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title: Danylo says Franko and Lesia spoke twenty languages each. teacher wa… — Two empires and Shevchenko · tree and pragmatics
description: Danylo says Franko and Lesia spoke twenty languages each. teacher wants a source. Wise move? Test 6 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 6 · Two empires and Shevchenko

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Danylo says Franko and Lesia spoke twenty languages each. teacher wants a source. Wise move?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Danylo, Franko, teacher · **What happens:** say, speak, want · **To what, where:** twenty languages, source · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Danylo says Franko and Lesia spoke twenty languages each. teacher wants a source.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:45-two-empires-and-shevchenko:t6:1
# text = Danylo says Franko and Lesia spoke twenty languages each. teacher wants a source.
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	Franko	Franko	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	Lesia	Lesia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	spoke	speak	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
7	twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	languages	language	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
11	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	source	source	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	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 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | Franko and Lesia | twenty languages |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **want** | present | teacher | a source |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot source=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:* Wise move?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:45-two-empires-and-shevchenko:t6:2
# text = Wise move?
1	Wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	move	move	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Keep twenty, it sounds better

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:45-two-empires-and-shevchenko:t6:o1:1
# text = Keep twenty, it sounds better
1	Keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	sounds	sound	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
6	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* | twenty |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent twenty=Theme |
| 2 | **sound** | present | it |  |  |  |  | good *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Say they spoke only one

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:45-two-empires-and-shevchenko:t6:o2:1
# text = Say they spoke only one
1	Say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	spoke	speak	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | they | one |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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

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Use numbers you can check, like «more than ten» for Franko

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:45-two-empires-and-shevchenko:t6:o3:1
# text = Use numbers you can check, like «more than ten» for Franko
1	Use	use	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	numbers	number	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	check	check	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	like	like	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp|ExtPos=ADV	11	advmod	_	_
10	than	than	ADP	IN	_	9	fixed	_	_
11	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	1	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	Franko	Franko	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | imperative | you *not said here* | numbers |  |  |  | for Franko | tree rules |
| 2 | **check** | can | you | numbers *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Make it fifty

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:45-two-empires-and-shevchenko:t6:o4:1
# text = Make it fifty
1	Make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	fifty	fifty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset it=Beneficiary fifty=Product |

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