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title: Danylo says there were three famines in Soviet Ukraine. teacher know… — Ukraine in the Second World War · tree and pragmatics
description: Danylo says there were three famines in Soviet Ukraine. teacher knows one. Who's right? Test 11 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 option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 11 · Ukraine in the Second World War

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Danylo says there were three famines in Soviet Ukraine. teacher knows one. Who's right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Danylo, three famines, teacher · **What happens:** say, be, know · **To what, where:** one · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 of lesson 47 «Ukraine in the Second World War» 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/47-ukraine-in-the-second-world-war/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Danylo says there were three famines in Soviet Ukraine. teacher knows one.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:47-ukraine-in-the-second-world-war:t11:1
# text = Danylo says there were three famines in Soviet Ukraine. teacher knows one.
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	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	4	expl	_	_
4	were	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
5	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	famines	famine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	Soviet	Soviet	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	Ukraine	Ukraine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
11	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	knows	know	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
13	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	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 clause=Topic |
| 2 | **be** | past | three famines in Soviet Ukraine |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **know** | present | teacher | one |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer one=Stimulus |

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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:* Who's right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:47-ukraine-in-the-second-world-war:t11:2
# text = Who's right?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Both wrong, there were ten

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:47-ukraine-in-the-second-world-war:t11:o1:1
# text = Both wrong, there were ten
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	5	expl	_	_
5	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The teacher: just one

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:47-ukraine-in-the-second-world-war:t11:o2:1
# text = The teacher: just one
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	appos	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Neither, there were none

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:47-ukraine-in-the-second-world-war:t11:o3:1
# text = Neither, there were none
1	Neither	neither	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	4	expl	_	_
4	were	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	none	none	PRON	NN	PronType=Neg	4	nsubj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | past | none |  |  | there |  | neither *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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Danylo: 1921–23, 1932–33 and 1946–47

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:47-ukraine-in-the-second-world-war:t11:o4:1
# text = Danylo: 1921–23, 1932–33 and 1946–47
1	Danylo	Danylo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	3	punct	_	_
3	1921	1921	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	–	–	SYM	SYM	ExtPos=ADP	5	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	23	23	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	1932	1932	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	nmod:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	–	–	SYM	SYM	ExtPos=ADP	9	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	33	33	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	nmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	1946	1946	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	–	–	SYM	SYM	ExtPos=ADP	13	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	47	47	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	nmod	_	_
```

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

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