Test 3 · ★ · China: the Qing and the Opium Wars

lol the emperor told the king of England «we got everything, go home»?? real?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: emperor, we · What happens: tell, get, go · To what, where: king, everything · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 · ★ 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	lol	lol	INTJ	_	4 told	discourse
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 emperor	det
3	emperor	emperor	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 told	nsubj
4	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 king	det
6	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 told	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 England	case
8	England	England	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 king	nmod
9	«	«	PUNCT	_	11 got	punct
10	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	11 got	nsubj
11	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 told	conj
12	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	11 got	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 go	punct
14	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 told	ccomp
15	home	home	ADV	_	14 go	advmod
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 go	punct
17	??	??	PUNCT	_	18 real	punct
18	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 told	conj
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 told	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	the emperor		the king of England		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Agent king=Recipient clause=Topic
2	get in a quote	past	we	everything			vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer everything=Stimulus
3	go in a quote	infinitive				home property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

Yes, Qianlong wrote that China had all things

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 wrote	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	Qianlong	Qianlong	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 wrote	nsubj
4	wrote	write	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 had	mark
6	China	China	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 had	nsubj
7	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 wrote	ccomp
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 things	det
9	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 had	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	past	Qianlong						vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	have	past	China	all things					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Patient

Option 2

No, China begged for British goods

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 begged	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	China	China	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 begged	nsubj
4	begged	beg	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 goods	case
6	British	British	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 goods	amod
7	goods	goods	NOUN	Number=Ptan	4 begged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	beg speech: request	past	China					for British goods	vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent for goods=Topic

Option 3

Yes, but it was a joke letter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	8 letter	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 letter	cc
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 letter	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 letter	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 letter	det
7	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 letter	compound
8	letter	letter	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	it	a joke letter					tree rules

Option 4

No, the letter was invented by a film

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 invented	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 letter	det
4	letter	letter	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 invented	nsubj:pass
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 invented	aux:pass
6	invented	invent	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 film	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 film	det
9	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 invented	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	invent	past · passive	a film	the letter					vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Result

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