--- title: Danylo says Hrushevsky proved Ukraine is older than Russia. What do… — Two empires and Shevchenko · tree and pragmatics description: Danylo says Hrushevsky proved Ukraine is older than Russia. What do historians do? 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What do historians do? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Danylo, Hrushevsky, Ukraine, historians · **What happens:** say, prove, be, do · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 12 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/#t12). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Danylo says Hrushevsky proved Ukraine is older than Russia. ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:45-two-empires-and-shevchenko:t12:1 # text = Danylo says Hrushevsky proved Ukraine is older than Russia. 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 Hrushevsky Hrushevsky PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 proved prove VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 5 Ukraine Ukraine PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 older old ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 ccomp _ _ 8 than than ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 Russia Russia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . 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 clause=Topic | | 2 | **prove** | past | Hrushevsky | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | present | Ukraine | | | | | than Russia; old *property* | 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:* What do historians do? ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:45-two-empires-and-shevchenko:t12:2 # text = What do historians do? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 historians historian NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present · do-support | historians | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} They copy the chronicle ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:45-two-empires-and-shevchenko:t12:o1:1 # text = They copy the chronicle 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 copy copy VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 chronicle chronicle NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **copy** | present | They | the chronicle | | | | | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chronicle=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} They vote on the answer ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:45-two-empires-and-shevchenko:t12:o2:1 # text = They vote on the answer 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 vote vote VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 answer answer NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **vote** | present | They | | | the answer | | | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} They argue with evidence, as Hrushevsky did ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:45-two-empires-and-shevchenko:t12:o3:1 # text = They argue with evidence, as Hrushevsky did 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 argue argue VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 with with ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 evidence evidence NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 as as SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 Hrushevsky Hrushevsky PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **argue** *speech: disagree* | present | They | | | | | with evidence | vn chit\_chat-37.6-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with evidence=Co-Agent | | 2 | **do** | past | Hrushevsky | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} They prove things like maths sums ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:45-two-empires-and-shevchenko:t12:o4:1 # text = They prove things like maths sums 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 prove prove VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 4 like like ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 maths math NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 compound _ _ 6 sums sum NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **prove** | present | They | things | | | | like maths sums | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=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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