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Test 5 · ★★ · China: modern China, space and contested topics

The teacher thought the ISS was the only space station. What did Mei teach him?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: teacher, ISS, Mei · What happens: think, be, teach · To what, where: only space station, teacher · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 · ★★ 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: The teacher thought the ISS was the only space station.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 teacher	det
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 thought	nsubj
3	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 ISS	det
5	ISS	ISS	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 station	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 station	cop
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 station	det
8	only	only	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 station	amod
9	space	space	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 station	compound
10	station	station	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 thought	ccomp
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 thought	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	the teacher						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	the ISS	the only space station					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 did Mei teach him?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 teach	obj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 teach	aux
3	Mei	Mei	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 teach	nsubj
4	teach	teach	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 teach	obj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 teach	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	teach speech: other	past · do-support	Mei		teacher				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent what=Recipient he=Topic

The options

Option 1

Tiangong is a Chinese station built on the Moon in 2022

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tiangong	Tiangong	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 station	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 station	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 station	det
4	Chinese	Chinese	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 station	amod
5	station	station	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	built	build	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 station	acl
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 Moon	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Moon	det
9	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 built	obl
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 2022	case
11	2022	2022	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	6 built	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Tiangong	a Chinese station					tree rules
2	build	participle		a Chinese station not said here		the Moon		in 2022	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in 2022=Attribute

Option 2

There are no space stations at all, only rockets

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	2 are	expl
2	are	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 stations	det
4	space	space	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stations	compound
5	stations	station	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 are	nsubj
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 all	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 stations	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 rockets	punct
9	only	only	ADV	_	10 rockets	advmod
10	rockets	rocket	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 stations	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	does	present	no space stations at all and rockets			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

China has its own station, Tiangong, finished in 2022

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	China	China	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 has	nsubj
2	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 station	nmod:poss
4	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 station	amod
5	station	station	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 has	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 Tiangong	punct
7	Tiangong	Tiangong	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 station	appos
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 finished	punct
9	finished	finish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 Tiangong	acl
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 2022	case
11	2022	2022	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	9 finished	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	China	its own station					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent station=Patient
2	finish	participle		Tiangong not said here		2022			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 4

The ISS itself was built and is owned only by China

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 ISS	det
2	ISS	ISS	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 built	nsubj:pass
3	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes	2 ISS	nmod:unmarked
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 built	aux:pass
5	built	build	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 owned	cc
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 owned	aux:pass
8	owned	own	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 built	conj
9	only	only	ADV	_	8 owned	advmod
10	by	by	ADP	_	11 China	case
11	China	China	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 owned	obl:agent

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	build	past · passive		the ISS ISS					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product
2	own	present · passive	China						vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot

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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