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title: Ascertain which statement concerning the Ukrainian Insurgent Army is… — Ukraine in the Second World War · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain which statement concerning the Ukrainian Insurgent Army is most consistent with the findings of historians. Exam question 4 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 and of each opt
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# Exam question 4 · Ukraine in the Second World War

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Ascertain which statement concerning the Ukrainian Insurgent Army is most consistent with the findings of historians.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, statement, Ukrainian Insurgent Army · **What happens:** ascertain, concern, be, find · **To what, where:** statement, historians

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:47-ukraine-in-the-second-world-war:e4:1
# text = Ascertain which statement concerning the Ukrainian Insurgent Army is most consistent with the findings of historians.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	statement	statement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	Ukrainian	ukrainian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	Insurgent	Insurgent	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	Army	Army	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	11	advmod	_	_
11	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	ccomp	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	findings	finding	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	historians	historian	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | which statement |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent statement=Topic |
| 2 | **concern** | gerund | which statement *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **is** | present | the Ukrainian Insurgent Army |  |  |  |  | with the findings of historians; consistent *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **find** |  |  | historians |  |  |  |  | nom finding «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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It fought for independence, and certain of its units killed Polish civilians in Volhynia

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:47-ukraine-in-the-second-world-war:e4:o1:1
# text = It fought for independence, and certain of its units killed Polish civilians in Volhynia
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	fought	fight	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	independence	independence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
7	certain	certain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	parataxis	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	units	unit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
11	killed	kill	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
12	Polish	polish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	civilians	civilian	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	Volhynia	Volhynia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fight** | past | It |  |  |  |  | for independence | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **kill** | past |  | Polish civilians |  | Volhynia |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent civilian=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It was the principal army of the Western Allies

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:47-ukraine-in-the-second-world-war:e4:o2:1
# text = It was the principal army of the Western Allies
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|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	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	army	army	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	Western	western	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	Allies	Ally	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | It | the principal army |  |  |  | of the Western Allies | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It never engaged any enemy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:47-ukraine-in-the-second-world-war:e4:o3:1
# text = It never engaged any enemy
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	engaged	engage	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	det	_	_
5	enemy	enemy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **engage** | past | It | any enemy |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent enemy=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It fought exclusively on the side of Nazi Germany

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:47-ukraine-in-the-second-world-war:e4:o4:1
# text = It fought exclusively on the side of Nazi Germany
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	fought	fight	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	Nazi	Nazi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	Germany	Germany	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fight** | past | It |  |  | the side of Nazi Germany |  | exclusively *property* | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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