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Test 3 · Ancient China: dynasties, the First Emperor and the Great…

A dynasty has floods, hunger and rebels all in one year. What would people think?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dynasty, people · What happens: have, rebel, think · To what, where: floods

This is test 3 of lesson 9 «Ancient China: dynasties, the First Emperor and the Great Wall» 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: A dynasty has floods, hunger and rebels all in one year.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 dynasty	det
2	dynasty	dynasty	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	nsubj
3	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	floods	flood	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 has	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 hunger	punct
6	hunger	hunger	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 floods	conj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 rebels	cc
8	rebels	rebel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 has	conj
9	all	all	ADV	_	8 rebels	advmod
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 year	case
11	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 year	nummod
12	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 rebels	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	a dynasty	floods and hunger					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flood=Patient
2	rebel	present	a dynasty not said here				year	all property	vn rebel-71.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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 would people think?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 think	obj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 think	aux
3	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 think	nsubj
4	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 think	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	would	people						vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Nothing, because rulers in China never changed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	8 changed	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 rulers	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	4 rulers	mark
4	rulers	ruler	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Nothing	conj
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 China	case
6	China	China	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 rulers	nmod
7	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	8 changed	advmod
8	changed	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not change	past	Nothing						vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

The ruler is doing a great job and Heaven is pleased

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 ruler	det
2	ruler	ruler	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 doing	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 doing	aux
4	doing	do	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 job	det
6	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 job	amod
7	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 doing	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 pleased	cc
9	Heaven	Heaven	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 pleased	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 pleased	cop
11	pleased	pleased	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 doing	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present · progressive	the ruler	a great job					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Eventuality
2	is	present	Heaven					pleased property	tree rules

Option 3

Heaven is very pleased with the dynasty

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Heaven	Heaven	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 pleased	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 pleased	cop
3	very	very	ADV	_	4 pleased	advmod
4	pleased	pleased	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 dynasty	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 dynasty	det
7	dynasty	dynasty	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pleased	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Heaven					with the dynasty; pleased property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The ruler may have lost the Mandate of Heaven

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 ruler	det
2	ruler	ruler	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lost	nsubj
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 lost	aux
4	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 lost	aux
5	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Mandate	det
7	Mandate	Mandate	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 lost	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 Heaven	case
9	Heaven	Heaven	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Mandate	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	may · perfect	the ruler	the Mandate of Heaven					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mandate=Eventuality

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