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title: «Ukraine suffered more than any country in the war, period». wise wa… — Ukraine in the Second World War · tree and pragmatics
description: «Ukraine suffered more than any country in the war, period». wise way to say it? Test 2 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 2 · Ukraine in the Second World War

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«Ukraine suffered more than any country in the war, period». wise way to say it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ukraine · **What happens:** suffer, say · **To what, where:** wise way, way · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:47-ukraine-in-the-second-world-war:t2:1
# text = «Ukraine suffered more than any country in the war, period». wise way to say it?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Ukraine	Ukraine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	suffered	suffer	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	3	advmod	_	_
5	than	than	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
7	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	period	period	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	_
15	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
17	to	to	PART	TO	_	18	mark	_	_
18	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	acl	_	_
19	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **suffer** *in a quote* | past | Ukraine | wise way |  |  |  |  | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | Ukraine *not said here* | way |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic |

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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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The war never reached Ukraine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:47-ukraine-in-the-second-world-war:t2:o1:1
# text = The war never reached Ukraine
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	reached	reach	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	Ukraine	Ukraine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **reach** | past | the war | Ukraine |  |  |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent ukraine=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Ukraine was among the hardest-hit; ranking suffering doesn't help

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:47-ukraine-in-the-second-world-war:t2:o2:1
# text = Ukraine was among the hardest-hit; ranking suffering doesn't help
1	Ukraine	Ukraine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
3	among	among	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	hardest	hard	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	hit	hit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
9	ranking	rank	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	13	csubj	_	_
10	suffering	suffering	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
11	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
13	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hit** | past · passive |  | Ukraine |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Co-Theme |
| 2 | **rank** | gerund |  | suffering |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent suffering=Theme |
| 3 | **not** **help** | present · do-support | ranking |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Only Ukraine suffered, and nobody else in the world lost anyone in the war

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:47-ukraine-in-the-second-world-war:t2:o3:1
# text = Only Ukraine suffered, and nobody else in the world lost anyone in the war
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	Ukraine	Ukraine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	suffered	suffer	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
6	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	11	nsubj	_	_
7	else	else	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
11	lost	lose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
12	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	11	obj	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **suffer** | past | Ukraine |  |  |  |  |  | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **lose** | past | nobody | anyone |  | the war |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anyone=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Ukraine barely suffered at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:47-ukraine-in-the-second-world-war:t2:o4:1
# text = Ukraine barely suffered at all
1	Ukraine	Ukraine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	barely	barely	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	suffered	suffer	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **suffer** | past | Ukraine |  |  | all |  | barely *property* | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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