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title: Danylo says Ukrainians built Canada. What's fair? — Two empires and Shevchenko · tree and pragmatics
description: Danylo says Ukrainians built Canada. What's fair? Test 7 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 7 · Two empires and Shevchenko

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Danylo says Ukrainians built Canada. What's fair?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Danylo, Ukrainians · **What happens:** say, build, be · **To what, where:** Canada · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Danylo says Ukrainians built Canada.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:45-two-empires-and-shevchenko:t7:1
# text = Danylo says Ukrainians built Canada.
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	4	nsubj	_	_
4	built	build	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
5	Canada	Canada	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	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 | **build** | past | Ukrainians | Canada |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent canada=Product |

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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 fair?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:45-two-empires-and-shevchenko:t7:2
# text = What's fair?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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They helped settle the Prairies, after Indigenous peoples and with many others

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:45-two-empires-and-shevchenko:t7:o1:1
# text = They helped settle the Prairies, after Indigenous peoples and with many others
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	helped	help	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	settle	settle	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Prairies	Prairie	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	after	after	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	Indigenous	indigenous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	peoples	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | past | They |  |  |  | after Indigenous peoples and many others |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **settle** | infinitive | They *not said here* | the Prairies |  |  |  |  | vn odge-46-1 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme prairie=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They built every Canadian city alone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:45-two-empires-and-shevchenko:t7:o2:1
# text = They built every Canadian city alone
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	built	build	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
4	Canadian	Canadian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **build** | past | They | every Canadian city |  |  |  | alone *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset city=Product |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Canada was founded in Kyiv

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:45-two-empires-and-shevchenko:t7:o3:1
# text = Canada was founded in Kyiv
1	Canada	Canada	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	founded	found	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Kyiv	Kyiv	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **found** | past · passive |  | Canada |  | Kyiv |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They never went to Canada, because they all moved to Brazil and Argentina instead

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:45-two-empires-and-shevchenko:t7:o4:1
# text = They never went to Canada, because they all moved to Brazil and Argentina instead
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Canada	Canada	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
10	moved	move	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Brazil	Brazil	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	Argentina	Argentina	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
15	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **go** | past | They |  |  | Canada |  | instead *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to canada=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **move** | past | they |  | Brazil and Argentina |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to brazil=Result |

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