Test 10 · ★ · China: the Qing and the Opium Wars

the Boxers were bulletproof right? my bro saw it in a game

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: bro · What happens: bulletproof, see · To what, where: Boxers, it, game

This is test 10 · ★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Boxers	det
2	Boxers	Boxer	PROPN	Number=Plur	4 bulletproof	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 bulletproof	aux:pass
4	bulletproof	bulletproof	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 saw	parataxis
5	right	right	ADV	_	4 bulletproof	advmod
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 bulletproof	punct
7	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 bro	nmod:poss
8	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 saw	nsubj
9	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 saw	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 game	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 game	det
13	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 saw	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bulletproof	past · passive		the Boxers				right property	tree rules
2	see	past	my bro	it		a game			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

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, but only on Sundays

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 Sundays	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	6 Sundays	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 Sundays	advmod
5	on	on	ADP	_	6 Sundays	case
6	Sundays	Sunday	PROPN	Number=Plur	root	root

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

Option 2

No, they had no beliefs at all and fought only for money and food

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 had	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 had	nsubj
4	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 beliefs	det
6	beliefs	belief	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 had	obj
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 all	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 had	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 fought	cc
10	fought	fight	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 had	conj
11	only	only	ADV	_	13 money	advmod
12	for	for	ADP	_	13 money	case
13	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 fought	obj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 food	cc
15	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 money	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	they	no beliefs		all			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent belief=Patient
2	fight	past	they not said here	money and food					vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Co-Agent

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

No; some believed rituals protected them, but bullets did not stop

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 believed	discourse
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	4 believed	nsubj
4	believed	believe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	rituals	ritual	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 protected	nsubj
6	protected	protect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 believed	ccomp
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 protected	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 stop	punct
9	but	but	CCONJ	_	13 stop	cc
10	bullets	bullet	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 stop	nsubj
11	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 stop	aux
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 stop	advmod
13	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 believed	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	believe	past	some		vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	protect	past	rituals	them = they	vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Beneficiary
3	not stop	past · do-support	bullets		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 4

Yes, their armour was magic

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 magic	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 armour	nmod:poss
4	armour	armour	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 magic	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 magic	cop
6	magic	magic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	their armour					magic property	tree rules

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