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title: Teacher says «no Ukrainian state before 1991». What should Danylo sh… — The struggle of 1917–21 and the Holodo… · tree and pragmatics
description: Teacher says «no Ukrainian state before 1991». What should Danylo show? Test 2 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.
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# Test 2 · The struggle of 1917–21 and the Holodomor

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Teacher says «no Ukrainian state before 1991». What should Danylo show?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Teacher, Danylo · **What happens:** say, show · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Teacher says «no Ukrainian state before 1991».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:46-the-struggle-of-1917-21-and-the-holodomor:t2:1
# text = Teacher says «no Ukrainian state before 1991».
1	Teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	6	det	_	_
5	Ukrainian	ukrainian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	ccomp	_	_
7	before	before	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	1991	1991	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	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 | 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 should Danylo show?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:46-the-struggle-of-1917-21-and-the-holodomor:t2:2
# text = What should Danylo show?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	Danylo	Danylo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	show	show	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	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 | **show** | should | Danylo |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Nothing, the teacher's right, Ukraine was always only a part of somebody else's state

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:46-the-struggle-of-1917-21-and-the-holodomor:t2:o1:1
# text = Nothing, the teacher's right, Ukraine was always only a part of somebody else's state
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
8	Ukraine	Ukraine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
10	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	13	advmod	_	_
11	only	only	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	parataxis	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
15	somebody	somebody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	18	nmod:poss	_	_
16	else	else	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	's	's	PART	POS	_	15	case	_	_
18	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Ukraine | a part |  |  |  | of somebody's state; always *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A Eurovision trophy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:46-the-struggle-of-1917-21-and-the-holodomor:t2:o2:1
# text = A Eurovision trophy
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Eurovision	eurovision	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	trophy	trophy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The Roman Empire map

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:46-the-struggle-of-1917-21-and-the-holodomor:t2:o3:1
# text = The Roman Empire map
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	Roman	roman	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	Empire	Empire	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	map	map	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The Ukrainian People's Republic of 1917–1921, short-lived but real

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:46-the-struggle-of-1917-21-and-the-holodomor:t2:o4:1
# text = The Ukrainian People's Republic of 1917–1921, short-lived but real
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Ukrainian	ukrainian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	People	People	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	Republic	Republic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	1917	1917	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	–	–	SYM	SYM	ExtPos=ADP	9	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	1921	1921	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	lived	live	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
14	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | participle | the Ukrainian People's Republic of 1917 – 1921 |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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