Exam question 3 · China: modern China, space and contested topics

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the governance of Taiwan since 1949.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, governance

This is exam question 3 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 governance	det
11	governance	governance	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 Taiwan	case
13	Taiwan	Taiwan	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 governance	nmod
14	since	since	ADP	_	15 1949	case
15	1949	1949	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	9 concerning	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle					vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the governance of Taiwan	since 1949		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus governance=Experiencer

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

It has been a colony of Britain, administered from Hong Kong until the year 1997

The tree, 15 words

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	5 colony	nsubj
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 colony	aux
3	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 colony	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 colony	det
5	colony	colony	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 Britain	case
7	Britain	Britain	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 colony	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 administered	punct
9	administered	administer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 colony	acl:relcl
10	from	from	ADP	_	11 Hong	case
11	Hong	Hong	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 administered	obl
12	Kong	Kong	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 Hong	flat
13	until	until	ADP	_	15 year	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 year	det
15	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 administered	obl
16	1997	1997	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	15 year	flat

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present · perfect	It	a colony				of Britain	tree rules
2	administer	past	a colony not said here			Hong	year		vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

It has been governed by Japan, its status being settled by a treaty of 1949

The tree, 15 words

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	4 governed	nsubj:pass
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 governed	aux
3	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 governed	aux:pass
4	governed	govern	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 Japan	case
6	Japan	Japan	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 governed	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 settled	punct
8	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 status	nmod:poss
9	status	status	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 settled	nsubj:pass
10	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 settled	aux:pass
11	settled	settle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 governed	conj
12	by	by	ADP	_	14 treaty	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 treaty	det
14	treaty	treaty	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 settled	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 1949	case
16	1949	1949	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	14 treaty	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	govern	present · perfect · passive	Japan	It					vn supervision-95.2.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	settle	gerund · passive	a treaty of 1949	its status					vn odge-46-1 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme subject=Location

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It has been governed separately with its own elected government, its status being contested

The tree, 14 words

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	4 governed	nsubj:pass
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 governed	aux
3	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 governed	aux:pass
4	governed	govern	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	separately	separately	ADV	_	4 governed	advmod
6	with	with	ADP	_	10 government	case
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 government	nmod:poss
8	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 government	amod
9	elected	elect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 government	amod
10	government	government	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 governed	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 status	punct
12	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 status	nmod:poss
13	status	status	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 government	conj
14	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	15 contested	aux:pass
15	contested	contest	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 governed	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	govern	present · perfect · passive	It	with its own elected government and its status; separately property	vn supervision-95.2.2 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme
2	elect	participle			vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	contest	gerund · passive			tree rules

Option 4

It has been administered directly from Beijing, with no elected government of its own

The tree, 14 words

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	4 administered	nsubj:pass
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 administered	aux
3	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 administered	aux:pass
4	administered	administer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	directly	directly	ADV	_	4 administered	advmod
6	from	from	ADP	_	7 Beijing	case
7	Beijing	Beijing	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 administered	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 government	punct
9	with	with	ADP	_	12 government	case
10	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	12 government	det
11	elected	elect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 government	amod
12	government	government	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 administered	obl:agent
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 own	case
14	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 own	nmod:poss
15	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 government	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	administer	present · perfect · passive	no elected government of government's own	It		Beijing		directly property	vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	elect	participle							vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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