--- title: Danylo says Ukrainians were never serfs. How would the teacher prove… — Two empires and Shevchenko · tree and pragmatics description: Danylo says Ukrainians were never serfs. How would the teacher prove otherwise? Test 10 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/t10/) [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/) / t10 # Test 10 · Two empires and Shevchenko Danylo says Ukrainians were never serfs. How would the teacher prove otherwise? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Danylo, Ukrainians, teacher · **What happens:** say, not be, prove · **To what, where:** serfs · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 10 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/#t10). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Danylo says Ukrainians were never serfs. ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:45-two-empires-and-shevchenko:t10:1 # text = Danylo says Ukrainians were never serfs. 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 Ukrainians Ukrainian PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 4 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 serfs serf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 | **not** **is a** | past | Ukrainians | serfs | | | | | tree rules | 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. *Sentence 2:* How would the teacher prove otherwise? ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:45-two-empires-and-shevchenko:t10:2 # text = How would the teacher prove otherwise? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 prove prove VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 otherwise otherwise ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **prove** | would | the teacher | | | | | otherwise *property* | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} By naming Gogol ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:45-two-empires-and-shevchenko:t10:o1:1 # text = By naming Gogol 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 naming name VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 Gogol Gogol PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **name** | gerund | | Gogol | | | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gogol=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} By showing the Sich ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:45-two-empires-and-shevchenko:t10:o2:1 # text = By showing the Sich 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 showing show VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Sich Sich PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **show** | gerund | | | the Sich | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent sich=Recipient | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Shevchenko himself was born a serf ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:45-two-empires-and-shevchenko:t10:o3:1 # text = Shevchenko himself was born a serf 1 Shevchenko Shevchenko PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 1 nmod:unmarked _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 serf serf NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bear** | past · passive | | Shevchenko Shevchenko | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} It cannot be proved ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:45-two-empires-and-shevchenko:t10:o4:1 # text = It cannot be proved 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 proved prove VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **prove** | can · passive | | It | | | | | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | **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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