--- title: Danylo says the 1937–38 purges only hit Ukrainians. What's fair? — The struggle of 1917–21 and the Holodo… · tree and pragmatics description: Danylo says the 1937–38 purges only hit Ukrainians. What's fair? Test 11 of lesson 46 «The struggle of 1917–21 and the Holodomor» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/46-the-struggle-of-1917-21-and-the-holodomor/t11/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [History](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/) / [The struggle of 1917–21 and the Holodo…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/46-the-struggle-of-1917-21-and-the-holodomor/) / t11 # Test 11 · The struggle of 1917–21 and the Holodomor Danylo says the 1937–38 purges only hit Ukrainians. What's fair? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Danylo, 1937 purges · **What happens:** say, hit, be · **To what, where:** Ukrainians · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 11 of lesson 46 «The struggle of 1917–21 and the Holodomor» 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/46-the-struggle-of-1917-21-and-the-holodomor/#t11). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Danylo says the 1937–38 purges only hit Ukrainians. ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:46-the-struggle-of-1917-21-and-the-holodomor:t11:1 # text = Danylo says the 1937–38 purges only hit Ukrainians. 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 7 det _ _ 4 1937 1937 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 – – PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 38 38 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 4 conj _ _ 7 purges purge NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 8 only only ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 hit hit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 10 Ukrainians Ukrainian PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 | **hit** | past | the 1937 purges | Ukrainians | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme ukrainian=Co-Theme | 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. *Sentence 2:* What's fair? ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:46-the-struggle-of-1917-21-and-the-holodomor:t11:2 # 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 _ _ ``` | # | 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 {#o1} Only Germans were arrested ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:46-the-struggle-of-1917-21-and-the-holodomor:t11:o1:1 # text = Only Germans were arrested 1 Only only ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 Germans german NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 arrested arrest VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **arrest** | past · passive | | Germans | | | | | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} All Soviet peoples suffered; Ukraine was hit very hard ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:46-the-struggle-of-1917-21-and-the-holodomor:t11:o2:1 # text = All Soviet peoples suffered; Ukraine was hit very hard 1 All all DET DT PronType=Tot 3 det _ _ 2 Soviet soviet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 peoples people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 suffered suffer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ; ; PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 6 Ukraine Ukraine PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 hit hit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 ccomp _ _ 9 very very ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 hard hard ADV RB Degree=Pos 8 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **suffer** | past | all Soviet peoples | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **hit** | past · passive | | Ukraine | | | | hard *property* | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Co-Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Nobody was ever arrested ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:46-the-struggle-of-1917-21-and-the-holodomor:t11:o3:1 # text = Nobody was ever arrested 1 Nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 3 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 4 advmod _ _ 4 arrested arrest VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **arrest** | past · passive | | Nobody | | | ever | | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Only Ukrainians were touched ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:46-the-struggle-of-1917-21-and-the-holodomor:t11:o4:1 # text = Only Ukrainians were touched 1 Only only ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 Ukrainians Ukrainian PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 touched touch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **touch** | past · passive | | Ukrainians | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Co-Theme | **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. 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