Test 3 · Ukraine in the Second World War

Danylo says Babyn Yar was where Ukrainians were killed. What's the fuller truth?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Danylo, fuller truth · What happens: say, kill, be · To what, where: Babyn Yar · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 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: Danylo says Babyn Yar was where Ukrainians were killed.

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	Babyn	Babyn	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Yar	compound
4	Yar	Yar	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 killed	nsubj:pass
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 killed	aux:pass
6	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	9 killed	advmod
7	Ukrainians	Ukrainian	PROPN	Number=Plur	9 killed	nsubj
8	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 killed	aux:pass
9	killed	kill	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 says	ccomp
10	.	.	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 how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	kill	past · passive		Babyn Yar					vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=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 fuller truth?

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 truth	det
4	fuller	full	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 truth	amod
5	truth	truth	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 fuller truth						tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It is first a place of the Holocaust, and others were murdered there too

The tree, 14 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	5 place	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 place	cop
3	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	5 place	advmod
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 place	det
5	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 Holocaust	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Holocaust	det
8	Holocaust	Holocaust	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 place	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 murdered	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 murdered	cc
11	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 murdered	nsubj
12	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 murdered	aux:pass
13	murdered	murder	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 place	acl
14	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 murdered	advmod
15	too	too	ADV	_	13 murdered	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a place				of the Holocaust; first property	tree rules
2	murder	past · passive		others		there			vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 2

Only Ukrainians died there, and no Jews were ever killed at that place

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 Ukrainians	advmod
2	Ukrainians	Ukrainian	PROPN	Number=Plur	3 died	nsubj
3	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 died	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 killed	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 killed	cc
7	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	8 Jews	det
8	Jews	Jew	PROPN	Number=Plur	11 killed	nsubj:pass
9	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 killed	aux:pass
10	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	11 killed	advmod
11	killed	kill	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 died	conj
12	at	at	ADP	_	14 place	case
13	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	14 place	det
14	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 killed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	die	past	Ukrainians			there			vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	kill	past · passive		no Jews		that place	ever		vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3

Nobody died there

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	2 died	nsubj
2	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	2 died	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	die	past	Nobody			there			vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

Option 4

It was a battle between armies

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 battle	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 battle	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 battle	det
4	battle	battle	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	between	between	ADP	_	6 armies	case
6	armies	army	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 battle	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	It	a battle				between armies	tree rules

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