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title: Danylo says Shevchenko's better than Shakespeare, full stop. What's… — Two empires and Shevchenko · tree and pragmatics
description: Danylo says Shevchenko's better than Shakespeare, full stop. What's the wise answer? Test 2 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 2 · Two empires and Shevchenko

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Danylo says Shevchenko's better than Shakespeare, full stop. What's the wise answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Danylo, wise answer · **What happens:** say, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Danylo says Shevchenko's better than Shakespeare, full stop.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:45-two-empires-and-shevchenko:t2:1
# text = Danylo says Shevchenko's better than Shakespeare, full stop.
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	Shevchenko	Shevchenko	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	ccomp	_	_
6	than	than	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Shakespeare	Shakespeare	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	stop	stop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	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 |

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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's the wise answer?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:45-two-empires-and-shevchenko:t2:2
# text = What's the wise answer?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the wise answer |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Shakespeare wrote in Ukrainian

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:45-two-empires-and-shevchenko:t2:o1:1
# text = Shakespeare wrote in Ukrainian
1	Shakespeare	Shakespeare	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wrote	write	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Ukrainian	Ukrainian	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | past | Shakespeare |  |  | Ukrainian |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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You can be proud of him without ranking poets; his place for Ukrainians is huge

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:45-two-empires-and-shevchenko:t2:o2:1
# text = You can be proud of him without ranking poets; his place for Ukrainians is huge
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	cop	_	_
4	proud	proud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
7	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	ranking	rank	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
9	poets	poet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	Ukrainians	Ukrainian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	12	nmod	_	_
15	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
16	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | can | You |  |  |  |  | of him *= he*; proud *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **rank** | gerund | You *not said here* | poets |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent poet=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | present | his place for Ukrainians |  |  |  |  | huge *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Yes, it's a proven fact that every expert and every teacher in the whole world agrees on

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:45-two-empires-and-shevchenko:t2:o3:1
# text = Yes, it's a proven fact that every expert and every teacher in the whole world agrees on
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	proven	prove	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	fact	fact	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
9	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	expert	expert	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	det	_	_
13	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
18	agrees	agree	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
19	on	on	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prove** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present | it | a proven fact |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **agree** *speech: agree* | present | every expert in the whole world and every teacher |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Shevchenko wasn't a real poet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:45-two-empires-and-shevchenko:t2:o4:1
# text = Shevchenko wasn't a real poet
1	Shevchenko	Shevchenko	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	poet	poet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is a** | past | Shevchenko | a real poet |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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