--- title: A newspaper writes "Kiev" in 2026. What's the better spelling, and w… — Ukrainian compared with English · tree and pragmatics description: A newspaper writes "Kiev" in 2026. What's the better spelling, and why? Test 6 · ★★ of lesson 33 «Ukrainian compared with English» of the language course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/33-ukrainian-compared-with-english/t6/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Language](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/) / [Ukrainian compared with English](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/33-ukrainian-compared-with-english/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★★ · Ukrainian compared with English A newspaper writes "Kiev" in 2026. What's the better spelling, and why? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** newspaper, better spelling · **What happens:** write, be · **To what, where:** Kiev, 2026 This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 33 «Ukrainian compared with English» of the language 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/language/33-ukrainian-compared-with-english/#t6). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A newspaper writes "Kiev" in 2026. ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:33-ukrainian-compared-with-english:t6:1 # text = A newspaper writes "Kiev" in 2026. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 newspaper newspaper NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 writes write VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 Kiev Kiev PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 2026 2026 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **write** | present | a newspaper | Kiev | | 2026 | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent kiev=Theme in 2026=Destination | 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. *Sentence 2:* What's the better spelling, and why? ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:33-ukrainian-compared-with-english:t6:2 # text = What's the better spelling, and why? 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 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 amod _ _ 5 spelling spelling NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the better spelling | | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Kiyv, because it's shorter ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:33-ukrainian-compared-with-english:t6:o1:1 # text = Kiyv, because it's shorter 1 Kiyv Kiyv PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 because because SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 shorter short ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 1 amod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | it | | | | | short *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Kyiv, because it follows Ukrainian ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:33-ukrainian-compared-with-english:t6:o2:1 # text = Kyiv, because it follows Ukrainian 1 Kyiv Kyiv PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 because because SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 follows follow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 Ukrainian Ukrainian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | present | Kyiv | Ukrainian | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ukrainian=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Kiev, because it's the older English spelling ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:33-ukrainian-compared-with-english:t6:o3:1 # text = Kiev, because it's the older English spelling 1 Kiev Kiev PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 3 because because SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 7 older old ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 9 amod _ _ 8 English English ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 spelling spelling NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | it | the older English spelling | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} It doesn't matter at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:33-ukrainian-compared-with-english:t6:o4:1 # text = It doesn't matter at all 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 3 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 matter matter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **matter** | present · do-support | It | | | all | | | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | **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. 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