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title: Ascertain the status of Ukraine in respect of the European Union as… — Today's Ukraine and Danylo's exaggerat… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the status of Ukraine in respect of the European Union as at the present time. Exam question 4 of lesson 50 «Today's Ukraine and Danylo's exaggerations» 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
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# Exam question 4 · Today's Ukraine and Danylo's exaggerations

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Ascertain the status of Ukraine in respect of the European Union as at the present time.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, respect · **To what, where:** status, respect, European Union

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 50 «Today's Ukraine and Danylo's exaggerations» 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/50-todays-ukraine-and-danylos-exaggerations/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:50-todays-ukraine-and-danylos-exaggerations:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the status of Ukraine in respect of the European Union as at the present time.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	status	status	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Ukraine	Ukraine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	European	European	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	Union	Union	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
12	as	as	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	present	present	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the status of Ukraine |  | respect of the European Union | time |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent status=Topic |
| 2 | **respect** |  |  | the European Union |  |  |  |  | nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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It is a candidate state with which accession negotiations have formally opened

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:50-todays-ukraine-and-danylos-exaggerations:e4:o1:1
# text = It is a candidate state with which accession negotiations have formally opened
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	candidate	candidate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	obl	_	_
8	accession	accession	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	negotiations	negotiation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	formally	formally	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	opened	open	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a candidate state |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **open** | present · perfect · passive |  | accession negotiations |  |  |  | with a candidate state; formally *property* | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with which=Instrument |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It has been a full member since nineteen hundred and ninety-one

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:50-todays-ukraine-and-danylos-exaggerations:e4:o2:1
# text = It has been a full member since nineteen hundred and ninety-one
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	member	member	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	since	since	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	nineteen	nineteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	compound	_	_
9	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	ninety	ninety	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	flat	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present · perfect | It | a full member |  |  | since nineteen hundred |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It has never submitted any application for membership to the Union in Brussels

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:50-todays-ukraine-and-danylos-exaggerations:e4:o3:1
# text = It has never submitted any application for membership to the Union in Brussels
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	submitted	submit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
6	application	application	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	membership	membership	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Union	Union	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	Brussels	Brussels	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **submit** | present · perfect · passive |  | It |  | Brussels |  | for membership to the Union | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It is a founding member of the Union

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:50-todays-ukraine-and-danylos-exaggerations:e4:o4:1
# text = It is a founding member of the Union
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	founding	found	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	member	member	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Union	Union	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **found** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present | It | a founding member |  |  |  | of the Union | tree rules |

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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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