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Test 9 · ★ · China: 1911, 1949 and Mao

The Cultural Revolution was «about culture», says Mei. What is truer?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Cultural Revolution · What happens: be, say · To what, where: culture · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★ 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: The Cultural Revolution was «about culture», says Mei.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Revolution	det
2	Cultural	cultural	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 Revolution	amod
3	Revolution	Revolution	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 says	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 culture	cop
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 culture	punct
6	about	about	ADV	_	7 culture	advmod
7	culture	culture	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 Revolution	nmod
8	»	»	PUNCT	_	7 culture	punct
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 Revolution	punct
10	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	Mei	Mei	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 says	nsubj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	past		culture				about property	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	present	the Cultural Revolution						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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 truer?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

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

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

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

It built thousands of new museums for old paintings and books

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 built	nsubj
2	built	build	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	thousands	thousand	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 built	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 museums	case
5	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 museums	amod
6	museums	museum	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 thousands	nmod
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 paintings	case
8	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 paintings	amod
9	paintings	painting	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 built	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 books	cc
11	books	book	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 paintings	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	build	past	It	thousands of new museums				for old paintings and books	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent thousand=Product for painting=Asset

Option 2

It invented Chinese opera

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 invented	nsubj
2	invented	invent	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Chinese	Chinese	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 opera	amod
4	opera	opera	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 invented	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	invent	past	It	Chinese opera					vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent opera=Result

Option 3

It taught everyone to paint

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 taught	nsubj
2	taught	teach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	2 taught	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 paint	mark
5	paint	paint	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 taught	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	teach speech: other	past	It	everyone					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient clause=Topic
2	paint	to-infinitive	everyone not said here						vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It harmed culture: books and temples were destroyed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 harmed	nsubj
2	harmed	harm	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	culture	culture	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 harmed	obj
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 books	punct
5	books	book	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 destroyed	nsubj:pass
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 temples	cc
7	temples	temple	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 books	conj
8	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 destroyed	aux:pass
9	destroyed	destroy	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 culture	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	harm	past	It	culture					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus culture=Experiencer
2	destroy	past · passive	culture not said here	books and temples					vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

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