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title: Danylo goes «Skoropadsky was just a German puppet, full stop». Wise… — The struggle of 1917–21 and the Holodo… · tree and pragmatics
description: Danylo goes «Skoropadsky was just a German puppet, full stop». Wise reply? Test 4 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 4 · The struggle of 1917–21 and the Holodomor

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Danylo goes «Skoropadsky was just a German puppet, full stop». Wise reply?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Danylo, Skoropadsky · **What happens:** go, be · **To what, where:** German puppet

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This is test 4 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Danylo goes «Skoropadsky was just a German puppet, full stop».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:46-the-struggle-of-1917-21-and-the-holodomor:t4:1
# text = Danylo goes «Skoropadsky was just a German puppet, full stop».
1	Danylo	Danylo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Skoropadsky	Skoropadsky	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
6	just	just	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	German	German	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	puppet	puppet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	stop	stop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present | Danylo |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | Skoropadsky | a German puppet and full stop |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 reply?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:46-the-struggle-of-1917-21-and-the-holodomor:t4:2
# text = Wise reply?
1	Wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	reply	reply	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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He was a Swedish king

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:46-the-struggle-of-1917-21-and-the-holodomor:t4:o1:1
# text = He was a Swedish king
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	Swedish	Swedish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | He | a Swedish king |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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He relied on Germans but also founded lasting institutions

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:46-the-struggle-of-1917-21-and-the-holodomor:t4:o2:1
# text = He relied on Germans but also founded lasting institutions
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	relied	rely	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Germans	German	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	also	also	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	founded	found	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	lasting	lasting	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	institutions	institution	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rely** | past | He |  |  |  |  | on Germans | vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent on german=Theme |
| 2 | **found** | past | He *not said here* | lasting institutions |  |  |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent institution=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He beat the Germans single-handed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:46-the-struggle-of-1917-21-and-the-holodomor:t4:o3:1
# text = He beat the Germans single-handed
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	beat	beat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Germans	German	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	handed	hand	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **beat** | past | He | the Germans |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location german=Theme |
| 2 | **hand** | participle |  | the Germans *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yes, he did nothing at all and nothing he made outlived him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:46-the-struggle-of-1917-21-and-the-holodomor:t4:o4:1
# text = Yes, he did nothing at all and nothing he made outlived him
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	advcl	_	_
5	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	4	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
9	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	12	nsubj	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
12	outlived	outlive	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | he | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Eventuality |
| 2 | **make** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **outlive** | past | nothing | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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