Test 12 · Ukraine in the Second World War

«Crimea was a gift, and Russia can't take gifts back lol». What's the real point?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Crimea, Russia, real point · What happens: be, not take back · To what, where: gift, gifts

This is test 12 of lesson 47 «Ukraine in the Second World War» 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: «Crimea was a gift, and Russia can't take gifts back lol».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 Crimea	punct
2	Crimea	Crimea	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 gift	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 gift	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 gift	det
5	gift	gift	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 take	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 take	cc
8	Russia	Russia	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 take	nsubj
9	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 take	aux
10	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 take	advmod
11	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 gift	parataxis
12	gifts	gift	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 take	obj
13	back	back	ADV	_	11 take	advmod
14	lol	lol	INTJ	_	11 take	discourse
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 take	punct
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 gift	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	past	Crimea	a gift					tree rules
2	not take back in a quote	can	Russia	gifts					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gift=Theme

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 real point?

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 point	det
4	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 point	amod
5	point	point	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 real point						tree rules

The options

Option 1

Crimea was never part of Ukraine, not even for one day in all its long history

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Crimea	Crimea	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 part	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 part	cop
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 part	advmod
4	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 Ukraine	case
6	Ukraine	Ukraine	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 part	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 day	punct
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 day	advmod
9	even	even	ADV	_	12 day	advmod
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 day	case
11	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 day	nummod
12	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 part	conj
13	in	in	ADP	_	17 history	case
14	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	17 history	det:predet
15	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 history	nmod:poss
16	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 history	amod
17	history	history	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 day	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is a	past	Crimea	part and one day in its long history				of Ukraine	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Gifts can always be taken back

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gifts	gift	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 taken	nsubj:pass
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 taken	aux
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 taken	advmod
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 taken	aux:pass
5	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	back	back	ADV	_	5 taken	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take back	can · passive		Gifts				always property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3

Crimea belongs to Turkey by treaty

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Crimea	crimea	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 belongs	nsubj
2	belongs	belong	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	4 Turkey	case
4	Turkey	Turkey	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 belongs	obl
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 treaty	case
6	treaty	treaty	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 belongs	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	belong	present	Crimea		Turkey			by treaty	vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Ukraine's borders, Crimea included, were recognised by treaties, even by Russia

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ukraine	Ukraine	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 borders	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Ukraine	case
3	borders	border	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 recognised	nsubj:pass
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 included	punct
5	Crimea	Crimea	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 included	nsubj
6	included	include	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 borders	acl:relcl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 borders	punct
8	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 recognised	aux:pass
9	recognised	recognise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
10	by	by	ADP	_	11 treaties	case
11	treaties	treaty	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 recognised	obl:agent
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 Russia	punct
13	even	even	ADV	_	15 Russia	advmod
14	by	by	ADP	_	15 Russia	case
15	Russia	Russia	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 recognised	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	include	past	Crimea	Ukraine's borders not said here					vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent border=Theme
2	recognise	past · passive	treaties	Ukraine's borders					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer subject=Stimulus

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