Test 5 · ★★ · China: the Song and the Mongols

dude says marco polo never went to china cos he didn't mention the wall. convinced?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: dude, marco polo, polo · What happens: say, not go, not mention · To what, where: china, wall · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 · ★★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	dude	dude	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	marco	marco	X	_	4 polo	compound
4	polo	polo	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 went	nsubj
5	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	6 went	advmod
6	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 says	ccomp
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 china	case
8	china	china	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 went	obl
9	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	13 mention	mark
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 mention	nsubj
11	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 mention	aux
12	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 mention	advmod
13	mention	mention	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 went	advcl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 wall	det
15	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 mention	obj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	17 convinced	punct
17	convinced	convinced	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 says	ccomp
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	dude			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not go	past	marco polo		china	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to china=Initial_Location
3	not mention speech: other	past · do-support	polo	the wall		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent wall=Topic

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

Yes, it is proven he stayed at home in Venice the whole time and made it up

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 proven	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 proven	nsubj:pass
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 proven	aux:pass
5	proven	prove	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 stayed	advcl
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 stayed	nsubj
7	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 home	case
9	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stayed	obl
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 Venice	case
11	Venice	Venice	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 stayed	obl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 time	det
13	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 time	amod
14	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stayed	obl:unmarked
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 made	cc
16	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 stayed	conj
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 made	obj
18	up	up	ADP	_	16 made	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prove	present · passive		it				vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	stay	past	he		home	time	in Venice	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at home=Location
3	make up	past	he not said here	home				vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Pivot

Option 2

He went to Japan instead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 went	nsubj
2	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	4 Japan	case
4	Japan	Japan	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 went	obl
5	instead	instead	ADV	_	2 went	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past	He			Japan		instead property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to japan=Initial_Location

Option 3

He invented China

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 invented	nsubj
2	invented	invent	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	China	China	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 invented	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	invent	past	He	China					vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent china=Result

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Most historians think he went; his details fit Chinese records

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	2 historians	amod
2	historians	historian	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 think	nsubj
3	think	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 went	nsubj
5	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 think	ccomp
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 fit	punct
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 details	nmod:poss
8	details	detail	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 fit	nsubj
9	fit	fit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 think	advcl
10	Chinese	Chinese	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 records	amod
11	records	record	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 fit	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	think speech: other	present	Most historians		vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	go	past	he		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	fit	present	his details	Chinese records	vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent record=Patient
4	detail		his = he		nom detail «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

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