Roman	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	Empire	Empire	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A map of Canada

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:45-two-empires-and-shevchenko:t1:o2:1
# text = A map of Canada
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	map	map	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Canada	Canada	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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A map with Galicia, Bukovyna and Transcarpathia in the Austrian Empire

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:45-two-empires-and-shevchenko:t1:o3:1
# text = A map with Galicia, Bukovyna and Transcarpathia in the Austrian Empire
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	map	map	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Galicia	Galicia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	Bukovyna	Bukovyna	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	Transcarpathia	Transcarpathia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	Austrian	austrian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	Empire	Empire	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Nothing, Danylo is right, Russia was the only empire that ever came there

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:45-two-empires-and-shevchenko:t1:o4:1
# text = Nothing, Danylo is right, Russia was the only empire that ever came there
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Danylo	Danylo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	Russia	Russia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	only	only	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	empire	empire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	parataxis	_	_
12	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	obl	_	_
13	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	14	advmod	_	_
14	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	acl:relcl	_	_
15	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	14	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Nothing |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | past | Russia | the only empire |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **come** | past |  | the only empire |  | there | ever |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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