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title: Danylo says Gogol's ours, teacher says «Russian writer». What covers… — Two empires and Shevchenko · tree and pragmatics
description: Danylo says Gogol's ours, teacher says «Russian writer». What covers it? Test 9 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 9 · Two empires and Shevchenko

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Danylo says Gogol's ours, teacher says «Russian writer». What covers it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Danylo, teacher · **What happens:** say, cover · **To what, where:** writer · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Danylo says Gogol's ours, teacher says «Russian writer».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:45-two-empires-and-shevchenko:t9:1
# text = Danylo says Gogol's ours, teacher says «Russian writer».
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	Gogol	Gogol	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	ours	our	PRON	PRP	Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	Russian	Russian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	writer	writer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	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 |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | teacher |  |  |  |  |  | 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 covers it?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:45-two-empires-and-shevchenko:t9:2
# text = What covers it?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	covers	cover	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cover** | present |  | writer |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Destination |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A writer of Ukrainian origin who wrote in Russian; both cultures claim him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:45-two-empires-and-shevchenko:t9:o1:1
# text = A writer of Ukrainian origin who wrote in Russian; both cultures claim him
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	writer	writer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	Ukrainian	ukrainian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	origin	origin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	wrote	write	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Russian	Russian	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
11	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	det	_	_
12	cultures	culture	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
13	claim	claim	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
14	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | past | Ukrainian origin |  |  | Russian |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **claim** *speech: other* | present | a writer of Ukrainian origin | Russian |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent he=Topic |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Only Russian, he never saw Ukraine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:45-two-empires-and-shevchenko:t9:o2:1
# text = Only Russian, he never saw Ukraine
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	Russian	Russian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	Ukraine	Ukraine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **see** | past | he | Ukraine |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ukraine=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A French writer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:45-two-empires-and-shevchenko:t9:o3:1
# text = A French writer
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	French	French	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	writer	writer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Only Ukrainian, he never wrote a single line in Russian in his whole long life

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:45-two-empires-and-shevchenko:t9:o4:1
# text = Only Ukrainian, he never wrote a single line in Russian in his whole long life
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	Ukrainian	ukrainian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	wrote	write	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	line	line	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Russian	Russian	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
14	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
15	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **write** | past | he | a single line |  | Russian |  | in Russian's whole long life | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent line=Theme in life=Destination |

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