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Test 5 · ★ · The Cossacks, the Sich and the Hetmanate

The teacher's old book says Pereiaslav was a «reunification». What would modern historians say?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: old book, Pereiaslav, modern historians · What happens: say, be · To what, where: reunification · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 · ★ 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: The teacher's old book says Pereiaslav was a «reunification».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 teacher	det
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 book	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 teacher	case
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 book	amod
5	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 says	nsubj
6	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	Pereiaslav	Pereiaslav	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 reunification	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 reunification	cop
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 reunification	det
10	«	«	PUNCT	_	11 reunification	punct
11	reunification	reunification	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 says	ccomp
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 reunification	punct
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	the teacher's old book						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a in a quote	past	Pereiaslav	a reunification					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 would modern historians say?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 say	obj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 say	aux
3	modern	modern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 historians	amod
4	historians	historian	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 say	nsubj
5	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	would	modern historians						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

It was exactly a happy reunion

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	6 reunion	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 reunion	cop
3	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	6 reunion	advmod
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 reunion	det
5	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 reunion	amod
6	reunion	reunion	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	It	a happy reunion				exactly property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It was a military alliance that each side read differently

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	5 alliance	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 alliance	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 alliance	det
4	military	military	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 alliance	amod
5	alliance	alliance	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 read	mark
7	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	8 side	det
8	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 read	nsubj
9	read	read	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 alliance	advcl
10	differently	differently	ADV	_	9 read	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	It	a military alliance					tree rules
2	read	past	each side					differently property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

It was a trade deal for fish

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	5 deal	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 deal	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 deal	det
4	trade	trade	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 deal	compound
5	deal	deal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 fish	case
7	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 deal	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	It	a trade deal				for fish	tree rules

Option 4

It never happened

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 happened	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 happened	advmod
3	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not happen	past	It						vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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