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description: A friend says: «the war started in 2022, nothing happened before that.» How do you correct it? Test 8 · ★ 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 question and of each option; Mova's choice 
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# Test 8 · ★ · Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine

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A friend says: «the war started in 2022, nothing happened before that.» How do you correct it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** friend, war, nothing, you · **What happens:** say, start, happen, correct · **To what, where:** 2022, that, war · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A friend says: «the war started in 2022, nothing happened before that.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:24-russias-full-scale-invasion-of-ukraine:t8:1
# text = A friend says: «the war started in 2022, nothing happened before that.»
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	started	start	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	2022	2022	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	13	nsubj	_	_
13	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
14	before	before	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a friend |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **start** *in a quote* | past | the war |  |  | 2022 |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 3 | **happen** *in a quote* | past | nothing |  |  | that |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme before that=Location |

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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:* How do you correct it?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:24-russias-full-scale-invasion-of-ukraine:t8:2
# text = How do you correct it?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	correct	correct	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **correct** *speech: disagree* | present · do-support | you | war |  |  |  |  | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

## The options {#options}

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

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Russian forces took Crimea in 2014; the full-scale invasion came in 2022

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:24-russias-full-scale-invasion-of-ukraine:t8:o1:1
# text = Russian forces took Crimea in 2014; the full-scale invasion came in 2022
1	Russian	Russian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	forces	force	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	Crimea	Crimea	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	2014	2014	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
9	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	scale	scale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	invasion	invasion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	2022	2022	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past | Russian forces | Crimea |  | 2014 |  |  | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent crimea=Value in 2014=Location |
| 2 | **come** | past | the scale invasion |  |  | 2022 |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in 2022=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The war started in 1066

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:24-russias-full-scale-invasion-of-ukraine:t8:o2:1
# text = The war started in 1066
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	started	start	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	1066	1066	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 | **start** | past | the war |  |  | 1066 |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Ukraine started it in 2010 by invading Crimea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:24-russias-full-scale-invasion-of-ukraine:t8:o3:1
# text = Ukraine started it in 2010 by invading Crimea
1	Ukraine	Ukraine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	started	start	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	2010	2010	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	obl	_	_
6	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	invading	invade	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
8	Crimea	Crimea	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **start** | past | Ukraine | it |  | 2010 |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
| 2 | **invade** | gerund | Ukraine *not said here* | Crimea |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Nothing has happened at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:24-russias-full-scale-invasion-of-ukraine:t8:o4:1
# text = Nothing has happened at all
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	happened	happen	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	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 | **happen** | present · perfect | Nothing |  |  | all |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at all=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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