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Test 1 · ★ · China: 1911, 1949 and Mao

Mei says Sun Yat-sen ended the empire all by himself. What is fairer?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mei, Sun sen · What happens: say, end, be · To what, where: empire · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 58 «China: 1911, 1949 and Mao» 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 Sun Yat-sen ended the empire all by himself.

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	Sun	Sun	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 sen	compound
4	Yat	Yat	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Sun	flat
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 sen	punct
6	sen	sen	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 ended	nsubj
7	ended	end	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 says	ccomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 empire	det
9	empire	empire	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 ended	obj
10	all	all	ADV	_	12 himself	advmod
11	by	by	ADP	_	12 himself	case
12	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	7 ended	obl
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 clause=Topic
2	end	past	Sun sen	the empire				by sen	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality empire=Eventuality

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 fairer?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

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

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

The options

Option 1

He was a Qing general

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 general	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 general	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 general	det
4	Qing	Qing	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 general	compound
5	general	general	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	He	a Qing general					tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He led the republic, but many groups made the revolution

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 led	nsubj
2	led	lead	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 republic	det
4	republic	republic	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 led	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 made	punct
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 made	cc
7	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 groups	amod
8	groups	group	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 made	nsubj
9	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 led	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 revolution	det
11	revolution	revolution	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 made	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lead	past	He	the republic					vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent republic=Theme
2	make	past	many groups	the revolution					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset revolution=Product

Option 3

Exactly right, he fought alone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Exactly	exactly	ADV	_	2 right	advmod
2	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 fought	advcl
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 fought	punct
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 fought	nsubj
5	fought	fight	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	alone	alone	ADV	_	5 fought	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fight	past	he					alone property	vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

He was born after 1949

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 born	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 born	aux:pass
3	born	bear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	after	after	ADP	_	5 1949	case
5	1949	1949	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 born	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bear	past · passive		He			after 1949		vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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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