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title: «Crimea was a gift, and Russia can't take gifts back lol». What's th… — Ukraine in the Second World War · tree and pragmatics
description: «Crimea was a gift, and Russia can't take gifts back lol». What's the real point? Test 12 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 12 · Ukraine in the Second World War

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«Crimea was a gift, and Russia can't take gifts back lol». What's the real point?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Crimea, Russia, real point · **What happens:** be, not take back · **To what, where:** gift, gifts

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This is test 12 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/#t12).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «Crimea was a gift, and Russia can't take gifts back lol».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:47-ukraine-in-the-second-world-war:t12:1
# text = «Crimea was a gift, and Russia can't take gifts back lol».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Crimea	Crimea	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	gift	gift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
8	Russia	Russia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
9	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	parataxis	_	_
12	gifts	gift	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
13	back	back	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
14	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	11	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | Crimea | a gift |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **take back** *in a quote* | can | Russia | gifts |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gift=Theme |

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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's the real point?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:47-ukraine-in-the-second-world-war:t12:2
# text = What's the real point?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	point	point	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the real point |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Crimea was never part of Ukraine, not even for one day in all its long history

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:47-ukraine-in-the-second-world-war:t12:o1:1
# text = Crimea was never part of Ukraine, not even for one day in all its long history
1	Crimea	Crimea	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Ukraine	Ukraine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
9	even	even	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
12	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
14	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	17	det:predet	_	_
15	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
16	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	history	history	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is a** | past | Crimea | part and one day in its long history |  |  |  | of Ukraine | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Gifts can always be taken back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:47-ukraine-in-the-second-world-war:t12:o2:1
# text = Gifts can always be taken back
1	Gifts	gift	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	back	back	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take back** | can · passive |  | Gifts |  |  |  | always *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Crimea belongs to Turkey by treaty

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:47-ukraine-in-the-second-world-war:t12:o3:1
# text = Crimea belongs to Turkey by treaty
1	Crimea	crimea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	belongs	belong	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Turkey	Turkey	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	treaty	treaty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **belong** | present | Crimea |  | Turkey |  |  | by treaty | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme |

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

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Ukraine's borders, Crimea included, were recognised by treaties, even by Russia

<!-- fold The tree, 12 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:47-ukraine-in-the-second-world-war:t12:o4:1
# text = Ukraine's borders, Crimea included, were recognised by treaties, even by Russia
1	Ukraine	Ukraine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	borders	border	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	Crimea	Crimea	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	included	include	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
8	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	recognised	recognise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	treaties	treaty	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl:agent	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	even	even	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
14	by	by	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	Russia	Russia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **include** | past | Crimea | Ukraine's borders *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent border=Theme |
| 2 | **recognise** | past · passive | treaties | Ukraine's borders |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer subject=Stimulus |

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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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