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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the events on the Maidan in February two thousand and fourteen? Exam question 1 of lesson 49 «The Orange Revolution, the Maidan and the war» of the history course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the 
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# Exam question 1 · The Orange Revolution, the Maidan and the war

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the events on the Maidan in February two thousand and fourteen?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** events, Maidan

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 49 «The Orange Revolution, the Maidan and the war» of the history course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/49-the-orange-revolution-the-maidan-and-the-war/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:49-the-orange-revolution-the-maidan-and-the-war:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the events on the Maidan in February two thousand and fourteen?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	events	event	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	Maidan	Maidan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	February	February	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
16	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	17	compound	_	_
17	thousand	thousand	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	15	nmod:unmarked	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	fourteen	fourteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	17	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the events |  | the Maidan | february | of the following statements; accurately *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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Several thousand protesters were killed in a single hour by soldiers of the regular army

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:49-the-orange-revolution-the-maidan-and-the-war:e1:o1:1
# text = Several thousand protesters were killed in a single hour by soldiers of the regular army
1	Several	several	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	thousand	thousand	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	protesters	protester	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	killed	kill	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	regular	regular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	army	army	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kill** | past · passive | soldiers of the regular army | Several thousand protesters |  |  | hour |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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No person was harmed and the president was re-elected

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:49-the-orange-revolution-the-maidan-and-the-war:e1:o2:1
# text = No person was harmed and the president was re-elected
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	harmed	harm	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	president	president	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	re-elected	re-elected	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **harm** | past · passive |  | no person |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is** | past | the president |  |  |  |  | re-elected *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The protests concerned exclusively the price of bread

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:49-the-orange-revolution-the-maidan-and-the-war:e1:o3:1
# text = The protests concerned exclusively the price of bread
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	protests	protest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	concerned	concern	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	price	price	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **concern** | past | the protests | the price of bread |  |  |  | exclusively *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus price=Experiencer |

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

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Approximately one hundred protesters were killed and the president subsequently fled to Russia

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:49-the-orange-revolution-the-maidan-and-the-war:e1:o4:1
# text = Approximately one hundred protesters were killed and the president subsequently fled to Russia
1	Approximately	approximately	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	compound	_	_
3	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	protesters	protester	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	killed	kill	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	president	president	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	subsequently	subsequently	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	fled	flee	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	Russia	Russia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kill** | past · passive |  | hundred protesters |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **flee** | past | the president |  |  | Russia |  | subsequently *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to russia=Initial\_Location |

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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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