Test 6 · The Mughals, the Ming and the empires of Asia

Which happened first?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: happen

This is test 6 of lesson 35 «The Mughals, the Ming and the empires of Asia» of the geography 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	2 happened	nsubj
2	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	2 happened	advmod
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 happened	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	past						first property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=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.

The options

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

The Ming took power from the Yuan

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Ming	det
2	Ming	Ming	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 took	nsubj
3	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 took	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 Yuan	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Yuan	det
7	Yuan	Yuan	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 took	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	past	the Ming	power		the Yuan			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent power=Theme from yuan=Initial_Location

Option 2

The Taj Mahal was finished

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Mahal	det
2	Taj	Taj	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Mahal	compound
3	Mahal	Mahal	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 finished	nsubj:pass
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 finished	aux:pass
5	finished	finish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	finish	past · passive		the Taj Mahal					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality

Option 3

The Mughal Empire was founded

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Empire	det
2	Mughal	mughal	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 Empire	compound
3	Empire	Empire	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 founded	nsubj:pass
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 founded	aux:pass
5	founded	found	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	found	past · passive		the Mughal Empire					vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 4

The Qing took Beijing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Qing	det
2	Qing	Qing	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 took	nsubj
3	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	Beijing	Beijing	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 took	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	past	the Qing		Beijing				vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument beijing=Destination

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