Exam question 3 · China: 1911, 1949 and Mao

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the consequences of the Great Leap Forward?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: consequences

This is exam question 3 of lesson 58 «China: 1911, 1949 and Mao» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 consequences	det
10	consequences	consequence	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	15 Forward	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Forward	det
13	Great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 Forward	amod
14	Leap	Leap	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 Forward	compound
15	Forward	Forward	PROPN	_	10 consequences	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the consequences of the Great Leap Forward				of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules

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 restoration 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 restoration	det
2	restoration	restoration	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 restoration	nmod

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

Option 2

The immediate industrial supremacy of China over Britain and America

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 supremacy	det
2	immediate	immediate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 supremacy	amod
3	industrial	industrial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 supremacy	amod
4	supremacy	supremacy	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 China	case
6	China	China	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 supremacy	nmod
7	over	over	ADP	_	8 Britain	case
8	Britain	Britain	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 supremacy	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 America	cc
10	America	America	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Britain	conj

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

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

A famine causing tens of millions of deaths by most estimates

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 famine	det
2	famine	famine	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 causing	nsubj
3	causing	cause	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	tens	ten	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 causing	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 millions	case
6	millions	million	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 tens	nmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 deaths	case
8	deaths	death	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 millions	nmod
9	by	by	ADP	_	11 estimates	case
10	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	11 estimates	amod
11	estimates	estimate	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 causing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	gerund	a famine	tens of millions of deaths				by most estimates	vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition ten=Patient

Option 4

A sustained surplus of grain

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 surplus	det
2	sustained	sustain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 surplus	amod
3	surplus	surplus	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 grain	case
5	grain	grain	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 surplus	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sustain	participle							vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent

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