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title: Danylo says Chornobyl killed millions; teacher says only 31. Who's r… — Chornobyl and independence in 1991 · tree and pragmatics
description: Danylo says Chornobyl killed millions; teacher says only 31. Who's right? Test 2 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 right.
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# Test 2 · Chornobyl and independence in 1991

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Danylo says Chornobyl killed millions; teacher says only 31. Who's right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Danylo, Chornobyl, teacher · **What happens:** say, kill, be · **To what, where:** millions, 31 · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Danylo says Chornobyl killed millions; teacher says only 31.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:48-chornobyl-and-independence-in-1991:t2:1
# text = Danylo says Chornobyl killed millions; teacher says only 31.
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	Chornobyl	Chornobyl	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	killed	kill	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
5	millions	million	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
7	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	only	only	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	31	31	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	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 | **kill** | past | Chornobyl | millions |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent million=Theme |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | teacher | 31 |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent 31=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.

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*Sentence 2:* Who's right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:48-chornobyl-and-independence-in-1991:t2:2
# text = Who's right?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	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 |  |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

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

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Neither: 31 died quickly, and long-term deaths are debated

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:48-chornobyl-and-independence-in-1991:t2:o1:1
# text = Neither: 31 died quickly, and long-term deaths are debated
1	Neither	neither	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	31	31	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nsubj	_	_
4	died	die	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
8	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	term	term	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	deaths	death	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
12	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux:pass	_	_
13	debated	debate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **die** | past | 31 |  |  |  |  | quickly *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 2 | **debate** | present · passive |  | term deaths |  |  |  |  | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Co-Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The teacher, and nobody else ever died of it, not even years later

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:48-chornobyl-and-independence-in-1991:t2:o2:1
# text = The teacher, and nobody else ever died of it, not even years later
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
5	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	8	nsubj	_	_
6	else	else	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	8	advmod	_	_
8	died	die	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
13	even	even	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obl:unmarked	_	_
15	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **die** | past | the teacher |  |  |  | ever | of it; late *property* | vn die-42.4-1 «NP V PP.cause»: agent=Patient of it=Causer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Both, it killed exactly 31 million

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:48-chornobyl-and-independence-in-1991:t2:o3:1
# text = Both, it killed exactly 31 million
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	nmod	_	_
4	killed	kill	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	31	31	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	compound	_	_
7	million	million	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kill** | past | Both | 31 million |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent million=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Danylo, millions

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:48-chornobyl-and-independence-in-1991:t2:o4:1
# text = Danylo, millions
1	Danylo	Danylo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	millions	million	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
```

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

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