Test 2 · Kyiv's beginnings and Kyivan Rus

teacher says the Kyi brothers story is «just a fairy tale», Danylo's upset. what's the wise take?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: teacher, brothers story · What happens: say, be · To what, where: fairy tale, wise take · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 of lesson 41 «Kyiv's beginnings and Kyivan Rus» 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 story	det
4	Kyi	Kyi	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 brothers	compound
5	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 story	compound
6	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 tale	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 tale	cop
8	«	«	PUNCT	_	12 tale	punct
9	just	just	ADV	_	12 tale	advmod
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 tale	det
11	fairy	fairy	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 tale	compound
12	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 says	ccomp
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 tale	punct
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 upset	punct
15	Danylo	Danylo	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 upset	nmod:poss
16	's	's	PART	_	15 Danylo	case
17	upset	upset	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 says	parataxis
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct
19	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	23 take	nsubj
20	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	23 take	cop
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 take	det
22	wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 take	amod
23	take	take	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 says	ccomp
24	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	teacher		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a in a quote	present	the brothers story	a fairy tale	tree rules
3	is a	present		the wise take	tree rules

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

Option 1

It was made up in 1982 for a party

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 made	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 made	aux:pass
3	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	up	up	ADP	_	3 made	compound:prt
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 1982	case
6	1982	1982	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 made	obl
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 party	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 party	det
9	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make up	past · passive		It		1982		for a party	vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Pivot

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It is a legend, not proven fact, but it is part of how a people remembers itself

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 legend	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 legend	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 legend	det
4	legend	legend	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 remembers	nsubj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 fact	punct
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 proven	advmod
7	proven	prove	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 fact	amod
8	fact	fact	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 legend	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 part	punct
10	but	but	CCONJ	_	13 part	cc
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 part	nsubj
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 part	cop
13	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 legend	conj
14	of	of	ADP	_	17 people	case
15	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	17 people	advmod
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 people	det
17	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 part	nmod
18	remembers	remember	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
19	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	18 remembers	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a legend and proven fact but part		tree rules
2	not prove	participle				vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
3	is a	present	fact	part	of a people	tree rules
4	remember	present	a legend and proven fact but part	fact		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent itself=Theme

Option 3

It is worthless and should be forgotten

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 worthless	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 worthless	cop
3	worthless	worthless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 forgotten	cc
5	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 forgotten	aux
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 forgotten	aux:pass
7	forgotten	forget	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 worthless	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					worthless property	tree rules
2	forget	should · passive							tree rules

Option 4

It is proven history, archaeologists found Kyi's grave

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 history	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 history	cop
3	proven	prove	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 history	amod
4	history	history	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 found	parataxis
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 history	punct
6	archaeologists	archaeologist	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 found	nsubj
7	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	Kyi	Kyi	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 grave	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 Kyi	case
10	grave	grave	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 found	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	prove	participle			vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	It	proven history	tree rules
3	find	past	archaeologists	Kyi's grave	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grave=Topic

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