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Test 4 · ★★ · China: the Song and the Mongols

Mei says «China absorbed the Mongols», the teacher «the Mongols ruled China». Wisest?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mei, China, teacher · What happens: say, absorb, rule · To what, where: Mongols, China · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 55 «China: the Song and the Mongols» 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 «China absorbed the Mongols», the teacher «the Mongols ruled China».

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	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 absorbed	punct
4	China	China	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 absorbed	nsubj
5	absorbed	absorb	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 says	ccomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Mongols	det
7	Mongols	Mongol	PROPN	Number=Plur	5 absorbed	obj
8	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 absorbed	punct
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 ruled	punct
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 teacher	det
11	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 ruled	nsubj
12	«	«	PUNCT	_	15 ruled	punct
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Mongols	det
14	Mongols	Mongol	PROPN	Number=Plur	15 ruled	nsubj
15	ruled	rule	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 says	parataxis
16	China	China	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 ruled	obj
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 ruled	punct
18	.	.	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	absorb in a quote	past	China	the Mongols					vn absorb-39.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Goal mongol=Theme
3	rule in a quote	past	the teacher	China					vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent china=Result

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: Wisest?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wisest	wise	ADJ	Degree=Sup	root	root
2	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Wisest	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

The options

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

A Mongol dynasty ruling China through a Chinese-style state

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 dynasty	det
2	Mongol	mongol	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 dynasty	compound
3	dynasty	dynasty	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	ruling	rule	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 dynasty	acl
5	China	China	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 ruling	obj
6	through	through	ADP	_	11 state	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 state	det
8	Chinese	Chinese	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 style	amod
9	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 Chinese	punct
10	style	style	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 state	compound
11	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ruling	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rule	gerund	a Mongol dynasty not said here	China		a style state			vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent china=Result

Option 2

The Mongols never came

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	4 came	nsubj
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 came	advmod
4	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not come	past	the Mongols						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Only Mei is right

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 Mei	advmod
2	Mei	Mei	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 right	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 right	cop
4	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

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

Option 4

China conquered Mongolia and made it a province ruled from the south

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	China	China	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 conquered	nsubj
2	conquered	conquer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Mongolia	Mongolia	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 conquered	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 made	cc
5	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 conquered	conj
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 made	obj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 province	det
8	province	province	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 made	obj
9	ruled	rule	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 province	acl
10	from	from	ADP	_	12 south	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 south	det
12	south	south	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 ruled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conquer	past	China	Mongolia					vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mongolia=Patient
2	make	past	China not said here	it					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset it=Beneficiary province=Product
3	rule	participle		a province not said here		the south			vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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