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title: Danylo says Ukraine fought a war to win independence in 1991. What's… — Chornobyl and independence in 1991 · tree and pragmatics
description: Danylo says Ukraine fought a war to win independence in 1991. What's true? Test 7 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 7 · Chornobyl and independence in 1991

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Danylo says Ukraine fought a war to win independence in 1991. What's true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Danylo, Ukraine · **What happens:** say, fight, win, be · **To what, where:** war, independence, 1991 · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Danylo says Ukraine fought a war to win independence in 1991.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:48-chornobyl-and-independence-in-1991:t7:1
# text = Danylo says Ukraine fought a war to win independence in 1991.
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	Ukraine	Ukraine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	fought	fight	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	win	win	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
9	independence	independence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	1991	1991	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	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 | **fight** | past | Ukraine | a war |  |  |  |  | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent war=Co-Agent |
| 3 | **win** | to-infinitive | Ukraine *not said here* | independence |  | 1991 |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent independence=Eventuality |

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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 true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:48-chornobyl-and-independence-in-1991:t7:2
# text = What's true?
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	true	true	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 |  |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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It took a long ten-year war against the Soviet army in the mountains

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:48-chornobyl-and-independence-in-1991:t7:o1:1
# text = It took a long ten-year war against the Soviet army in the mountains
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
4	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
5	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
9	against	against	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	Soviet	Soviet	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	army	army	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	mountains	mountain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past | It | a long year war |  | the mountains |  | against the Soviet army | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent war=Theme against army=Destination |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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It was won peacefully, by parliament's vote and a referendum

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:48-chornobyl-and-independence-in-1991:t7:o2:1
# text = It was won peacefully, by parliament's vote and a referendum
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	won	win	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	peacefully	peacefully	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	parliament	parliament	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	vote	vote	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	referendum	referendum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **win** | past · passive | parliament's vote and a referendum | It |  |  |  | peacefully *property* | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Eventuality |
| 2 | **vote** |  | parliament |  |  |  |  |  | nom vote «act transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Ukraine has never been independent

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:48-chornobyl-and-independence-in-1991:t7:o3:1
# text = Ukraine has never been independent
1	Ukraine	Ukraine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
4	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	5	cop	_	_
5	independent	independent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Ukraine |  |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **is** | participle | Ukraine *not said here* |  |  |  |  | independent *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Russia's army handed it over in a battle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:48-chornobyl-and-independence-in-1991:t7:o4:1
# text = Russia's army handed it over in a battle
1	Russia	Russia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	army	army	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	handed	hand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|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	over	over	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	battle	battle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hand over** | past | Russia's army | it |  | a battle |  |  | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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