Test 9 · ★★ · China: modern China, space and contested topics

Why might some events not be taught in every country?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: not teach · To what, where: events, country

This is test 9 · ★★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 taught	advmod
2	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 taught	aux
3	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	4 events	det
4	events	event	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 taught	nsubj:pass
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 taught	advmod
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 taught	aux:pass
7	taught	teach	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 country	case
9	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	10 country	det
10	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 taught	obl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 taught	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not teach speech: other	might · passive		some events		every country			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient

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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Nobody remembers anything that happened more than ten years ago

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	2 remembers	nsubj
2	remembers	remember	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 remembers	obj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 happened	nsubj
5	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 anything	acl:relcl
6	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp ExtPos=ADV	8 ten	advmod
7	than	than	ADP	_	6 more	fixed
8	ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 years	nummod
9	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 ago	obl:unmarked
10	ago	ago	ADV	_	5 happened	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remember	present	Nobody	anything					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent anything=Theme
2	happen	past						ago property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Textbooks always run out of pages before the last hundred years

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Textbooks	textbook	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 run	nsubj
2	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	3 run	advmod
3	run	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	out	out	ADP	_	6 pages	case
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 pages	case
6	pages	page	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 run	obl
7	before	before	ADP	_	11 years	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 years	det
9	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 years	amod
10	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 years	nummod
11	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 run	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	present	Textbooks			pages	year	always property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out page=Trajectory

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Governments choose what schools teach, and some topics are sensitive

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Governments	government	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 choose	nsubj
2	choose	choose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 teach	obj
4	schools	school	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 teach	nsubj
5	teach	teach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 choose	ccomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 sensitive	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 sensitive	cc
8	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	9 topics	det
9	topics	topic	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 sensitive	nsubj
10	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 sensitive	cop
11	sensitive	sensitive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 choose	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	choose	present	Governments		tree rules
2	teach speech: other	present	schools		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient
3	is	present	some topics	sensitive property	tree rules

Option 4

All events are taught in every country, so this never really happens

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 events	det
2	events	event	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 taught	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 taught	aux:pass
4	taught	teach	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 country	case
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 country	det
7	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 taught	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 happens	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	13 happens	advmod
10	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	13 happens	nsubj
11	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	13 happens	advmod
12	really	really	ADV	_	13 happens	advmod
13	happens	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 taught	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	teach speech: other	present · passive		all events		every country			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient
2	not happen	present	this						vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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