Test 6 · ★ · China: the First Emperor, the Terracotta Army and the Grea…
Mei says no enemy ever got past the Great Wall. What would the teacher answer?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mei, enemy, teacher · What happens: say, get, answer · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★ 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
Sentence 1: Mei says no enemy ever got past the Great Wall.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mei | Mei | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 4 enemy | det |
| 4 | enemy | enemy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 got | nsubj |
| 5 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 6 got | advmod |
| 6 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 says | ccomp |
| 7 | past | past | ADP | _ | 10 Wall | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 Wall | det |
| 9 | Great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 Wall | amod |
| 10 | Wall | Wall | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 got | obl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Mei | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | get | past | no enemy | ever | past the Great Wall | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme past wall=Destination |
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 would the teacher answer?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 answer | obj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 answer | aux |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 teacher | det |
| 4 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 answer | nsubj |
| 5 | answer | answer | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 answer | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | answer speech: assert | would | the teacher | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
The Mongols conquered China and the Manchus came through in 1644
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Mongols | det |
| 2 | Mongols | Mongol | PROPN | Number=Plur | 3 conquered | nsubj |
| 3 | conquered | conquer | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | China | China | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 conquered | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 came | cc |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Manchus | det |
| 7 | Manchus | Manchu | PROPN | Number=Plur | 8 came | nsubj |
| 8 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 conquered | conj |
| 9 | through | through | ADV | _ | 8 came | advmod |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 1644 | case |
| 11 | 1644 | 1644 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 8 came | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | conquer | past | the Mongols | China | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent china=Patient | ||||
| 2 | come through | past | the Manchus | 1644 | through property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in 1644=Location |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Only dragons got past
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 2 dragons | advmod |
| 2 | dragons | dragon | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 got | nsubj |
| 3 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | past | past | ADV | _ | 3 got | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get past | past | dragons | past property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 3
She is right; nobody got past
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 6 got | punct |
| 5 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 6 got | nsubj |
| 6 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | conj |
| 7 | past | past | ADV | _ | 6 got | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | She | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | get past | past | nobody | past property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 4
Only the Romans got past, by sailing round the end of it into the sea
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 4 got | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Romans | det |
| 3 | Romans | Roman | PROPN | Number=Plur | 4 got | nsubj |
| 4 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | past | past | ADV | _ | 4 got | advmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 sailing | punct |
| 7 | by | by | SCONJ | _ | 8 sailing | mark |
| 8 | sailing | sail | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 got | advcl |
| 9 | round | round | ADP | _ | 11 end | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 end | det |
| 11 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 sailing | obl |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 it | case |
| 13 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 end | nmod |
| 14 | into | into | ADP | _ | 16 sea | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 sea | det |
| 16 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 sailing | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get past | past | the Romans | past property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | sail | gerund | the Romans not said here | the sea | round the end of end | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent round end=Trajectory |
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