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title: Danylo says Ukrainian poets beat the USSR with poems. What's fairer? — Chornobyl and independence in 1991 · tree and pragmatics
description: Danylo says Ukrainian poets beat the USSR with poems. What's fairer? Test 1 of lesson 48 «Chornobyl and independence in 1991» 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 1 · Chornobyl and independence in 1991

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Danylo says Ukrainian poets beat the USSR with poems. What's fairer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Danylo, Ukrainian poets · **What happens:** say, beat, be · **To what, where:** USSR · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 of lesson 48 «Chornobyl and independence in 1991» 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/48-chornobyl-and-independence-in-1991/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Danylo says Ukrainian poets beat the USSR with poems.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:48-chornobyl-and-independence-in-1991:t1:1
# text = Danylo says Ukrainian poets beat the USSR with poems.
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	Ukrainian	ukrainian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	poets	poet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	beat	beat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	USSR	USSR	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	poems	poem	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	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 that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **beat** | present | Ukrainian poets | the USSR |  |  |  | with poems | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent ussr=Patient with poem=Instrument |

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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 fairer?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:48-chornobyl-and-independence-in-1991:t1:2
# text = What's fairer?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	fairer	fair	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	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 |  |  |  |  |  | fair *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Only Russian poets wrote then

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:48-chornobyl-and-independence-in-1991:t1:o1:1
# text = Only Russian poets wrote then
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	Russian	Russian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	poets	poet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	wrote	write	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | past | Russian poets |  |  |  | then |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Poets had nothing to do with anything that happened in the Soviet Union

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:48-chornobyl-and-independence-in-1991:t1:o2:1
# text = Poets had nothing to do with anything that happened in the Soviet Union
1	Poets	poet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	5	obl	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	Soviet	Soviet	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	Union	Union	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | Poets | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Patient |
| 2 | **do** | to-infinitive | Poets *not said here* | nothing *not said here* |  |  |  | with anything | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **happen** | past |  |  |  | the Soviet Union |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in union=Location |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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They didn't bring it down alone, but they kept the culture alive

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:48-chornobyl-and-independence-in-1991:t1:o3:1
# text = They didn't bring it down alone, but they kept the culture alive
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	down	down	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
7	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	culture	culture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	alive	alive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **bring down** | past · do-support | They | it |  |  |  | alone *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **keep** | past | they | the culture |  |  |  | alive *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent culture=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yes, one poem toppled the USSR

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:48-chornobyl-and-independence-in-1991:t1:o4:1
# text = Yes, one poem toppled the USSR
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	poem	poem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	toppled	topple	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	USSR	USSR	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **topple** | past | one poem | the USSR |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent ussr=Patient |

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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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