Test 2 · ★ · China: 1911, 1949 and Mao

«students saved china in 1919» says Mei. accurate claim?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: students, Mei · What happens: save, say · To what, where: china, 1919, accurate claim · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 saved	punct
2	students	student	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 saved	nsubj
3	saved	save	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 says	ccomp
4	china	china	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 saved	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 1919	case
6	1919	1919	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 saved	obl
7	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 says	punct
8	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	Mei	Mei	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 says	nsubj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 says	punct
11	accurate	accurate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 claim	amod
12	claim	claim	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 says	obj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	save in a quote	past	students	china		1919			vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent china=Theme
2	say speech: assert	present	Mei	accurate claim					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

Yes, they crowned a new emperor and ended the war

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 crowned	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 crowned	nsubj
4	crowned	crown	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 emperor	det
6	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 emperor	amod
7	emperor	emperor	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 crowned	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 ended	cc
9	ended	end	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 crowned	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 war	det
11	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 ended	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	crown	past	they	a new emperor					vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent emperor=Theme
2	end	past	they not said here	the war					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality war=Eventuality

Option 2

Yes, they won a war

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 won	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 won	nsubj
4	won	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 war	det
6	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 won	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	win	past	they	a war					vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent war=Eventuality

Option 3

No, nothing happened in 1919

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 happened	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	4 happened	nsubj
4	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 1919	case
6	1919	1919	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 happened	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	past	nothing			1919			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in 1919=Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

They changed ideas and writing, not saved China

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 changed	nsubj
2	changed	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	ideas	idea	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 changed	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 writing	cc
5	writing	writing	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ideas	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 saved	punct
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 saved	advmod
8	saved	save	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 changed	parataxis
9	China	China	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 saved	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	change	past	They	ideas and writing					vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent idea=Patient
2	not save	participle		China					vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent china=Theme

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