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title: Danylo says after 1991 Ukraine got rich at once. his dad laughs. Why? — Chornobyl and independence in 1991 · tree and pragmatics
description: Danylo says after 1991 Ukraine got rich at once. his dad laughs. Why? Test 12 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 12 · Chornobyl and independence in 1991

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Danylo says after 1991 Ukraine got rich at once. his dad laughs. Why?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Danylo, Ukraine, dad · **What happens:** say, get, laugh · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 12 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/#t12).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Danylo says after 1991 Ukraine got rich at once. his dad laughs.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:48-chornobyl-and-independence-in-1991:t12:1
# text = Danylo says after 1991 Ukraine got rich at once. his dad laughs.
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	after	after	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	1991	1991	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	obl	_	_
5	Ukraine	Ukraine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
7	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	laughs	laugh	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	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 | **get** | past | Ukraine |  |  |  | after 1991 | rich *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **laugh** | present | Ukraine's dad |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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:* Why?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:48-chornobyl-and-independence-in-1991:t12:2
# text = Why?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Ukraine joined the EU in 1992

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:48-chornobyl-and-independence-in-1991:t12:o1:1
# text = Ukraine joined the EU in 1992
1	Ukraine	Ukraine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	joined	join	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	EU	EU	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	1992	1992	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **join** | past | Ukraine | the EU |  | 1992 |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eu=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Prices never changed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:48-chornobyl-and-independence-in-1991:t12:o2:1
# text = Prices never changed
1	Prices	price	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	changed	change	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **change** | past | Prices |  |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Everyone got a free car

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:48-chornobyl-and-independence-in-1991:t12:o3:1
# text = Everyone got a free car
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	2	nsubj	_	_
2	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | Everyone | a free car |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer car=Stimulus |

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

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The 1990s brought hyperinflation, closed factories and poverty

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:48-chornobyl-and-independence-in-1991:t12:o4:1
# text = The 1990s brought hyperinflation, closed factories and poverty
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	1990s	1990s	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Card	3	nsubj	_	_
3	brought	bring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	hyperinflation	hyperinflation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	closed	close	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	factories	factory	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	poverty	poverty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | past | the 1990s | hyperinflation and closed factories and poverty |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent hyperinflation=Theme |
| 2 | **close** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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