Test 6 · ★★ · China: modern China, space and contested topics

Mei says «Taiwan is a province of China»; a classmate shouts «Taiwan is a country!». What did the teacher wisely do?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mei, Taiwan, classmate · What happens: say, be, shout, do · To what, where: province, country · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 · ★★ 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 «Taiwan is a province of China»; a classmate shouts «Taiwan is a country!».

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	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 province	punct
4	Taiwan	Taiwan	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 province	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 province	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 province	det
7	province	province	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 says	ccomp
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 China	case
9	China	China	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 province	nmod
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	7 province	punct
11	;	;	PUNCT	_	14 shouts	punct
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 classmate	det
13	classmate	classmate	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 shouts	nsubj
14	shouts	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 says	conj
15	«	«	PUNCT	_	19 country	punct
16	Taiwan	Taiwan	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 country	nsubj
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 country	cop
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 country	det
19	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 shouts	ccomp
20	!	!	PUNCT	_	19 country	punct
21	»	»	PUNCT	_	19 country	punct
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Mei			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a in a quote	present	Taiwan	a province	of China	tree rules
3	shout speech: express	present	a classmate			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	is a in a quote	present	Taiwan	a country		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 the teacher wisely do?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 do	obj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 do	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 teacher	det
4	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 did	obj
5	wisely	wisely	ADV	_	6 do	advmod
6	do	do	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past · do-support						wisely property	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Give Mei a prize, because she said it first and loudest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Give	give	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	Mei	Mei	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Give	iobj
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 prize	det
4	prize	prize	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Give	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 said	punct
6	because	because	SCONJ	_	8 said	mark
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 said	nsubj
8	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Give	parataxis
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 said	obj
10	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	8 said	advmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 loudest	cc
12	loudest	loud	ADJ	Degree=Sup	1 Give	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	imperative	you not said here	a prize	Mei				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent mei=Recipient prize=Theme
2	say speech: assert	past	Mei	prize				first property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic

Option 2

Tell the class that one side is stupid and move on to the next topic

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 class	det
3	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obj
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 stupid	mark
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 side	nummod
6	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stupid	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 stupid	cop
8	stupid	stupid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Tell	advcl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 move	cc
10	move	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Tell	conj
11	on	on	ADV	_	10 move	advmod
12	to	to	ADP	_	15 topic	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 topic	det
14	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 topic	amod
15	topic	topic	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 move	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	the class			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent class=Recipient
2	is	present	one side			stupid property	tree rules
3	move on	present	you not said here		the next topic		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to topic=Trajectory

Option 3

Send the classmate out of the room for shouting at Mei

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Send	send	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 classmate	det
3	classmate	classmate	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Send	obj
4	out	out	ADP	_	7 room	case
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 room	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 room	det
7	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Send	obl
8	for	for	SCONJ	_	9 shouting	mark
9	shouting	shout	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Send	advcl
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 Mei	case
11	Mei	Mei	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 shouting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	imperative	you not said here	the classmate		the room			vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent classmate=Theme out room=Initial_Location
2	shout speech: express	gerund	you not said here			Mei			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Stop the shouting, explain both views and the undisputed facts

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 shouting	det
3	shouting	shouting	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Stop	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 explain	punct
5	explain	explain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Stop	conj
6	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	7 views	det
7	views	view	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 explain	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 facts	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 facts	det
10	undisputed	undisputed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 facts	amod
11	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 views	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	imperative	you not said here	the shouting					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality shouting=Eventuality
2	explain speech: assert	infinitive	you not said here	both views and the undisputed facts					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent view=Topic

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