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title: Danylo says Babyn Yar was where Ukrainians were killed. What's the f… — Ukraine in the Second World War · tree and pragmatics
description: Danylo says Babyn Yar was where Ukrainians were killed. What's the fuller truth? Test 3 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 right.
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# Test 3 · Ukraine in the Second World War

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Danylo says Babyn Yar was where Ukrainians were killed. What's the fuller truth?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Danylo, fuller truth · **What happens:** say, kill, be · **To what, where:** Babyn Yar · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Danylo says Babyn Yar was where Ukrainians were killed.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:47-ukraine-in-the-second-world-war:t3:1
# text = Danylo says Babyn Yar was where Ukrainians were killed.
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	Babyn	Babyn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	Yar	Yar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
6	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	9	advmod	_	_
7	Ukrainians	Ukrainian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
8	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	killed	kill	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	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 how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **kill** | past · passive |  | Babyn Yar |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=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 fuller truth?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:47-ukraine-in-the-second-world-war:t3:2
# text = What's the fuller truth?
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	fuller	full	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	truth	truth	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 fuller truth |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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It is first a place of the Holocaust, and others were murdered there too

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:47-ukraine-in-the-second-world-war:t3:o1:1
# text = It is first a place of the Holocaust, and others were murdered there too
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	5	advmod	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Holocaust	Holocaust	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
12	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux:pass	_	_
13	murdered	murder	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
14	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	13	advmod	_	_
15	too	too	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a place |  |  |  | of the Holocaust; first *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **murder** | past · passive |  | others |  | there |  |  | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Only Ukrainians died there, and no Jews were ever killed at that place

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:47-ukraine-in-the-second-world-war:t3:o2:1
# text = Only Ukrainians died there, and no Jews were ever killed at that place
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	Ukrainians	Ukrainian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	died	die	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
7	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	8	det	_	_
8	Jews	Jew	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
10	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	11	advmod	_	_
11	killed	kill	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	14	det	_	_
14	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **die** | past | Ukrainians |  |  | there |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 2 | **kill** | past · passive |  | no Jews |  | that place | ever |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nobody died there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:47-ukraine-in-the-second-world-war:t3:o3:1
# text = Nobody died there
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	2	nsubj	_	_
2	died	die	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **die** | past | Nobody |  |  | there |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It was a battle between armies

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:47-ukraine-in-the-second-world-war:t3:o4:1
# text = It was a battle between armies
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	battle	battle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	between	between	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	armies	army	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | It | a battle |  |  |  | between armies | tree rules |

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