Test 7 · Chornobyl and independence in 1991

Danylo says Ukraine fought a war to win independence in 1991. What's true?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Danylo, Ukraine · What happens: say, fight, win, be · To what, where: war, independence, 1991 · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 of lesson 48 «Chornobyl and independence in 1991» 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 Ukraine fought a war to win independence in 1991.

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	Ukraine	Ukraine	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 fought	nsubj
4	fought	fight	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 says	ccomp
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 war	det
6	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fought	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 win	mark
8	win	win	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 fought	advcl
9	independence	independence	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 win	obj
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 1991	case
11	1991	1991	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	8 win	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Danylo			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	fight	past	Ukraine	a war		vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent war=Co-Agent
3	win	to-infinitive	Ukraine not said here	independence	1991	vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent independence=Eventuality

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 true?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 true	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 true	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						true property	tree rules

The options

Option 1

It took a long ten-year war against the Soviet army in the mountains

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	2 took	nsubj
2	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 war	det
4	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 war	amod
5	ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 year	nummod
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 ten	punct
7	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 war	compound
8	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 took	obj
9	against	against	ADP	_	12 army	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 army	det
11	Soviet	Soviet	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 army	compound
12	army	army	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 took	obl
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 mountains	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 mountains	det
15	mountains	mountain	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 took	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	past	It	a long year war		the mountains		against the Soviet army	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent war=Theme against army=Destination

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

It was won peacefully, by parliament's vote and a referendum

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 won	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 won	aux:pass
3	won	win	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	peacefully	peacefully	ADV	_	3 won	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 vote	punct
6	by	by	ADP	_	9 vote	case
7	parliament	parliament	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 vote	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 parliament	case
9	vote	vote	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 won	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 referendum	cc
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 referendum	det
12	referendum	referendum	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 vote	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	win	past · passive	parliament's vote and a referendum	It				peacefully property	vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Eventuality
2	vote		parliament						nom vote «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

Ukraine has never been independent

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ukraine	Ukraine	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 has	nsubj
2	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 independent	advmod
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 independent	cop
5	independent	independent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 has	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	Ukraine						vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	not is	participle	Ukraine not said here					independent property	tree rules

Option 4

Russia's army handed it over in a battle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Russia	Russia	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 army	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Russia	case
3	army	army	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 handed	nsubj
4	handed	hand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 handed	obj
6	over	over	ADP	_	4 handed	compound:prt
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 battle	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 battle	det
9	battle	battle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 handed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hand over	past	Russia's army	it		a battle			vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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