Test 8 · ★★ · China: modern China, space and contested topics
Mei says nothing happened in 1989. What is widely documented?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mei, nothing · What happens: say, happen, document · To what, where: 1989 · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★★ 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 nothing happened in 1989.
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 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 4 happened | nsubj |
| 4 | happened | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 says | ccomp |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 1989 | case |
| 6 | 1989 | 1989 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 4 happened | obl |
| 7 | . | . | 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 | happen | past | nothing | 1989 | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in 1989=Location |
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 widely documented?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 documented | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 documented | aux:pass |
| 3 | widely | widely | ADV | _ | 4 documented | advmod |
| 4 | documented | document | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 documented | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | document | present · passive | widely property | vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
Protests in Tiananmen Square ended by the army, with many killed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Protests | protest | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 ended | nsubj |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 Square | case |
| 3 | Tiananmen | Tiananmen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Square | compound |
| 4 | Square | Square | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Protests | nmod |
| 5 | ended | end | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 army | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 army | det |
| 8 | army | army | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 ended | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 killed | punct |
| 10 | with | with | SCONJ | _ | 12 killed | mark |
| 11 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 killed | nsubj:pass |
| 12 | killed | kill | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 ended | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | end | past | Protests in Tiananmen Square | by the army | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | kill | participle · passive | many | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 2
A big football final in Tiananmen Square watched by millions
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 final | det |
| 2 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 final | amod |
| 3 | football | football | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 final | compound |
| 4 | final | final | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 Square | case |
| 6 | Tiananmen | Tiananmen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 Square | compound |
| 7 | Square | Square | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 final | nmod |
| 8 | watched | watch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 final | acl |
| 9 | by | by | ADP | _ | 10 millions | case |
| 10 | millions | million | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 watched | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | watch | participle | a big football final in Tiananmen Square not said here | by millions | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by million=Location |
Option 3
Nothing at all: she is right, and all the photos and films are fakes
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 7 right | nsubj |
| 2 | at | at | ADP | _ | 3 all | case |
| 3 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 1 Nothing | nmod |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 right | punct |
| 5 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 right | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 right | cop |
| 7 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 fakes | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 fakes | cc |
| 10 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 12 photos | det:predet |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 photos | det |
| 12 | photos | photo | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 fakes | nsubj |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 films | cc |
| 14 | films | film | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 photos | conj |
| 15 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 fakes | cop |
| 16 | fakes | fake | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 right | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Nothing | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | all photos and films | fakes | tree rules |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
A new dynasty began, with an emperor crowned in the square
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 dynasty | det |
| 2 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 dynasty | amod |
| 3 | dynasty | dynasty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 began | nsubj |
| 4 | began | begin | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 emperor | punct |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 emperor | case |
| 7 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 emperor | det |
| 8 | emperor | emperor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 began | obl |
| 9 | crowned | crown | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 emperor | acl |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 square | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 square | det |
| 12 | square | square | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 crowned | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | begin | past | a new dynasty | with a emperor | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V PP.subeventuality»: agent=Eventuality with emperor=Subeventuality | ||||
| 2 | crown | participle | a emperor not said here | the square | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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