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title: Hannah's grandad from the Black Country says: «that Kalush lot were… — Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine · tree and pragmatics
description: Hannah's grandad from the Black Country says: «that Kalush lot were bostin', but they only won 'cause of the war, ar.» Which is fair? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 24 «Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine» of the politics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the ques
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# Test 2 · ★ · Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine

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Hannah's grandad from the Black Country says: «that Kalush lot were bostin', but they only won 'cause of the war, ar.» Which is fair?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** grandad, Kalush lot, they · **What happens:** say, be, win, cause · **To what, where:** cause, war · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 24 «Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine» of the politics 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/politics/24-russias-full-scale-invasion-of-ukraine/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Hannah's grandad from the Black Country says: «that Kalush lot were bostin', but they only won 'cause of the war, ar.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:24-russias-full-scale-invasion-of-ukraine:t2:1
# text = Hannah's grandad from the Black Country says: «that Kalush lot were bostin', but they only won 'cause of the war, ar.»
1	Hannah	Hannah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	grandad	grandad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Black	Black	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	Country	Country	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
10	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	13	det	_	_
12	Kalush	Kalush	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	lot	lot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
14	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
15	bostin	bostin	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	',	',	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	_
17	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
18	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	_
19	only	only	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
20	won	win	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	conj	_	_
21	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obj	_	_
23	of	of	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
27	ar	AR	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Hannah's grandad from the Black Country |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | past | that Kalush lot |  |  |  |  | bostin *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **win** *in a quote* | past | they | cause of the war and ar |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cause=Eventuality |
| 4 | **cause** *in a quote* |  |  | the war |  |  |  |  | nom cause «event 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.

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*Sentence 2:* Which is fair?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:24-russias-full-scale-invasion-of-ukraine:t2:2
# text = Which is fair?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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People may have voted for more than one reason: support for Ukraine and the song itself

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:24-russias-full-scale-invasion-of-ukraine:t2:o1:1
# text = People may have voted for more than one reason: support for Ukraine and the song itself
1	People	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux	_	_
4	voted	vote	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp|ExtPos=ADV	8	advmod	_	_
7	than	than	ADP	IN	_	6	fixed	_	_
8	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
11	support	support	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	Ukraine	Ukraine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	song	song	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
17	itself	itself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes	16	nmod:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **vote** | may · perfect | People |  |  |  |  | for one reason  support for Ukraine and the song  song *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent for reason=Goal |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Eurovision has no public vote, so only judges choose the winner, and they always pick the saddest song

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:24-russias-full-scale-invasion-of-ukraine:t2:o2:1
# text = Eurovision has no public vote, so only judges choose the winner, and they always pick the saddest song
1	Eurovision	Eurovision	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
4	public	public	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	vote	vote	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
8	only	only	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	judges	judge	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	choose	choose	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	winner	winner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
15	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
16	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	17	advmod	_	_
17	pick	pick	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	saddest	sad	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	20	amod	_	_
20	song	song	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Eurovision | no public vote |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vote=Patient |
| 2 | **choose** | present | judges | the winner |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent winner=Theme |
| 3 | **pick** | present | judges *= judge* | the saddest song |  |  |  | always *property* | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent song=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Russia won that year

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:24-russias-full-scale-invasion-of-ukraine:t2:o3:1
# text = Russia won that year
1	Russia	Russia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	won	win	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	det	_	_
4	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **win** | past | Russia |  |  |  | year |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The song got no votes at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:24-russias-full-scale-invasion-of-ukraine:t2:o4:1
# text = The song got no votes at all
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	song	song	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	votes	vote	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | the song | no votes |  | all |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent vote=Theme at all=Asset |

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