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title: «Ukraine had the 3rd-biggest nuclear army and could nuke anyone». Wh… — Chornobyl and independence in 1991 · tree and pragmatics
description: «Ukraine had the 3rd-biggest nuclear army and could nuke anyone». What's more exact? Test 9 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 9 · Chornobyl and independence in 1991

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«Ukraine had the 3rd-biggest nuclear army and could nuke anyone». What's more exact?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ukraine · **What happens:** have, nuke, be · **To what, where:** 3rd biggest nuclear army, anyone

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This is test 9 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «Ukraine had the 3rd-biggest nuclear army and could nuke anyone».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:48-chornobyl-and-independence-in-1991:t9:1
# text = «Ukraine had the 3rd-biggest nuclear army and could nuke anyone».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Ukraine	Ukraine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
5	3rd	3rd	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Ord	9	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	biggest	big	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	9	amod	_	_
8	nuclear	nuclear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	army	army	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	nuke	nuke	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
13	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** *in a quote* | past | Ukraine | the 3rd biggest nuclear army |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent army=Patient |
| 2 | **nuke** *in a quote* | could | Ukraine *not said here* | anyone |  |  |  |  | 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.

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*Sentence 2:* What's more exact?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:48-chornobyl-and-independence-in-1991:t9:2
# text = What's more exact?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	4	advmod	_	_
4	exact	exact	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | exact *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Ukraine built them all itself in secret factories near Dnipro and Kharkiv

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:48-chornobyl-and-independence-in-1991:t9:o1:1
# text = Ukraine built them all itself in secret factories near Dnipro and Kharkiv
1	Ukraine	Ukraine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	built	build	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	reparandum	_	_
5	itself	itself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	2	obl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	secret	secret	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	factories	factory	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
9	near	near	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Dnipro	Dnipro	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	Kharkiv	Kharkiv	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **build** | past | Ukraine | them *= they* |  | secret factories near Dnipro and Kharkiv |  | itself *= it* *obl* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It used them in 1993

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:48-chornobyl-and-independence-in-1991:t9:o2:1
# text = It used them in 1993
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	used	use	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	1993	1993	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 | **use** | past | It | them *= they* |  | 1993 |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Ukraine never had any

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:48-chornobyl-and-independence-in-1991:t9:o3:1
# text = Ukraine never had any
1	Ukraine	Ukraine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **have** | past | Ukraine | any |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent any=Patient |

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

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The weapons were on its soil, but Moscow held the launch controls

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:48-chornobyl-and-independence-in-1991:t9:o4:1
# text = The weapons were on its soil, but Moscow held the launch controls
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	weapons	weapon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	soil	soil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	Moscow	Moscow	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	held	hold	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	launch	launch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	controls	control	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the weapons |  |  | its soil |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **hold** | past | Moscow | the launch controls |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent control=Theme |

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