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title: Danylo says Petliura was a pure hero, no questions allowed. What wou… — The struggle of 1917–21 and the Holodo… · tree and pragmatics
description: Danylo says Petliura was a pure hero, no questions allowed. What would a historian say? Test 6 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 6 · The struggle of 1917–21 and the Holodomor

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Danylo says Petliura was a pure hero, no questions allowed. What would a historian say?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Danylo, Petliura, historian · **What happens:** say, be, allow · **To what, where:** pure hero, questions · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Danylo says Petliura was a pure hero, no questions allowed.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:46-the-struggle-of-1917-21-and-the-holodomor:t6:1
# text = Danylo says Petliura was a pure hero, no questions allowed.
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	Petliura	Petliura	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	pure	pure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	hero	hero	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	10	det	_	_
10	questions	question	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
11	allowed	allow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	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 | **is a** | past | Petliura | a pure hero and no questions |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **allow** | participle |  | no questions *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Causer |

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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 would a historian say?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:46-the-struggle-of-1917-21-and-the-holodomor:t6:2
# text = What would a historian say?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	historian	historian	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | would | a historian |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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He lived in ancient Rome

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:46-the-struggle-of-1917-21-and-the-holodomor:t6:o1:1
# text = He lived in ancient Rome
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	ancient	ancient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	Rome	Rome	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | past | He |  |  | ancient Rome |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in rome=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He was only a villain, nothing else

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:46-the-struggle-of-1917-21-and-the-holodomor:t6:o2:1
# text = He was only a villain, nothing else
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	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	villain	villain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	5	appos	_	_
8	else	else	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Questions about history are forbidden, because heroes must never be doubted

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:46-the-struggle-of-1917-21-and-the-holodomor:t6:o3:1
# text = Questions about history are forbidden, because heroes must never be doubted
1	Questions	question	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	about	about	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	history	history	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	forbidden	forbid	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
7	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
8	heroes	hero	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
10	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
11	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	doubted	doubt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forbid** | present · passive |  | Questions about history |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **doubt** | must · passive |  | heroes |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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

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Many honour him, but the pogroms debate is real and should be named

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:46-the-struggle-of-1917-21-and-the-holodomor:t6:o4:1
# text = Many honour him, but the pogroms debate is real and should be named
1	Many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	nsubj	_	_
2	honour	honour	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	pogroms	pogrom	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	debate	debate	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	ccomp	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
13	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	named	name	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **honour** | present | Many | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **debate** | present | the pogroms |  |  |  |  |  | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | present | the pogroms *not said here* |  |  |  |  | real *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **name** | should · passive | Many *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP» |

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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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