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title: «moscow hid chornobyl from literally everyone» — is that right? — Chornobyl and independence in 1991 · tree and pragmatics
description: «moscow hid chornobyl from literally everyone» — is that right? Test 3 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 3 · Chornobyl and independence in 1991

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«moscow hid chornobyl from literally everyone» — is that right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** moscow, that · **What happens:** hide, be · **To what, where:** chornobyl, everyone · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:48-chornobyl-and-independence-in-1991:t3:1
# text = «moscow hid chornobyl from literally everyone» — is that right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	moscow	moscow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hid	hide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	csubj	_	_
4	chornobyl	chornobyl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	literally	literally	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
9	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	3	punct	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	12	nsubj	_	_
12	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** *in a quote* | past | moscow | chornobyl |  | everyone |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent chornobyl=Patient from everyone=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **is** | present | that |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

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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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Sweden caused the accident

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:48-chornobyl-and-independence-in-1991:t3:o1:1
# text = Sweden caused the accident
1	Sweden	Sweden	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	caused	cause	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	accident	accident	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | past | Sweden | the accident |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition accident=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Nobody ever found out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:48-chornobyl-and-independence-in-1991:t3:o2:1
# text = Nobody ever found out
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	nsubj	_	_
2	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	3	advmod	_	_
3	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	out	out	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find out** | participle | Nobody |  |  |  | ever |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Totally wrong, they warned everyone at once on the radio and on television

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:48-chornobyl-and-independence-in-1991:t3:o3:1
# text = Totally wrong, they warned everyone at once on the radio and on television
1	Totally	totally	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	warned	warn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
6	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	5	obj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	5	obl	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	radio	radio	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	television	television	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **warn** *speech: warn* | past | they |  | everyone |  |  | on the radio and television | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP PP.topic»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient on radio=Topic |

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

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Mostly: they announced it briefly, but hid the danger for days

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:48-chornobyl-and-independence-in-1991:t3:o4:1
# text = Mostly: they announced it briefly, but hid the danger for days
1	Mostly	mostly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	announced	announce	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	briefly	briefly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	hid	hide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	danger	danger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **announce** *speech: other* | past | they | it |  |  |  | briefly, mostly *property* | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **hide** | past | they *not said here* | the danger |  |  | day |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent danger=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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