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title: Identify the undertaking given to Ukraine pursuant to the Budapest M… — Chornobyl and independence in 1991 · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the undertaking given to Ukraine pursuant to the Budapest Memorandum of nineteen hundred and ninety-four in exchange for the relinquishment of nuclear weapons. Exam question 2 of lesson 48 «Chornobyl and independence in 1991» of the history course of Mova's primary school, with the dependen
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# Exam question 2 · Chornobyl and independence in 1991

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Identify the undertaking given to Ukraine pursuant to the Budapest Memorandum of nineteen hundred and ninety-four in exchange for the relinquishment of nuclear weapons.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, give, relinquish · **To what, where:** undertaking, Ukraine, exchange, nuclear weapons

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 48 «Chornobyl and independence in 1991» 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/48-chornobyl-and-independence-in-1991/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:48-chornobyl-and-independence-in-1991:e2:1
# text = Identify the undertaking given to Ukraine pursuant to the Budapest Memorandum of nineteen hundred and ninety-four in exchange for the relinquishment of nuclear weapons.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	undertaking	undertaking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Ukraine	Ukraine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	pursuant	pursuant	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	Budapest	Budapest	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	Memorandum	Memorandum	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	nineteen	nineteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	14	compound	_	_
14	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nmod	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	ninety	ninety	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	14	conj	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	exchange	exchange	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
21	for	for	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	relinquishment	relinquishment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	_
24	of	of	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	nuclear	nuclear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	amod	_	_
26	weapons	weapon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the undertaking |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent undertaking=Theme |
| 2 | **give** | participle |  | the undertaking *not said here* | Ukraine | exchange for the relinquishment of nuclear weapons |  | to the Budapest Memorandum of nineteen hundred; pursuant *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to ukraine=Recipient |
| 3 | **relinquish** |  |  | nuclear weapons |  |  |  |  | nom relinquishment «communication 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 {#o1}

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Immediate membership of the European Union

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:48-chornobyl-and-independence-in-1991:e2:o1:1
# text = Immediate membership of the European Union
1	Immediate	immediate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	membership	membership	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	European	European	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	Union	Union	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The construction of a new nuclear arsenal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:48-chornobyl-and-independence-in-1991:e2:o2:1
# text = The construction of a new nuclear arsenal
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	construction	construction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	nuclear	nuclear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	arsenal	arsenal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **construct** |  |  | a new nuclear arsenal |  |  |  |  | nom construction «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The transfer of Crimea to Turkey

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:48-chornobyl-and-independence-in-1991:e2:o3:1
# text = The transfer of Crimea to Turkey
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	transfer	transfer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Crimea	Crimea	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Turkey	Turkey	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **transfer** |  |  | Crimea |  |  |  | to Turkey | nom transfer «act transitive»: of=patient to=obl |

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

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Assurances by the United States, the United Kingdom and Russia to respect its borders

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:48-chornobyl-and-independence-in-1991:e2:o4:1
# text = Assurances by the United States, the United Kingdom and Russia to respect its borders
1	Assurances	assurance	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	United	United	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	States	State	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	United	United	PROPN	NNP	_	9	flat	_	_
9	Kingdom	Kingdom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	Russia	Russia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	respect	respect	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	acl	_	_
14	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	borders	border	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **respect** | to-infinitive |  | its borders |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer border=Stimulus |
| 2 | **assure** |  | the United States |  |  |  |  |  | nom assurance «cognition intransitive»: by=agent |

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