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Test 1 · ★ · China: the Qing and the Opium Wars

Mei says the Qing were just Chinese; the teacher says foreigners. What is wisest?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mei, Qing, teacher · What happens: say, be · To what, where: foreigners · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 57 «China: the Qing and the Opium Wars» 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 the Qing were just Chinese; the teacher says foreigners.

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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Qing	det
4	Qing	Qing	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Chinese	nsubj
5	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 Chinese	cop
6	just	just	ADV	_	7 Chinese	advmod
7	Chinese	Chinese	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 says	ccomp
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 says	punct
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 teacher	det
10	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 says	nsubj
11	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 says	conj
12	foreigners	foreigner	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 says	obj
13	.	.	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
2	is	past	the Qing					chinese property	tree rules
3	say speech: assert	present	the teacher	foreigners					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent foreigner=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.

Sentence 2: What is wisest?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 wisest	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 wisest	cop
3	wisest	wise	ADJ	Degree=Sup	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 wisest	punct

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

The options

Option 1

Only Chinese, the Manchus are a myth made up by later writers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 Chinese	advmod
2	Chinese	Chinese	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 myth	amod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Chinese	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Manchus	det
5	Manchus	Manchu	PROPN	Number=Plur	8 myth	nsubj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 myth	cop
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 myth	det
8	myth	myth	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 myth	acl
10	up	up	ADP	_	9 made	compound:prt
11	by	by	ADP	_	13 writers	case
12	later	late	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	13 writers	amod
13	writers	writer	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 made	obl:agent

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the Manchus	a Chinese myth					tree rules
2	make up	participle		a Chinese myth not said here					vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme

Option 2

British rulers in Chinese clothes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	British	British	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 rulers	amod
2	rulers	ruler	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 clothes	case
4	Chinese	Chinese	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 clothes	amod
5	clothes	clothes	NOUN	Number=Ptan	2 rulers	nmod

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

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

A Manchu dynasty that ruled through Chinese institutions

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	Manchu	Manchu	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 dynasty	compound
3	dynasty	dynasty	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 ruled	nsubj
5	ruled	rule	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 dynasty	acl:relcl
6	through	through	ADP	_	8 institutions	case
7	Chinese	Chinese	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 institutions	amod
8	institutions	institution	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 ruled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rule	past	a Manchu dynasty			Chinese institutions			vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Only foreigners who changed nothing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 foreigners	advmod
2	foreigners	foreigner	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 changed	nsubj
4	changed	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 foreigners	acl:relcl
5	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	4 changed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	change	past	foreigners	nothing					vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Patient

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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