Exam question 1 · China: modern China, space and contested topics
Identify the position of the People's Republic of China among states that have sent persons into space by their own means.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, send, mean · To what, where: position, states, space, own
This is exam question 1 of lesson 59 «China: modern China, space and contested topics» 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 | Identify | identify | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 position | det |
| 3 | position | position | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Identify | obj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 Republic | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 People | det |
| 6 | People | People | PROPN | Number=Plur | 8 Republic | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 People | case |
| 8 | Republic | Republic | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 position | nmod |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 China | case |
| 10 | China | China | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 Republic | nmod |
| 11 | among | among | ADP | _ | 12 states | case |
| 12 | states | state | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Identify | obl |
| 13 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 15 sent | nsubj:pass |
| 14 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 sent | aux |
| 15 | sent | send | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 states | acl:relcl |
| 16 | persons | person | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 sent | obj |
| 17 | into | into | ADP | _ | 18 space | case |
| 18 | space | space | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 sent | obl |
| 19 | by | by | SCONJ | _ | 22 means | mark |
| 20 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 21 own | nmod:poss |
| 21 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 means | obl |
| 22 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 sent | advcl |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Identify | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | identify | imperative | you not said here | the position of the People's Republic of China | among states | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent position=Theme | |||
| 2 | send | present · perfect · passive | states | space | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Destination person=Theme | ||||
| 3 | mean | present | persons's own | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V 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.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The third, following the USSR and the United States
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 third | det |
| 2 | third | third | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 following | punct |
| 4 | following | follow | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 third | advcl |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 USSR | det |
| 6 | USSR | USSR | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 following | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 States | cc |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 States | det |
| 9 | United | United | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 States | amod |
| 10 | States | State | PROPN | Number=Plur | 6 USSR | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | gerund | the USSR and the United States | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ussr=Theme |
Option 2
The second, preceding the United States by two years
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 second | det |
| 2 | second | second | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 preceding | punct |
| 4 | preceding | precede | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 second | advcl |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 States | det |
| 6 | United | United | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 States | amod |
| 7 | States | State | PROPN | Number=Plur | 4 preceding | obj |
| 8 | by | by | ADP | _ | 10 years | case |
| 9 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 10 years | nummod |
| 10 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 preceding | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | precede | gerund | the United States | year | vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme state=Co-Theme |
Option 3
The first, preceding both the USSR and the United States
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 first | det |
| 2 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 4 preceding | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 preceding | punct |
| 4 | preceding | precede | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | both | both | CCONJ | _ | 7 USSR | cc:preconj |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 USSR | det |
| 7 | USSR | USSR | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 preceding | obl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 States | cc |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 States | det |
| 10 | United | United | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 States | amod |
| 11 | States | State | PROPN | Number=Plur | 7 USSR | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | precede | gerund | the first | the USSR and the United States | vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
The fifth, following India, Japan and the United States
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 India | det |
| 2 | fifth | fifth | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 India | amod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 India | punct |
| 4 | following | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 India | amod |
| 5 | India | India | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 Japan | punct |
| 7 | Japan | Japan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 India | conj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 States | cc |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 States | det |
| 10 | United | United | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 States | amod |
| 11 | States | State | PROPN | Number=Plur | 5 India | conj |
| # | 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 |
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