Test 3 · China: the Ming and Zheng He's voyages

omg mei says china found america in 1421!! true?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: mei · What happens: say, find · To what, where: china found america, 1421 · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 of lesson 56 «China: the Ming and Zheng He's voyages» 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	omg	omg	INTJ	_	3 says	discourse
2	mei	mei	X	Foreign=Yes	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	china	china	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 america	compound
5	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 america	amod
6	america	america	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 1421	case
8	1421	1421	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 says	obl
9	!!	!!	PUNCT	_	10 true	punct
10	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 says	parataxis
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	mei	china found america		1421			vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent america=Theme in 1421=Manner
2	find	participle							vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent

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

No evidence; Zheng He's farthest voyages reached East Africa

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 evidence	det
2	evidence	evidence	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 reached	nsubj
3	;	;	PUNCT	_	4 Zheng	punct
4	Zheng	Zheng	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 evidence	appos
5	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 voyages	nsubj
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 voyages	cop
7	farthest	far	ADJ	Degree=Sup	8 voyages	amod
8	voyages	voyage	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 Zheng	parataxis
9	reached	reach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	East	East	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 Africa	compound
11	Africa	Africa	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 reached	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	evidence	farthest voyages					tree rules
2	reach	past	no evidence	East Africa					vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent africa=Theme

Option 2

No, he went to the Moon

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 went	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 went	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 went	nsubj
4	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 Moon	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Moon	det
7	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 went	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past	he			the Moon			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to moon=Initial_Location

Option 3

Yes, he founded New York

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 founded	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 founded	nsubj
4	founded	found	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	New	New	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 York	flat
6	York	York	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 founded	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	found	past	he	New York					vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent york=Patient

Option 4

Yes, proven by old Chinese maps that show the coast of California

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 proven	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 proven	punct
3	proven	prove	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	7 maps	case
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 maps	amod
6	Chinese	Chinese	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 maps	amod
7	maps	map	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 proven	obl
8	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 show	nsubj
9	show	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 maps	acl:relcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 coast	det
11	coast	coast	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 show	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 California	case
13	California	California	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 coast	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prove	participle						by old Chinese maps	vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
2	show	present	old Chinese maps	the coast of California					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent coast=Recipient

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