Test 3 · ★★ · China: modern China, space and contested topics

Mei says China sent a man to space before America. What is the honest version?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mei, China, honest version · What happens: say, send, be · To what, where: man, space · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 · ★★ 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 sent a man to space before America.

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	4 sent	nsubj
4	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 says	ccomp
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 man	det
6	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sent	obj
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 space	case
8	space	space	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sent	obl
9	before	before	ADP	_	10 America	case
10	America	America	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 sent	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Mei						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	send	past	China	a man		space	before America		vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent man=Theme to space=Destination

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 the honest version?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 version	det
4	honest	honest	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 version	amod
5	version	version	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the honest version						tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

China was third, in 2003; the USSR and the USA went in 1961

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	China	China	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 third	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 third	cop
3	third	third	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	13 went	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 third	punct
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 2003	case
6	2003	2003	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 third	obl
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	13 went	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 USSR	det
9	USSR	USSR	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 went	nsubj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 USA	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 USA	det
12	USA	USA	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 USSR	conj
13	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	in	in	ADP	_	15 1961	case
15	1961	1961	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	13 went	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	China			2003		third property	tree rules
2	go	past	the USSR and the USA			1961			vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in 1961=Location

Option 2

Mei is right: China sent its first astronaut up in 1950

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mei	Mei	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 sent	punct
5	China	China	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 sent	nsubj
6	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 right	conj
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 astronaut	nmod:poss
8	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	9 astronaut	amod
9	astronaut	astronaut	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sent	obj
10	up	up	ADP	_	6 sent	compound:prt
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 1950	case
12	1950	1950	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	6 sent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Mei					right property	tree rules
2	send up	past	China	its first astronaut		1950			vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent astronaut=Theme in 1950=Destination

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

China has never sent anyone to space, only robots and probes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	China	China	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 sent	nsubj
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 sent	aux
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 sent	advmod
4	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 sent	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 space	case
7	space	space	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sent	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 robots	punct
9	only	only	ADV	_	10 robots	advmod
10	robots	robot	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 space	conj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 probes	cc
12	probes	probe	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 robots	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not send	present · perfect	China	anyone		space and robots and probes			vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent anyone=Theme to space=Destination

Option 4

China and America sent their first astronauts on the same day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	China	China	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 sent	nsubj
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 America	cc
3	America	America	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 China	conj
4	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 astronauts	nmod:poss
6	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	7 astronauts	amod
7	astronauts	astronaut	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 sent	obj
8	on	on	ADP	_	11 day	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 day	det
10	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 day	amod
11	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	past	China and America	China's first astronauts			day		vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent astronaut=Theme

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