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Test 1 · ★ · The Cossacks, the Sich and the Hetmanate

Danylo says the Sich was the first democracy in Europe; teacher says «Athens was first». What's the best wording?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Danylo, Sich, teacher, Athens, best wording · What happens: say, be · To what, where: first democracy, Europe · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 44 «The Cossacks, the Sich and the Hetmanate» 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

Sentence 1: Danylo says the Sich was the first democracy in Europe; teacher says «Athens was first».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Danylo	Danylo	PROPN	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	4 Sich	det
4	Sich	Sich	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 democracy	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 democracy	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 democracy	det
7	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	8 democracy	amod
8	democracy	democracy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 says	ccomp
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 Europe	case
10	Europe	Europe	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 democracy	nmod
11	;	;	PUNCT	_	13 says	punct
12	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 says	nsubj
13	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 says	conj
14	«	«	PUNCT	_	17 first	punct
15	Athens	Athens	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 first	nsubj
16	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 first	cop
17	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	13 says	advmod
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	17 first	punct
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Danylo						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	the Sich	the first democracy		Europe			tree rules
3	say speech: assert	present	teacher						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4	is in a quote	past	Athens					first property	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.

Sentence 2: What's the best wording?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 wording	det
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 wording	amod
5	wording	wording	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the best wording						tree rules

The options

Option 1

A copy of the Athenian assembly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 copy	det
2	copy	copy	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 assembly	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 assembly	det
5	Athenian	Athenian	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 assembly	compound
6	assembly	assembly	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 copy	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	copy			the Athenian assembly					nom copy «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Not elected at all, a king ruled it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	2 elected	advmod
2	elected	elect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 ruled	advcl
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 all	case
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 elected	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 ruled	punct
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 king	det
7	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 ruled	nsubj
8	ruled	rule	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 ruled	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not elect	participle	a king not said here			all			vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	rule	past	a king	it					vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

A remarkable elected military brotherhood where only Cossack men voted

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 brotherhood	det
2	remarkable	remarkable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 brotherhood	amod
3	elected	elect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 brotherhood	amod
4	military	military	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 brotherhood	amod
5	brotherhood	brotherhood	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	10 voted	advmod
7	only	only	ADV	_	9 men	advmod
8	Cossack	cossack	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 men	compound
9	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 voted	nsubj
10	voted	vote	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 brotherhood	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	elect	participle							vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	vote	past	Cossack men						vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

The first democracy ever, with equal votes for all men and women alike

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 democracy	det
2	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	3 democracy	amod
3	democracy	democracy	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	3 democracy	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 votes	punct
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 votes	case
7	equal	equal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 votes	amod
8	votes	vote	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 democracy	conj
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 men	case
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	11 men	det
11	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 votes	nmod
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 women	cc
13	women	woman	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 men	conj
14	alike	alike	ADV	_	8 votes	advmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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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