Test 8 · ★★★ · Olympiad: cause and effect chains ★★★
★★★ «Tea, silver, opium, war, Hong Kong.» Which link explains why British traders brought opium to China?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: link, British traders · What happens: explain, bring · To what, where: opium, China · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★★★ of lesson 86 «Olympiad: cause and effect chains ★★★» 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: ★★★ «Tea, silver, opium, war, Hong Kong.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ★ | ★ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 ★ | compound |
| 2 | ★ | ★ | X | _ | 3 ★ | compound |
| 3 | ★ | ★ | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 Tea | punct |
| 5 | Tea | tea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ★ | conj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 silver | punct |
| 7 | silver | silver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ★ | conj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 opium | punct |
| 9 | opium | opium | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ★ | conj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 war | punct |
| 11 | war | war | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ★ | appos |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 Hong | punct |
| 13 | Hong | Hong | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 war | appos |
| 14 | Kong | Kong | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 Hong | flat |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 war | punct |
| 16 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 11 war | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: Which link explains why British traders brought opium to China?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 link | det |
| 2 | link | link | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 explains | nsubj |
| 3 | explains | explain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 brought | advmod |
| 5 | British | British | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 traders | amod |
| 6 | traders | trader | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 brought | nsubj |
| 7 | brought | bring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 explains | ccomp |
| 8 | opium | opium | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 brought | obj |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 China | case |
| 10 | China | China | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 brought | obl |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 explains | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | explain speech: assert | present | which link | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | bring | past | British traders | opium | China | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent opium=Theme to china=Destination |
The options
Option 1
Opium was the price agreed for Hong Kong
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Opium | Opium | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 price | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 price | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 price | det |
| 4 | price | price | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 agreed | nsubj |
| 5 | agreed | agree | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 Hong | case |
| 7 | Hong | Hong | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 agreed | obl |
| 8 | Kong | Kong | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 Hong | flat |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | Opium | the price | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | agree speech: agree | past | the price | for Hong | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
China's emperor asked Britain for opium
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | China | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 emperor | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 China | case |
| 3 | emperor | emperor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 asked | nsubj |
| 4 | asked | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | Britain | Britain | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 asked | iobj |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 opium | case |
| 7 | opium | opium | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 asked | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | past | China's emperor | Britain | for opium | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent britain=Recipient |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
They wanted silver back after paying for tea
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 wanted | nsubj |
| 2 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | silver | silver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 wanted | obj |
| 4 | back | back | ADV | _ | 2 wanted | advmod |
| 5 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 6 paying | mark |
| 6 | paying | pay | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 wanted | advcl |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 tea | case |
| 8 | tea | tea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 paying | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want back | past | They | silver | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot silver=Theme | ||||
| 2 | pay | gerund | They not said here | for tea | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for tea=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
They wanted to grow opium in the fields of southern China
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 wanted | nsubj |
| 2 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 grow | mark |
| 4 | grow | grow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 wanted | xcomp |
| 5 | opium | opium | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 grow | obj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 fields | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 fields | det |
| 8 | fields | field | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 grow | obl |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 China | case |
| 10 | southern | southern | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 China | amod |
| 11 | China | China | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 fields | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | past | They | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | grow not said to happen | to-infinitive | They not said here | opium | the fields of southern China | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location opium=Theme |
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