Exam question 1 · China: the Qing and the Opium Wars

Identify the principal outcome of the First Opium War as established by the Treaty of Nanjing of 1842.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, establish · To what, where: principal outcome

This is exam question 1 of lesson 57 «China: the Qing and the Opium Wars» of the history course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 outcome	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 outcome	amod
4	outcome	outcome	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	9 War	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 War	det
7	First	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	9 War	amod
8	Opium	Opium	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 War	compound
9	War	War	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 outcome	nmod
10	as	as	SCONJ	_	11 established	mark
11	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Identify	advcl
12	by	by	ADP	_	14 Treaty	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Treaty	det
14	Treaty	Treaty	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 established	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 Nanjing	case
16	Nanjing	Nanjing	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 Treaty	nmod
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 1842	case
18	1842	1842	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	16 Nanjing	nmod
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal outcome of the First Opium War					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent outcome=Theme
2	establish	participle	you not said here					by the Treaty of Nanjing of 1842	vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot

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 annexation of Japan by the Qing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 annexation	det
2	annexation	annexation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 Japan	case
4	Japan	Japan	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 annexation	nmod
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 Qing	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Qing	det
7	Qing	Qing	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 annexation	nmod

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

Option 2

The British withdrawal from all of Asia

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 withdrawal	det
2	British	British	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 withdrawal	amod
3	withdrawal	withdrawal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	5 all	case
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	3 withdrawal	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 Asia	case
7	Asia	Asia	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 withdrawal	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	withdraw			Asia					nom withdrawal «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

The end of the Qing dynasty

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 end	det
2	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 dynasty	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 dynasty	det
5	Qing	Qing	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 dynasty	compound
6	dynasty	dynasty	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 end	nmod

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

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The cession of Hong Kong Island and the opening of five ports

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cession	det
2	cession	cession	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 Island	case
4	Hong	Hong	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Island	compound
5	Kong	Kong	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Island	compound
6	Island	Island	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 cession	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 opening	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 opening	det
9	opening	opening	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cession	conj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 ports	case
11	five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 ports	nummod
12	ports	port	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 opening	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cede			Hong Kong Island					nom cession «act transitive»: of=patient

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