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title: "Ukraine started it, my cousin said, end of" — what is the most care… — Putting it together: explain each side… · tree and pragmatics
description: "Ukraine started it, my cousin said, end of" — what is the most careful reply? Test 4 · ★★★ of lesson 40 «Putting it together: explain each side, check the claim» of the politics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choic
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# Test 4 · ★★★ · Putting it together: explain each side, check the claim

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"Ukraine started it, my cousin said, end of" — what is the most careful reply?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Ukraine, cousin, end · **What happens:** start, say, be · **To what, where:** it · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★★★ of lesson 40 «Putting it together: explain each side, check the claim» 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/40-putting-it-together/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:40-putting-it-together:t4:1
# text = "Ukraine started it, my cousin said, end of" — what is the most careful reply?
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Ukraine	Ukraine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	started	start	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	ccomp	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	19	punct	_	_
13	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	19	punct	_	_
14	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	19	nsubj	_	_
15	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
17	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	18	advmod	_	_
18	careful	careful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	reply	reply	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **start** *in a quote* | past | Ukraine | it |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | my cousin |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **be** *speech: assert* | present | end |  |  |  |  | of the careful reply | 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Nobody knows anything about any war

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:40-putting-it-together:t4:o1:1
# text = Nobody knows anything about any war
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	2	nsubj	_	_
2	knows	know	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	obj	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
6	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | present | Nobody | anything |  |  |  | about any war | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer anything=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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You are right, your cousin always knows

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:40-putting-it-together:t4:o2:1
# text = You are right, your cousin always knows
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	8	advmod	_	_
8	knows	know	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | You |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **know** | present | your cousin |  |  |  |  | always *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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It was widely reported that Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022; let's check together

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:40-putting-it-together:t4:o3:1
# text = It was widely reported that Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022; let's check together
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	widely	widely	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	reported	report	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	Russia	Russia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	invaded	invade	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
8	Ukraine	Ukraine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	2022	2022	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	12	punct	_	_
12	let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	check	check	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	xcomp	_	_
15	together	together	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **report** | past · passive |  | It |  |  |  | widely *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: subject=Theme clause=Attribute |
| 2 | **invade** | past | Russia | Ukraine |  | 2022 |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **let** | infinitive |  | 's |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **check** | infinitive | 's *not said here* |  |  |  |  | together *property* | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Wars are never reported in the news

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:40-putting-it-together:t4:o4:1
# text = Wars are never reported in the news
1	Wars	war	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	reported	report	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	news	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **report** | present · passive |  | Wars |  | the news |  |  | vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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