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title: Oksana goes, "Borshch has potatoes, so potatoes are proper Ukrainian… — What trade carried: tomatoes, tea, hor… · tree and pragmatics
description: Oksana goes, "Borshch has potatoes, so potatoes are proper Ukrainian, aren't they?" What's the right answer? Test 2 of lesson 71 «What trade carried: tomatoes, tea, horses, words, religions and diseases» of the history course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the q
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# Test 2 · What trade carried: tomatoes, tea, horses, words, religion…

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Oksana goes, "Borshch has potatoes, so potatoes are proper Ukrainian, aren't they?" What's the right answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Oksana, Borshch, potatoes, right answer · **What happens:** go, have, be, not be · **To what, where:** potatoes · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 of lesson 71 «What trade carried: tomatoes, tea, horses, words, religions and diseases» 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/71-what-trade-carried-tomatoes-tea-horses-words-and-diseases/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Oksana goes, "Borshch has potatoes, so potatoes are proper Ukrainian, aren't they?"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:71-what-trade-carried-tomatoes-tea-horses-words-and-diseases:t2:1
# text = Oksana goes, "Borshch has potatoes, so potatoes are proper Ukrainian, aren't they?"
1	Oksana	Oksana	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Borshch	borshch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	potatoes	potato	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
10	potatoes	potato	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
11	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
12	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	Ukrainian	ukrainian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
15	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	17	advmod	_	_
17	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	17	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present | Oksana |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **have** *in a quote* | present | Borshch | potatoes |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent potato=Patient |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | potatoes |  |  |  |  | ukrainian *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **not** **is a** *in a quote* | present |  | potatoes *= potato* |  |  |  |  | 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 the right answer?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:71-what-trade-carried-tomatoes-tea-horses-words-and-diseases:t2:2
# text = What's the right answer?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the right answer |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Yes, potatoes grew wild only in Ukraine and spread from there to the rest of the world

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:71-what-trade-carried-tomatoes-tea-horses-words-and-diseases:t2:o1:1
# text = Yes, potatoes grew wild only in Ukraine and spread from there to the rest of the world
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	potatoes	potato	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Ukraine	Ukraine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	spread	spread	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	obl	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	rest	rest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | past | potatoes |  |  | Ukraine |  | wild *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in ukraine=Location |
| 2 | **spread** | past | potatoes *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the rest of the world | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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Potatoes came from the Andes and spread to Ukraine in the 1700s and 1800s

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:71-what-trade-carried-tomatoes-tea-horses-words-and-diseases:t2:o2:1
# text = Potatoes came from the Andes and spread to Ukraine in the 1700s and 1800s
1	Potatoes	potato	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Andes	Ande	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	spread	spread	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Ukraine	Ukraine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	1700s	1700	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Card	7	obl	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	1800s	1800	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Card	12	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | Potatoes |  |  | the Andes |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from ande=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **spread** | past | Potatoes *not said here* |  | Ukraine | the 1700s and 1800s |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in 1700=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Potatoes were brought to Ukraine by the Vikings in about 900

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:71-what-trade-carried-tomatoes-tea-horses-words-and-diseases:t2:o3:1
# text = Potatoes were brought to Ukraine by the Vikings in about 900
1	Potatoes	potato	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	brought	bring	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Ukraine	Ukraine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Vikings	Viking	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	about	about	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	900	900	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | past · passive | the Vikings | Potatoes | Ukraine | 900 |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Theme to ukraine=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Potatoes came to Ukraine from Ireland back in Roman times

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:71-what-trade-carried-tomatoes-tea-horses-words-and-diseases:t2:o4:1
# text = Potatoes came to Ukraine from Ireland back in Roman times
1	Potatoes	potato	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Ukraine	Ukraine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Ireland	Ireland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	back	back	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	Roman	roman	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | Potatoes |  | Ukraine | Ireland | time |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme to ukraine=Initial\_Location from ireland=Destination |

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