Test 2 · ★★★ · China: Mei's exaggerations and everyday China

The teacher says «England invented football», Mei says «China». FIFA?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: teacher, England, Mei · What happens: say, invent · To what, where: football, China · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★★★ of lesson 60 «China: Mei's exaggerations and everyday China» 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 says «England invented football», Mei says «China».

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 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 invented	punct
5	England	England	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 invented	nsubj
6	invented	invent	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
7	football	football	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 invented	obj
8	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 invented	punct
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 says	punct
10	Mei	Mei	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 says	nsubj
11	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 says	conj
12	«	«	PUNCT	_	13 China	punct
13	China	China	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 says	obj
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 China	punct
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	the teacher		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	invent in a quote	past	England	football	vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent football=Result
3	say speech: assert	present	Mei	China	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent china=Topic

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: FIFA?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	FIFA	FIFA	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 FIFA	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

The options

Option 1

Only England: there was no kicking-ball game in China before the 1800s

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 England	advmod
2	England	England	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 game	nsubj
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 was	punct
4	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	5 was	expl
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 game	cop
6	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	10 game	det
7	kicking	kicking	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 ball	compound
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 kicking	punct
9	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 game	compound
10	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 China	case
12	China	China	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 game	nmod
13	before	before	ADP	_	15 1800s	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 1800s	det
15	1800s	1800	NOUN	Number=Ptan NumForm=Combi NumType=Card	10 game	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	England	no ball game		China	before the 1800s		tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Both: cuju is the ancient ancestor, England wrote the modern rules

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	3 cuju	det
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 Both	punct
3	cuju	cuju	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 ancestor	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 ancestor	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 ancestor	det
6	ancient	ancient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 ancestor	amod
7	ancestor	ancestor	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 wrote	punct
9	England	England	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 wrote	nsubj
10	wrote	write	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 ancestor	acl:relcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 rules	det
12	modern	modern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 rules	amod
13	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 wrote	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	both cuju	the ancient ancestor					tree rules
2	write	past	England	the modern rules					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Theme

Option 3

Neither: Brazil invented it and wrote the first rules

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Neither	neither	DET	PronType=Neg	4 invented	nsubj
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 invented	punct
3	Brazil	Brazil	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 invented	nsubj
4	invented	invent	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 invented	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 wrote	cc
7	wrote	write	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 invented	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 rules	det
9	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	10 rules	amod
10	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 wrote	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	invent	past	Neither	it					vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Result
2	write	past	Neither not said here	the first rules					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Theme

Option 4

Only China: England just copied the cuju rules word for word

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 China	advmod
2	China	China	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 copied	nsubj
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 copied	punct
4	England	England	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 copied	nsubj
5	just	just	ADV	_	6 copied	advmod
6	copied	copy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 word	det
8	cuju	cuju	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 rules	compound
9	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 word	compound
10	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 copied	obj
11	for	for	ADP	_	12 word	case
12	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 word	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	copy	past	China	the rules word				for word	vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme

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