Test 11 · ★ · China: the First Emperor, the Terracotta Army and the Grea…

Why do Chinese characters get called «Han characters»?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: call · To what, where: Chinese characters · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 52 «China: the First Emperor, the Terracotta Army and the Great Wall» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 called	advmod
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 called	aux
3	Chinese	Chinese	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 characters	amod
4	characters	character	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 called	nsubj:pass
5	get	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 called	aux:pass
6	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	«	«	PUNCT	_	9 characters	punct
8	Han	Han	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 characters	compound
9	characters	character	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 called	xcomp
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	9 characters	punct
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 called	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	present · passive · do-support		Chinese characters					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient

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

A famous film used that name

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 film	det
2	famous	famous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 film	amod
3	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 film	acl
5	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 name	det
6	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 used	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	participle	a famous film not said here	that name					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Patient

Option 2

They were invented in 1905

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 invented	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 invented	aux:pass
3	invented	invent	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 1905	case
5	1905	1905	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 invented	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	invent	past · passive		They		1905			vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Han means «brush»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Han	han	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 brush	punct
4	brush	brush	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	obj
5	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 brush	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Han	brush					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brush=Topic

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The Han dynasty was so long and important

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 dynasty	det
2	Han	Han	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 dynasty	compound
3	dynasty	dynasty	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 long	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 long	cop
5	so	so	ADV	_	6 long	advmod
6	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 important	cc
8	important	important	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 long	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the Han dynasty					long property	tree rules
2	be		the Han dynasty not said here						tree rules

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