Test 1 · ★★ · China: modern China, space and contested topics
Mei says China will be the richest country in the world next year. What should she check?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mei, China · What happens: say, be, check · To what, where: richest country, world · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 59 «China: modern China, space and contested topics» 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 China will be the richest country in the world next year.
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 | China | China | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 country | nsubj |
| 4 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 country | aux |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 8 country | cop |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 country | det |
| 7 | richest | rich | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 8 country | amod |
| 8 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 says | ccomp |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 world | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 world | det |
| 11 | world | world | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 country | nmod |
| 12 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 year | amod |
| 13 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 says | obl:unmarked |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Mei | year | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | is a | future | China | the richest country | the world | 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.
Sentence 2: What should she check?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 check | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 check | aux |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 check | nsubj |
| 4 | check | check | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 check | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | check | should | China | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme |
The options
Option 1
Which country has more pandas and more high-speed trains
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 country | det |
| 2 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 has | nsubj |
| 3 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 5 pandas | amod |
| 5 | pandas | panda | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 has | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 trains | cc |
| 7 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 11 trains | amod |
| 8 | high | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 speed | amod |
| 9 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 8 high | punct |
| 10 | speed | speed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 trains | compound |
| 11 | trains | train | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 pandas | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | which country | more pandas and more speed trains | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent panda=Patient |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
The difference between total size and wealth per person
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 difference | det |
| 2 | difference | difference | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | between | between | ADP | _ | 5 size | case |
| 4 | total | total | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 size | amod |
| 5 | size | size | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 difference | nmod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 wealth | cc |
| 7 | wealth | wealth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 size | conj |
| 8 | per | per | ADP | _ | 9 person | case |
| 9 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 wealth | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Only how many people live in China's biggest cities
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 3 many | advmod |
| 2 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 3 many | advmod |
| 3 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 people | amod |
| 4 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 live | nsubj |
| 5 | live | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 cities | case |
| 7 | China | China | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 cities | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 China | case |
| 9 | biggest | big | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 10 cities | amod |
| 10 | cities | city | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 live | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | present | many people | China's biggest cities | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in city=Location |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Nothing: if the economy is big, every person is rich
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 big | punct |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 7 big | mark |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 economy | det |
| 5 | economy | economy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 big | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 big | cop |
| 7 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Nothing | amod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 rich | punct |
| 9 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 10 person | det |
| 10 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 rich | nsubj |
| 11 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 rich | cop |
| 12 | rich | rich | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 big | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the economy | big property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | present | every person | rich property | tree rules |
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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