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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the events at Babyn Yar in September nineteen hundred and forty-one? Exam question 1 of lesson 47 «Ukraine in the Second World War» of the history course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question 
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# Exam question 1 · Ukraine in the Second World War

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the events at Babyn Yar in September nineteen hundred and forty-one?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** events, Babyn

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 47 «Ukraine in the Second World War» of the history course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/47-ukraine-in-the-second-world-war/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:47-ukraine-in-the-second-world-war:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the events at Babyn Yar in September nineteen hundred and forty-one?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	events	event	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Babyn	Babyn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
13	Yar	Yar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	flat	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	September	September	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
16	nineteen	nineteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	17	compound	_	_
17	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	15	nmod	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
19	forty	forty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	21	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	17	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the events |  | Babyn | september | of the following statements; accurately *property* | 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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A decisive battle was fought between two armies upon the outskirts of the city of Kyiv

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:47-ukraine-in-the-second-world-war:e1:o1:1
# text = A decisive battle was fought between two armies upon the outskirts of the city of Kyiv
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	decisive	decisive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	battle	battle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	fought	fight	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	between	between	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	armies	army	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
9	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	outskirts	outskirt	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	Kyiv	Kyiv	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fight** | past · passive |  | a decisive battle |  |  |  | between two armies; upon the outskirts of the city of Kyiv | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Co-Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The Red Army retook the city of Kyiv

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:47-ukraine-in-the-second-world-war:e1:o2:1
# text = The Red Army retook the city of Kyiv
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Red	Red	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	Army	Army	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	retook	retake	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Kyiv	Kyiv	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **retake** | past | the Red Army | the city of Kyiv |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Approximately thirty-three thousand Jews were murdered by Nazi forces over two days

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:47-ukraine-in-the-second-world-war:e1:o3:1
# text = Approximately thirty-three thousand Jews were murdered by Nazi forces over two days
1	Approximately	approximately	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	thirty	thirty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	compound	_	_
5	thousand	thousand	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	Jews	Jew	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	murdered	murder	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	Nazi	Nazi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	forces	force	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl:agent	_	_
12	over	over	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	14	nummod	_	_
14	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **murder** | past · passive | Nazi forces | thousand Jews |  |  | day |  | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The Crimean Tatars were deported to Central Asia

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:47-ukraine-in-the-second-world-war:e1:o4:1
# text = The Crimean Tatars were deported to Central Asia
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Crimean	crimean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	Tatars	Tatar	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	deported	deport	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	Central	Central	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	flat	_	_
8	Asia	Asia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **deport** | past · passive |  | the Crimean Tatars | Central Asia |  |  |  | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to asia=Destination |

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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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