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title: Danylo says the tsar sent Shevchenko away just for writing Ukrainian… — Two empires and Shevchenko · tree and pragmatics
description: Danylo says the tsar sent Shevchenko away just for writing Ukrainian. What's more exact? Test 4 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.
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# Test 4 · Two empires and Shevchenko

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Danylo says the tsar sent Shevchenko away just for writing Ukrainian. What's more exact?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Danylo, tsar · **What happens:** say, send away, be · **To what, where:** Shevchenko · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Danylo says the tsar sent Shevchenko away just for writing Ukrainian.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:45-two-empires-and-shevchenko:t4:1
# text = Danylo says the tsar sent Shevchenko away just for writing Ukrainian.
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	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	tsar	tsar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
6	Shevchenko	Shevchenko	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	away	away	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
8	just	just	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	writing	writing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
11	Ukrainian	Ukrainian	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	appos	_	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 clause=Topic |
| 2 | **send away** | past | the tsar | Shevchenko |  |  |  | for writing; away *property* | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shevchenko=Theme |

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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 more exact?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:45-two-empires-and-shevchenko:t4:2
# text = What's more exact?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	4	advmod	_	_
4	exact	exact	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | exact *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Only for the language

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:45-two-empires-and-shevchenko:t4:o1:1
# text = Only for the language
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	language	language	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He was never exiled

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:45-two-empires-and-shevchenko:t4:o2:1
# text = He was never exiled
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	exiled	exile	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **exile** | past · passive |  | He |  |  |  |  | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Mainly for poems mocking the tsar and the empire

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:45-two-empires-and-shevchenko:t4:o3:1
# text = Mainly for poems mocking the tsar and the empire
1	Mainly	mainly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	poems	poem	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	mocking	mock	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	tsar	tsar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	empire	empire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mock** | gerund | poems and the empire *not said here* | the tsar |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tsar=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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For stealing a horse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:45-two-empires-and-shevchenko:t4:o4:1
# text = For stealing a horse
1	For	for	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	stealing	steal	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **steal** | gerund |  | a horse |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location horse=Theme |

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